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"
White walls surround us,
No light will touch your face again
Rain taps the window
As we sleep among the dead
Days go on forever,
But I have not left your side
We can chase the dark together,
If you go then so will I
There is nothing left of you,
I can see it in your eyes
Sing the anthem of the angels
And say the last goodbye
Cold light above us,
Hope fills the heart and fades away
Skin white as winter,
As the sky returns to gray
Days go on forever,
But I have not left your side
We can chase the dark together,
If you go then so will I
There is nothing left of you,
I can see it in your eyes
Sing the anthem of the angels,
And say the last goodbye
I keep holding onto you,
But I can't bring you back to life
Sing the anthem of the angels,
And say the last goodbye
You're dead alive
You're dead alive
You're dead alive
You're dead alive
There is nothing left of you,
I can see it in your eyes
Sing the anthem of the angels,
And say the last goodbye
I keep holding onto you,
But I can't bring you back to life
Sing the anthem of the angels,
And say the last goodbye
Sing the anthem of the angels,
And say the last goodbye
Sing the anthem of the angels
No light will touch your face again
Rain taps the window
As we sleep among the dead
Days go on forever,
But I have not left your side
We can chase the dark together,
If you go then so will I
There is nothing left of you,
I can see it in your eyes
Sing the anthem of the angels
And say the last goodbye
Cold light above us,
Hope fills the heart and fades away
Skin white as winter,
As the sky returns to gray
Days go on forever,
But I have not left your side
We can chase the dark together,
If you go then so will I
There is nothing left of you,
I can see it in your eyes
Sing the anthem of the angels,
And say the last goodbye
I keep holding onto you,
But I can't bring you back to life
Sing the anthem of the angels,
And say the last goodbye
You're dead alive
You're dead alive
You're dead alive
You're dead alive
There is nothing left of you,
I can see it in your eyes
Sing the anthem of the angels,
And say the last goodbye
I keep holding onto you,
But I can't bring you back to life
Sing the anthem of the angels,
And say the last goodbye
Sing the anthem of the angels,
And say the last goodbye
Sing the anthem of the angels
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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"Althem of the Angels," seems more to me of a song forewarning us that the hardest part of losing a loved one is the moment when you can see they have only a few days left before they pass away from our world and not all the time spent up until that final moment. While further reinforcing this point with the lyrics: "There is nothing left of you; I can see it in your eyes; Sing the anthem of the angels; And say the last goodbye" and "I keep holding onto you; But I can't bring you back to life."
However, I have to agree that this song is one of tragedy, sorrow, loss, remorse, and bitter acceptance of what we cannot prevent or change. Plus, I feel like the meanings given by everyone else are also correct, in their own right.
Speaking from experience, the moment when you know with complete certainty that someone you love so dearly, that they've become a major part of both you and your life, only has a few days to live, at the most. Will literally cause you to feel as though someone tore open your chest and ripped out your still beating heart to hold it in front of your face and laugh. It's because all you can do is wait until they pass away and hope they could feel the love you poured out of your heart for them, only to lead to that final moment you have to says your final goodbye to them as they slip away. In fact, it hurt more than anything I had ever known before and in every way possible, physically, mentally, and emotionally. It affects every part of your life, when a loved one passes away and has a way of changing you and your life permanently, from that day, onward. So, I caught the possible "other" meaning within this song, from the moment I first listen to "Anthem of the Angels" without any trouble at all.
I think Ben's fear of death further reinforces this translation.