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"
do you remember back when time stood still
we found a fortune in the cheapest thrills
no it wasn't much but it meant everything to me
scoring quarters behind the mall
her getting high and watching david crocks (?)
no it wasn't much but it meant everything to me
well somehow along the way
we got caught up,
traded in the red for gray
now it seems like so long ago
that the two of us had the nerve to say
let's run away
throw your things in the car
who needs common sense
when we've got rock on the radio
you sing the songs and i'll play the guitar
ditch our day jobs
and forget about the real world
you lost your v-card on a sofa bed
skipped your lectures to hang out with me instead
no it wasn't much but it was just so damn easy
well somehow along the way
we got caught up,
traded in the red for gray
now it seems like so long ago
that the two of us had the nerve to say
let's run away
throw your things in the car
who needs common sense
when we've got rock on the radio
you sing the songs and i'll play the guitar
ditch our day jobs
and forget about the real world
well money never bought me happiness
the things i love you most are the times when we were penniless
let's run away
throw your things in the car
who needs common sense
when we've got rock on the radio
you sing the songs and i'll play the guitar
ditch our day jobs
and forget about the real world
do you remember when all we had it was rock on the radio
do you remember when all we had that meant everything to me
we found a fortune in the cheapest thrills
no it wasn't much but it meant everything to me
scoring quarters behind the mall
her getting high and watching david crocks (?)
no it wasn't much but it meant everything to me
well somehow along the way
we got caught up,
traded in the red for gray
now it seems like so long ago
that the two of us had the nerve to say
let's run away
throw your things in the car
who needs common sense
when we've got rock on the radio
you sing the songs and i'll play the guitar
ditch our day jobs
and forget about the real world
you lost your v-card on a sofa bed
skipped your lectures to hang out with me instead
no it wasn't much but it was just so damn easy
well somehow along the way
we got caught up,
traded in the red for gray
now it seems like so long ago
that the two of us had the nerve to say
let's run away
throw your things in the car
who needs common sense
when we've got rock on the radio
you sing the songs and i'll play the guitar
ditch our day jobs
and forget about the real world
well money never bought me happiness
the things i love you most are the times when we were penniless
let's run away
throw your things in the car
who needs common sense
when we've got rock on the radio
you sing the songs and i'll play the guitar
ditch our day jobs
and forget about the real world
do you remember when all we had it was rock on the radio
do you remember when all we had that meant everything to me
Lyrics submitted by you_know_me_21
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