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"
It's eleven on a Friday and the working week is done
Brian's looking for a good time, Susan's looking for some fun
Brian sits down on a barstool and he takes a look around
He is trying to find someone he has not already found
Susan walks in in a miniskirt and sits down in a chair
And he sees her sitting there and he tries hard not to stare
And we want the things we can't have much more than the things we can
Looking for a better body, looking for a better tan
We all want a perfect woman, we all want a perfect man
Susan sees that Brian's watching her and she gives him a wink
Brian summons up his courage and he buys her her next drink
And they learn about each other and they like the things they find
And it isn't hard for them to tell what's on the other's mind
And he asks her back to his place and she says she doesn't know
And she says she doesn't know and she says she'd love to go
By the time they're back at his place it's already half past twelve
They both know what they're doing and they do it pretty well
They're protected from each other, not protected from themselves
It's eleven in the morning and the weekend has begun
They're both faking sleep in order to avoid the other one
Brian has a massive headache and he wishes he were dead
Susan wonders what she's going to say when she gets out of bed
She looks over at his body and she wants to be in love
And she needs to be in love and she knows she's not in love
And they both think of the last night and they both feel some regret
But they've both had mornings like this and it hasn't stopped them yet
And I hope they end up happy but I wouldn't want to bet
They don't want what they got but they got it
And they don't want anyone they know but they know each other now
They don't want what they got but they got it
And they don't want anyone they know but they know each other now
Brian's looking for a good time, Susan's looking for some fun
Brian sits down on a barstool and he takes a look around
He is trying to find someone he has not already found
Susan walks in in a miniskirt and sits down in a chair
And he sees her sitting there and he tries hard not to stare
And we want the things we can't have much more than the things we can
Looking for a better body, looking for a better tan
We all want a perfect woman, we all want a perfect man
Susan sees that Brian's watching her and she gives him a wink
Brian summons up his courage and he buys her her next drink
And they learn about each other and they like the things they find
And it isn't hard for them to tell what's on the other's mind
And he asks her back to his place and she says she doesn't know
And she says she doesn't know and she says she'd love to go
By the time they're back at his place it's already half past twelve
They both know what they're doing and they do it pretty well
They're protected from each other, not protected from themselves
It's eleven in the morning and the weekend has begun
They're both faking sleep in order to avoid the other one
Brian has a massive headache and he wishes he were dead
Susan wonders what she's going to say when she gets out of bed
She looks over at his body and she wants to be in love
And she needs to be in love and she knows she's not in love
And they both think of the last night and they both feel some regret
But they've both had mornings like this and it hasn't stopped them yet
And I hope they end up happy but I wouldn't want to bet
They don't want what they got but they got it
And they don't want anyone they know but they know each other now
They don't want what they got but they got it
And they don't want anyone they know but they know each other now
Lyrics submitted by xtreme2252
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