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"
I barely got to sleep last night
But don't worry girl I still had that dream again
The dream where I'm in a perfect world
With perfect blue skies
Where no one dies and we spend forever
Livin' in love, nothing could be better
Than a perfect world with a perfect girl
We'd have so much time living out the good life
Yeah, it's the good life
From the moment my feet touched sand
To the perfect skies up in the tall mountains
It felt so good to roll the windows down
Drive along until we find ourselves
And we'll go back to the life you wanna lead
Then we'll go back to the way things used to be
We'll find a way to make it right and we'll live our lives
Step by step, we'll make it as we sing
Don't ever forget all the sleepless nights
We stayed up late until the sun would rise
No matter how far you get I'll be a step behind
To catch you when you fall down
I've made great friends, I've seen great times
I've been in love and I've seen love die
Nothing's as good as when I close my eyes
And feel that road that's lead me through this life
It's a good life, just get me on my feet
It's a good life but I'm living in a dream where
I'll take a chance on every breath like it's my last
Step by step we'll make it as we sing
Don't ever forget all the sleepless nights
We stayed up late until the sun would rise
No matter how far you get I'll be a step behind
To catch you when you fall down
Don't ever forget all the sleepless nights
We stayed up late until the sun would rise
No matter how far you get I'll be a step behind
I'll find a way to catch you when you fall down
I packed my bags, I was on my way home
I was four hundred miles away from being back inside of your arms
It's where I always wanted to be
Don't ever forget all the sleepless nights
We stayed up late until the sun would rise
No matter how far you get I'll be a step behind
To catch you when you fall down
I'll catch you when you fall down
Don't ever forget all the sleepless nights
We stayed up late until the sun would rise
No matter how far you get I'll be a step behind
I'll find a way to catch you when you fall down
I barely got to sleep last night
But don't worry girl I still had that dream again
But don't worry girl I still had that dream again
The dream where I'm in a perfect world
With perfect blue skies
Where no one dies and we spend forever
Livin' in love, nothing could be better
Than a perfect world with a perfect girl
We'd have so much time living out the good life
Yeah, it's the good life
From the moment my feet touched sand
To the perfect skies up in the tall mountains
It felt so good to roll the windows down
Drive along until we find ourselves
And we'll go back to the life you wanna lead
Then we'll go back to the way things used to be
We'll find a way to make it right and we'll live our lives
Step by step, we'll make it as we sing
Don't ever forget all the sleepless nights
We stayed up late until the sun would rise
No matter how far you get I'll be a step behind
To catch you when you fall down
I've made great friends, I've seen great times
I've been in love and I've seen love die
Nothing's as good as when I close my eyes
And feel that road that's lead me through this life
It's a good life, just get me on my feet
It's a good life but I'm living in a dream where
I'll take a chance on every breath like it's my last
Step by step we'll make it as we sing
Don't ever forget all the sleepless nights
We stayed up late until the sun would rise
No matter how far you get I'll be a step behind
To catch you when you fall down
Don't ever forget all the sleepless nights
We stayed up late until the sun would rise
No matter how far you get I'll be a step behind
I'll find a way to catch you when you fall down
I packed my bags, I was on my way home
I was four hundred miles away from being back inside of your arms
It's where I always wanted to be
Don't ever forget all the sleepless nights
We stayed up late until the sun would rise
No matter how far you get I'll be a step behind
To catch you when you fall down
I'll catch you when you fall down
Don't ever forget all the sleepless nights
We stayed up late until the sun would rise
No matter how far you get I'll be a step behind
I'll find a way to catch you when you fall down
I barely got to sleep last night
But don't worry girl I still had that dream again
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so sad. like... shane is such a great writer. this is hands down one of my favorite songs.
ridiculously sad song. i dont know how shane can write/sing these without breaking down he is truly such a great and strong person. i admire him a lot...
This has to do with Shane's girlfriend who died in an accident while they were on tour, correct? I only just found this out and I never had any idea.
yea correct, the whole 'I packed my bags I was on my way home I was 400 miles away From being back inside of your arms It's where I always wanted to be' pretty much explains what you said cuz he was 400 miles away from where she was when she died. and all he wanted was to be back inside of her arms (be with her)