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"
How many times have you told me you wanna die?
How many times have you told me now that you've tried?
How many times will I let you get away with murder?
Oh and how many times will you make me feel alive?
Hey I got a feeling that there is something going wrong
I put my thoughts in a letter, send it when I'm feeling strong
Anytime you became the girl that you wanted to be
Oh I told you all along there was no point looking to me
Oh it's been hard to be strong with all of this going on
Yeah it's been hard to be strong with all of this going on
I've been lonely too, like you
I'm just like you
I'm just like you
People have been traveling miles just to hear us sing
It's a February night and I don't want to feel anything
To get away maybe I could sell kisses
In Portland I tried my pretty hand at fishing
Oh it's been hard to be strong with all of this going on
Yeah it's been hard to be strong with all of this going on
I have been lonely too, like you
I'm just like you
I'm just like you
I'm just like you
I'm just like you
Hey I got a feeling there is something going wrong
I put my thoughts in a letter, send it when I'm feeling strong
How many times have you told me now that you've tried?
How many times will I let you get away with murder?
Oh and how many times will you make me feel alive?
Hey I got a feeling that there is something going wrong
I put my thoughts in a letter, send it when I'm feeling strong
Anytime you became the girl that you wanted to be
Oh I told you all along there was no point looking to me
Oh it's been hard to be strong with all of this going on
Yeah it's been hard to be strong with all of this going on
I've been lonely too, like you
I'm just like you
I'm just like you
People have been traveling miles just to hear us sing
It's a February night and I don't want to feel anything
To get away maybe I could sell kisses
In Portland I tried my pretty hand at fishing
Oh it's been hard to be strong with all of this going on
Yeah it's been hard to be strong with all of this going on
I have been lonely too, like you
I'm just like you
I'm just like you
I'm just like you
I'm just like you
Hey I got a feeling there is something going wrong
I put my thoughts in a letter, send it when I'm feeling strong
Lyrics submitted by lulzmaster
Away with Murder Lyrics as written by Tracyanne Campbell
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Lyrics transcribed from the booklet included with the "My Maudlin Career" CD. Parts in brackets were erronesouly left out of the booklet lyrics despite obviously being a part of the song. Parts enclosed in parentheses are in the booklet lyrics despite not actually being in the recorded version. Sans the bracketed and parenthetical parts, everything else from the booklet checks out to my ears.
How many times have you told me you want to die? How many times have you told me Now that you've tried? [And] how many times will I let you get away with murder? [And] how many times will you make me feel more alive?
[Hey] I've got a feeling there is something going wrong I'll put my thoughts in a letter; (I'll) Send it when I'm feeling strong Ain't it time you became the girl That you wanted to be? I told you all along there was no point [in] looking to me
It's been hard to be strong with all of this going on (Oh) [Yeah] it's [been] hard to be strong with all of this going on I have been lonely too like you I'm just like you I'm just like you
People have been traveling miles just to hear us sing It's a February night [and] I don't want to feel anything To get away maybe I could sell kisses In Portland I tried my pretty hand at fishing
It's been hard to be strong with all of this going on (Oh and) [Yeah] it's [been] hard to be strong with all of this going on I have been lonely too like you I'm just like you I'm just like you [I'm just like you] Am I just like you?
[Hey I've got a feeling there is something going wrong I'll put my thoughts in a letter; Send it when I'm feeling strong]
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Who is this about? I always thought it was about her bf, and that ticked me off a little bit. I just don't like it when someone tells someone else that they feel their pain, or they know what they're going through. But then I stopped being an idiot and listened more careful. Still the same idea, but I guess its not as bad when she's referring to a friend, a girl friend. Is it about her band mate?
I think it's about Carey too - it sounds like they've been touring together, and it's clearly written to a girl.
The way I interpret this song is that it's about someone who is experiencing depression. They have been suicidal, possibly attempting more than once. But it's from the point of view of someone who is close to that person. Could be a friend, lover, family member. Sounds like this is more about a friend. I think about my mom when I hear this song. I put my family through something very similar to this. Thankfully we all came out stronger for it. My mom is my biggest supporter and my best friend now. I didn't realize at the time what I was putting those close to me through, but now I look back and realize how much I was hurting them. I'll always be grateful that we got through it.