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"
Look back, look high tell me what do you see here
Trees, sky, sunshine is it what you imagined?
And picture this, so far away, can you see it?
And I'm not so sure what we need
Won't you tell me?
Hello, Universe
Tell me your secrets
Don't make the mistakes that they made for a lifetime
Just don't make the mistakes that they did
And we'll aim for the heavens now-
Encourage yourself to find the reason
To understand why they're hiding
Teach yourself to be the difference
And teach yourself it's a good thing
Let's not forget why were here now will we
Am I the one? Are you troubled?
We were made for a reason, our back up
In case the sun doesn't make it, surprise us
Hello, Universe
Tell me your secrets
Don't make the mistakes that they made for a lifetime
Just don't make the mistakes that they made
The wars will fight it out
The kids will play forever
Friends move on without you
It keeps spinning
You take things for granted
You'll sleep through today
It's alright to go without you
It's okay, have your day
And we'll aim for the heavens this time
It's something that can last a lifetime
And we'll aim for the heavens this time
Hello, Universe
Tell me your secrets
Don't make the mistakes that they made for a lifetime
Just don't make the mistakes that they did
Redesign the past, go back
Hello, Universe
Tell me your secrets
Trees, sky, sunshine is it what you imagined?
And picture this, so far away, can you see it?
And I'm not so sure what we need
Won't you tell me?
Hello, Universe
Tell me your secrets
Don't make the mistakes that they made for a lifetime
Just don't make the mistakes that they did
And we'll aim for the heavens now-
Encourage yourself to find the reason
To understand why they're hiding
Teach yourself to be the difference
And teach yourself it's a good thing
Let's not forget why were here now will we
Am I the one? Are you troubled?
We were made for a reason, our back up
In case the sun doesn't make it, surprise us
Hello, Universe
Tell me your secrets
Don't make the mistakes that they made for a lifetime
Just don't make the mistakes that they made
The wars will fight it out
The kids will play forever
Friends move on without you
It keeps spinning
You take things for granted
You'll sleep through today
It's alright to go without you
It's okay, have your day
And we'll aim for the heavens this time
It's something that can last a lifetime
And we'll aim for the heavens this time
Hello, Universe
Tell me your secrets
Don't make the mistakes that they made for a lifetime
Just don't make the mistakes that they did
Redesign the past, go back
Hello, Universe
Tell me your secrets
Lyrics submitted by bananahero
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In the first paragraph, it seems like he's asking the person if he/she is happy where they are, in their position, and how it feels like to be there.
The chorus, is practically self explanatory. He is telling everyone to share their 'secrets' or their regrets. He wants them to tell him their secrets so he can say "Don't make the mistakes that they made for a lifetime Just don't make the mistakes that they did" to them.
The second verse, he is encouraging them to 'aim for the heavens', meaning, to set your goals to high standards. He is saying that they should let themselves go. That they make a difference in the world. He is saying that they can do whatever they wanted. And that we were made for a reason, that we are here today for a reason.
The third verse... He is saying that things will always go wrong. No matter how much you try for it to not, it will. He is saying though that it's okay to have your alone time, and that the world won't bother you when you need it.
Then he says to them, that they will try again, but they will set higher goals.
"Redesign the past, go back" he means, they can change the past if they accept it.
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