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"
We can never go home
We no longer have one
I'll help you carry the load
I'll carry you in my arms
The kiss of the snow
The crescent moon above us
Our blood is cold and we're alone
But I'm alone with you
Help me to carry the fire
We will keep it alight together
Help me to carry the fire
It will light our way forever
If I say, "Shut your eyes"
If I say, "Look away"
Bury your face in my shoulder
Think of a birthday
The things you put in your head
They will stay here forever
Our blood is cold and we're alone, love
But I'm alone with you
Help me to carry the fire
We will keep it alight together
Help me to carry the fire
It will light our way forever
Help me to carry the fire
We will keep it alight together
Now help me to carry the fire
It will light up our way forever
If I say, "Shut your eyes"
If I say, "Shut your eyes"
Bury me in surprise
Where I say shut your eyes
Eyes, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Help me carry the fire
We will keep it alight together
Help me carry the fire
It will light our way forever
We no longer have one
I'll help you carry the load
I'll carry you in my arms
The kiss of the snow
The crescent moon above us
Our blood is cold and we're alone
But I'm alone with you
Help me to carry the fire
We will keep it alight together
Help me to carry the fire
It will light our way forever
If I say, "Shut your eyes"
If I say, "Look away"
Bury your face in my shoulder
Think of a birthday
The things you put in your head
They will stay here forever
Our blood is cold and we're alone, love
But I'm alone with you
Help me to carry the fire
We will keep it alight together
Help me to carry the fire
It will light our way forever
Help me to carry the fire
We will keep it alight together
Now help me to carry the fire
It will light up our way forever
If I say, "Shut your eyes"
If I say, "Shut your eyes"
Bury me in surprise
Where I say shut your eyes
Eyes, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Help me carry the fire
We will keep it alight together
Help me carry the fire
It will light our way forever
Lyrics submitted by dustfinger
No Sound But the Wind Lyrics as written by Christopher Dominic Urbanowicz Thomas Michael Henry Smith
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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this lyrics are way off
the correct lyrics...(or at least what i hear)
We can never go home We no longer have one I'll help you carry the load I'll carry you in my arms The kiss of the snow The crazy moon above us Our blood is cold and we're alone But I'm alone with you
Help me to carry the fire We will keep it light together Help me to carry the fire It will light our way forever
If I say shut your eyes If I say look away Bury your face in my shoulder Think of a birthday The things you put in your heads They will stay here forever Our blood is cold and we're alone But I'm alone with you
Help me to carry the fire We will keep it light together Help me to carry the fire It will light our way forever
Help me to carry the fire We will keep it light together Help me to carry the fire It will light up our way forever
If I say shut your eyes If I say shut your eyes Bury me in surprise Where I say shut your eyes
Help me to carry the fire We will keep it light together Help me to carry the fire It will light our way forever
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This is what I heard:<br /> <br /> We can never go home<br /> We no longer have one<br /> I'll help you carry the load<br /> I'll carry you in my arms<br /> The kiss of the snow<br /> The crescent moon above us<br /> Our blood is cold and we're alone<br /> But I'm alone with you<br /> <br /> Help me to carry the fire<br /> We will keep it alight together<br /> Help me to carry the fire<br /> It will light our way forever<br /> <br /> If I say shut your eyes<br /> If I say look away<br /> Bury your face in my shoulder<br /> Think of a birthday<br /> The things you put in your hands<br /> They will stay here forever<br /> Our blood is cold and we're alone, love<br /> But I'm alone with you<br /> <br /> Help me to carry the fire<br /> We will keep it alight together<br /> Help me to carry the fire<br /> It will light our way forever<br /> <br /> Help me to carry the fire<br /> We will keep it alight together<br /> Now, help me to carry the fire<br /> It will light up our way forever<br /> <br /> If I say shut your eyes<br /> If I say shut your eyes<br /> Bury me in surprise<br /> Where I say shut your eyes<br /> <br /> Oh, oh, oh<br /> Oh, oh, oh<br /> <br /> Help me to carry the fire<br /> We will keep alight together<br /> Help me to carry the fire<br /> It'll light our way forever