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 could be all wrong, I could be all right
Either way there's shades of grey we both don't like
Maybe there is hope, maybe I'm naive
Perhaps it's just the point of view that's hard to see
Yeah I've heard life's gone in a moment
So I'm giving it my all
Everyone is tired of all their problems
And no one takes the time to understand
But just as much as I can hold the answers
I can have blame on my hands
Love is just the sum of each decision
Tomorrow is determined by today
I can choose the change the course of history
As I turn each page
Maybe we'll build love, love to conquer hate
And maybe it won't cross our minds till it's too late
Cover up our scars, hiding how we feel
Maybe there are wounds inside that need to heal
Yeah I've heard life's gone in a moment
So I'm giving it my all
Everyone is tired of all their problems
And no one takes the time to understand
But just as much as I can hold the answers
I can have blame on my hands
Love is just the sum of each decision
Tomorrow is determined by today
I can choose the change the course of history
As I turn each page
Everyone is tired of all their problems
We need to take the time to understand
That just as much as we can hold the answers
Still we have blame on our hands
Love is just the sum of each decision
Tomorrow is determined by today
It's possible to change the course of history
As we turn each page
Either way there's shades of grey we both don't like
Maybe there is hope, maybe I'm naive
Perhaps it's just the point of view that's hard to see
Yeah I've heard life's gone in a moment
So I'm giving it my all
Everyone is tired of all their problems
And no one takes the time to understand
But just as much as I can hold the answers
I can have blame on my hands
Love is just the sum of each decision
Tomorrow is determined by today
I can choose the change the course of history
As I turn each page
Maybe we'll build love, love to conquer hate
And maybe it won't cross our minds till it's too late
Cover up our scars, hiding how we feel
Maybe there are wounds inside that need to heal
Yeah I've heard life's gone in a moment
So I'm giving it my all
Everyone is tired of all their problems
And no one takes the time to understand
But just as much as I can hold the answers
I can have blame on my hands
Love is just the sum of each decision
Tomorrow is determined by today
I can choose the change the course of history
As I turn each page
Everyone is tired of all their problems
We need to take the time to understand
That just as much as we can hold the answers
Still we have blame on our hands
Love is just the sum of each decision
Tomorrow is determined by today
It's possible to change the course of history
As we turn each page
Lyrics submitted by kolibri
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