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"
Mr. Sailor, sail your seas but navigate the way back home
Mr. Philosopher agrees and he thinks that you should know
To follow the sun, when you don't know where
Where you're from
And to let a moment change your mind
And let a mind meet someone else's
And to let somebody else be right
'Cause if you're wise, you know nothing at all
Mrs. Naturally extreme, you're beautiful to me
'Cause in your eyes I see you're clean of the disposable machine
Yeah, all that you need is someone to
To believe
So let a moment change your mind
And let a mind meet someone else's
Let somebody else be right
'Cause if you're wise, you know nothing at all
Mr. Robber, save your soul
And before you take my things, just let me know
If it were all your own, you wouldn't need any more
If you ruled the world, you wouldn't blow down my door
Let a moment change your mind
And let a mind meet someone else's
Let somebody else be right,
Let a moment change your mind, let a moment change your mind
Let a moment change your mind
And let a mind meet someone else's
Let somebody else be right,
'Cause it you're wise, you know nothing at all
If you're wise, you know nothing at all
Mr. Philosopher agrees and he thinks that you should know
To follow the sun, when you don't know where
Where you're from
And to let a moment change your mind
And let a mind meet someone else's
And to let somebody else be right
'Cause if you're wise, you know nothing at all
Mrs. Naturally extreme, you're beautiful to me
'Cause in your eyes I see you're clean of the disposable machine
Yeah, all that you need is someone to
To believe
So let a moment change your mind
And let a mind meet someone else's
Let somebody else be right
'Cause if you're wise, you know nothing at all
Mr. Robber, save your soul
And before you take my things, just let me know
If it were all your own, you wouldn't need any more
If you ruled the world, you wouldn't blow down my door
Let a moment change your mind
And let a mind meet someone else's
Let somebody else be right,
Let a moment change your mind, let a moment change your mind
Let a moment change your mind
And let a mind meet someone else's
Let somebody else be right,
'Cause it you're wise, you know nothing at all
If you're wise, you know nothing at all
Lyrics submitted by poorlilrockstar
Mr. Philosopher Lyrics as written by Perry Jelen
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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