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 seems to me like every star agreed to meet
Right over our heads tonight to fix there bright.
The light collects in your eyes, turns and reflects, jumps into mine.
I'm a slave to the sign.
My hands shake, our minds race from the thought of love.
Yet we curb our speech because words are not enough
To wedge this instant, burn this moment into our memory.
Let go, take my hand and trust in me.
Anhura, can't you see, that we were meant to be?
It's true love, it's true love
It's true love, it's true love
I admit I would guess your touch could
Fill me with such thoughts to marry you, have your babies too.
Is it too good to be true?
I can't let her learn about my past.
If she found out where I came from, she'd turn so fast.
And not look back, I can't go back, I just won't go back!
I can't slow down, I'm scared I'm falling too fast.
Adakias can't you see that I'm your first kiss?
We were meant to be!
Don't you ever feel like you've been destined for something bigger than your skin?
Don't you ever feel like you've been destined for something bigger than your skin?
It's true love, it's true love
It's true love, it's true love
It's true love, it's true love
It's true love, it's true love
Love was everywhere. You could taste it in the air.
The couple was eager to trade vows, to float away, and settle down.
But first, Adakias had to meet Anhura's father,
His Majesty, the one and only, His Royal Highness.
The King.
He had to kiss his jeweled fist and bow to the crown,
Kneeling on the ground.
He would propound to become her prince.
Right over our heads tonight to fix there bright.
The light collects in your eyes, turns and reflects, jumps into mine.
I'm a slave to the sign.
My hands shake, our minds race from the thought of love.
Yet we curb our speech because words are not enough
To wedge this instant, burn this moment into our memory.
Let go, take my hand and trust in me.
Anhura, can't you see, that we were meant to be?
It's true love, it's true love
It's true love, it's true love
I admit I would guess your touch could
Fill me with such thoughts to marry you, have your babies too.
Is it too good to be true?
I can't let her learn about my past.
If she found out where I came from, she'd turn so fast.
And not look back, I can't go back, I just won't go back!
I can't slow down, I'm scared I'm falling too fast.
Adakias can't you see that I'm your first kiss?
We were meant to be!
Don't you ever feel like you've been destined for something bigger than your skin?
Don't you ever feel like you've been destined for something bigger than your skin?
It's true love, it's true love
It's true love, it's true love
It's true love, it's true love
It's true love, it's true love
Love was everywhere. You could taste it in the air.
The couple was eager to trade vows, to float away, and settle down.
But first, Adakias had to meet Anhura's father,
His Majesty, the one and only, His Royal Highness.
The King.
He had to kiss his jeweled fist and bow to the crown,
Kneeling on the ground.
He would propound to become her prince.
Lyrics submitted by ms_fairypants
It's True Love Lyrics as written by Thomas Dutton Paul Dutton
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Anhura: The light collects in your eyes Turns and reflects, jumps into mine I'm a slave to the sign.
Adakias: My hands shake Our minds race from the thought of love Yet we curb our speech because words are not enough To etch this instant, burn this moment into our memory Let go, take my hand and trust in me. Anhura, can't you see, that we were meant to be?
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