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"
She won't let me go,
Don't put me down,
I've seen the scenes and I've been around.
These city lies,
The bullshit smiles,
The inside jokes and the changing style.
But when I'm here,
I leave behind,
What I don't need
'Cause everytime I walk these streets I know they're mine.
It's just another day,
Living here this way,
Nothing ever troubles me,
And I say, "Lalalaa lalalaala, Lalalaa lalalaala la,
Everything's ok."
Oh these walls they should talk,
Yeah, feels good just to walk,
These streets of nowhere,
These streets of nowhere.
Grey clouds up above her,
But you still gotta love,
These streets of nowhere,
These streets of nowhere.
Your faded signs,
Your dirty crime,
Your endless jokes that go on for miles
Your errant daughter,
Wants her water,
You wouldn't have a word said against her.
But I agree,
The factories,
The shopping carts sing a symphony,
That sounds like home to me.
It's just another day,
Living here this way,
Nothing ever troubles me,
And I say, "Lalalaa lalalaala, Lalalaa lalalaala la,
Everything's ok."
Oh these walls they should talk,
Yeah, feels good just to walk,
These streets of nowhere,
These streets of nowhere.
Grey clouds up above her,
But she's still gotta love,
These streets of nowhere,
These streets of nowhere.
Oooooooooooo,
Oooooooooooo.
It's just another day,
Living here this way,
Nothing ever troubles me,
And I say, "Lalalaa lalalaala, Lalalaa lalalaala la,
Everything will be okay."
These streets of nowhere!
Oh these walls they should talk,
Yeah, feels good just to walk,
These streets of nowhere,
These streets of nowhere.
Grey clouds up above her,
But she's still gotta love,
These streets of nowhere,
These streets of nowhere.
Don't put me down,
I've seen the scenes and I've been around.
These city lies,
The bullshit smiles,
The inside jokes and the changing style.
But when I'm here,
I leave behind,
What I don't need
'Cause everytime I walk these streets I know they're mine.
It's just another day,
Living here this way,
Nothing ever troubles me,
And I say, "Lalalaa lalalaala, Lalalaa lalalaala la,
Everything's ok."
Oh these walls they should talk,
Yeah, feels good just to walk,
These streets of nowhere,
These streets of nowhere.
Grey clouds up above her,
But you still gotta love,
These streets of nowhere,
These streets of nowhere.
Your faded signs,
Your dirty crime,
Your endless jokes that go on for miles
Your errant daughter,
Wants her water,
You wouldn't have a word said against her.
But I agree,
The factories,
The shopping carts sing a symphony,
That sounds like home to me.
It's just another day,
Living here this way,
Nothing ever troubles me,
And I say, "Lalalaa lalalaala, Lalalaa lalalaala la,
Everything's ok."
Oh these walls they should talk,
Yeah, feels good just to walk,
These streets of nowhere,
These streets of nowhere.
Grey clouds up above her,
But she's still gotta love,
These streets of nowhere,
These streets of nowhere.
Oooooooooooo,
Oooooooooooo.
It's just another day,
Living here this way,
Nothing ever troubles me,
And I say, "Lalalaa lalalaala, Lalalaa lalalaala la,
Everything will be okay."
These streets of nowhere!
Oh these walls they should talk,
Yeah, feels good just to walk,
These streets of nowhere,
These streets of nowhere.
Grey clouds up above her,
But she's still gotta love,
These streets of nowhere,
These streets of nowhere.
Lyrics submitted by Roosey
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She won't let me go, Don't put me down, I've seen the scenes and I've been around. These city lies, The bullshit smiles, The inside jokes and the changing style. (he is trapped in love of a girl, he doesn't want criticism. he already been with a lot of girls and tried everything)
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Grey clouds up above her, But you still gotta love, These streets of nowhere, These streets of nowhere. (no matter what does the girl do or what's up with her etc. he loves her)
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