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"
Don't waste your time on people going nowhere
Make up your own mind, and you're already half way there
Hesitate, or give a second thought
And you'll be late
Forget what you've been taught
You could have it nice, or complicated
You could pay full price or you could take it
You could improvise and be creative
You've got a lot to give
And you've got a life to live
Don't put it off another minute longer
Don't go all soft, you've gotta be stronger
Don't speculate, 'cause no one ever knows
It's up to fate, and you can't predict the way it goes
You could have it nice, or complicated
You could pay full price or you could take it
You could improvise and be creative
You've got a lot to give
And you've got a life to live
You don't do anything
You won't do anything
You won't say anything that isn't kind, anything that isn't nice
Don't waste your time on people going nowhere
Don't wait in line if you expect to get somewhere
Save your breath, don't wanna hear you stance
It's just a guess and you only have this chance
You could have it nice, or complicated
You could pay full price or you could take it
You could improvise and be creative
You could roll the dice or you could play dead
You could give advice or you could take it.
You could have it all, you can it all
You can
Everything you love, everything you love, everything you love
You can have it all, you can have it all
You can
Everything you love, everything you love, everything you love
You can have it all, you can have it all
You can
Everything you love, everything you love, everything you love
Reach out and take it
You've got so much to give
And you've got a life to live
Make up your own mind, and you're already half way there
Hesitate, or give a second thought
And you'll be late
Forget what you've been taught
You could have it nice, or complicated
You could pay full price or you could take it
You could improvise and be creative
You've got a lot to give
And you've got a life to live
Don't put it off another minute longer
Don't go all soft, you've gotta be stronger
Don't speculate, 'cause no one ever knows
It's up to fate, and you can't predict the way it goes
You could have it nice, or complicated
You could pay full price or you could take it
You could improvise and be creative
You've got a lot to give
And you've got a life to live
You don't do anything
You won't do anything
You won't say anything that isn't kind, anything that isn't nice
Don't waste your time on people going nowhere
Don't wait in line if you expect to get somewhere
Save your breath, don't wanna hear you stance
It's just a guess and you only have this chance
You could have it nice, or complicated
You could pay full price or you could take it
You could improvise and be creative
You could roll the dice or you could play dead
You could give advice or you could take it.
You could have it all, you can it all
You can
Everything you love, everything you love, everything you love
You can have it all, you can have it all
You can
Everything you love, everything you love, everything you love
You can have it all, you can have it all
You can
Everything you love, everything you love, everything you love
Reach out and take it
You've got so much to give
And you've got a life to live
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