This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
No time for a suitcase
Just grab a quick change of clothes
You ask where we're going now honey
Well I'd tell you but nobody knows
So sneak out the back door
'Cause you know they'll try to make you stay
Make sure you've got a seat belt on
'Cause were headed for the interstate
Were having the best time, living the fast life
Thinking were just too damn young to die
Can't wait for next time to see all the bright lights
To see it all
Driving the fast lane out on the freeway
Tell us to slow down, start the car chase
As long as we've got each other we've got it made
We've got it, we've got it, we've got it made
Pulled over on the side to the road
Going skinny dippin' in the dark
Musta left the radio on
We had to push the car to get it to start
Cruisin' down on the sunset bend
Went racin' on almond drive
Then we stopped on the top of the world
Oh I never felt so alive
Were having the best time, living the fast life
Thinking were just too damn young to die
Can't wait for next time to see all the bright lights
To see it all
Driving the fast lane out on the freeway
Tell us to slow down, start the car chase
As long as we've got each other we've got it made
We've got it, we've got it, we've got it made
Now we're running on empty
We've got no place to go
We've been sleeping in the backseat
Just waiting for the sun to show
Blowing cash, tape deck's broke
Thinking I'm heading home
But I can tell by the smile on your face
We still got miles to go
Were having the best time, living the fast life
Thinking were just too damn young to die
Can't wait for next time to see all the bright lights
To see it all
Driving the fast lane out on the freeway
Tell us to slow down, start the car chase
As long as we've got each other we've got it made
We've got it, we've got it, we've got it made
We've got it, we've got it, we've got it made
We've got it, we've got it, we've got it made
Just grab a quick change of clothes
You ask where we're going now honey
Well I'd tell you but nobody knows
So sneak out the back door
'Cause you know they'll try to make you stay
Make sure you've got a seat belt on
'Cause were headed for the interstate
Were having the best time, living the fast life
Thinking were just too damn young to die
Can't wait for next time to see all the bright lights
To see it all
Driving the fast lane out on the freeway
Tell us to slow down, start the car chase
As long as we've got each other we've got it made
We've got it, we've got it, we've got it made
Pulled over on the side to the road
Going skinny dippin' in the dark
Musta left the radio on
We had to push the car to get it to start
Cruisin' down on the sunset bend
Went racin' on almond drive
Then we stopped on the top of the world
Oh I never felt so alive
Were having the best time, living the fast life
Thinking were just too damn young to die
Can't wait for next time to see all the bright lights
To see it all
Driving the fast lane out on the freeway
Tell us to slow down, start the car chase
As long as we've got each other we've got it made
We've got it, we've got it, we've got it made
Now we're running on empty
We've got no place to go
We've been sleeping in the backseat
Just waiting for the sun to show
Blowing cash, tape deck's broke
Thinking I'm heading home
But I can tell by the smile on your face
We still got miles to go
Were having the best time, living the fast life
Thinking were just too damn young to die
Can't wait for next time to see all the bright lights
To see it all
Driving the fast lane out on the freeway
Tell us to slow down, start the car chase
As long as we've got each other we've got it made
We've got it, we've got it, we've got it made
We've got it, we've got it, we've got it made
We've got it, we've got it, we've got it made
Lyrics submitted by danielsharpe
Got It Made Lyrics as written by David J. Brenner David Brenner
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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