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"
All or nothing I just need something to be
Waste a life time chasing things you can't see
And if life's a game when we pack the box away will the pressure fall out on me?
Cos its been to long since my head felt problem free
Hazy mornings and days spent crawling along
I'm a walking crossword but half the answers are wrong
And if love's a set of lyrics
Then I just don't know the words to this song
But I'll just keep moving my mouth and pretend that I'm singing along
And I want you
While there's air in my lungs and feet in my shoes
I want you
I want you
Work through nights just to sleep through days at a time
Awkward glances and words that cross the line
And every time my parents call I do my best to tell them I'm fine
Even though I'm mixed up cos there's far too much stuff in my mind
And when the days fall short and nights get cold
Growing up's like growing old
We both need something real to hold
So lets make do
And I want you
While there's air in my lungs and feet in my shoes
I want you
I want you
It's cold and I'll wait for you
(It's cold and I'll wait for you)
I'll open the gate for you
(I'll open the gate for you)
And get to work late for you
(Get to work late for you)
I'd lie and I'd fake for you
(I'd lie and I'd fake for you)
And I'd walk round the shops for you
(And I'd walk round the shops for you)
Give opinions on tops for you
(Give opinions on tops for you)
Waste money and time on you
(Waste money and time on you)
And all cos I wanted to
And I want you
While there's air in my lungs and feet in my shoes
I want you
I want you
And I want you
While there's air in my lungs and there's feet in my shoes
I want you
You know I want you
Waste a life time chasing things you can't see
And if life's a game when we pack the box away will the pressure fall out on me?
Cos its been to long since my head felt problem free
Hazy mornings and days spent crawling along
I'm a walking crossword but half the answers are wrong
And if love's a set of lyrics
Then I just don't know the words to this song
But I'll just keep moving my mouth and pretend that I'm singing along
And I want you
While there's air in my lungs and feet in my shoes
I want you
I want you
Work through nights just to sleep through days at a time
Awkward glances and words that cross the line
And every time my parents call I do my best to tell them I'm fine
Even though I'm mixed up cos there's far too much stuff in my mind
And when the days fall short and nights get cold
Growing up's like growing old
We both need something real to hold
So lets make do
And I want you
While there's air in my lungs and feet in my shoes
I want you
I want you
It's cold and I'll wait for you
(It's cold and I'll wait for you)
I'll open the gate for you
(I'll open the gate for you)
And get to work late for you
(Get to work late for you)
I'd lie and I'd fake for you
(I'd lie and I'd fake for you)
And I'd walk round the shops for you
(And I'd walk round the shops for you)
Give opinions on tops for you
(Give opinions on tops for you)
Waste money and time on you
(Waste money and time on you)
And all cos I wanted to
And I want you
While there's air in my lungs and feet in my shoes
I want you
I want you
And I want you
While there's air in my lungs and there's feet in my shoes
I want you
You know I want you
Lyrics submitted by boatsandbirdss
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