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"
You thought the world owed you a smile.
Your parent's cheer, your dad was proud.
Monday's will not apply to you.
Fuck you, fuck you, I won't trust you.
So dig my head into the ground,
this muscle junkie tied me down.
And cut my limbs stuff them with air,
I won't, I can't I can't breathe here.
So lick the magazines with sweat,
and pour money into their blank heads.
Celebrities will die like you.
Fuck you. Fuck you. I hate your face.
Always. Can't you see? You'll die like me.
I'll never be you, that I know.
And I'll never be you, that I know. That I know.
And I'll never feel you I know.
I hate your face.
I hate your face.
So dig my head into the ground,
this muscle jinkie tied me down.
And cut my limbs stuff them with air,
I won't, I can't I can't breathe here.
Always. Can't you see? You'll die like me.
Your parent's cheer, your dad was proud.
Monday's will not apply to you.
Fuck you, fuck you, I won't trust you.
So dig my head into the ground,
this muscle junkie tied me down.
And cut my limbs stuff them with air,
I won't, I can't I can't breathe here.
So lick the magazines with sweat,
and pour money into their blank heads.
Celebrities will die like you.
Fuck you. Fuck you. I hate your face.
Always. Can't you see? You'll die like me.
I'll never be you, that I know.
And I'll never be you, that I know. That I know.
And I'll never feel you I know.
I hate your face.
I hate your face.
So dig my head into the ground,
this muscle jinkie tied me down.
And cut my limbs stuff them with air,
I won't, I can't I can't breathe here.
Always. Can't you see? You'll die like me.
Lyrics submitted by bing_bang
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