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"
Avenues
Avenues
Avenues
Oh
Pick ya avenues
And watch ya back my homie
And watch ya back my homie
Sometimes you gotta change avenues
And watch ya back my homie
And watch ya back my homie
Pick ya avenues
And watch ya back
Sometimes you gotta change avenues
And watch ya back
Yeah
Is the love reciprocated
Masked hatred
Back stabbers smile in ya face
They feel adjacent
Watch movement
Some glorify the ones that they cool with
But the ones that you cool with could be the ones that'll do ya
Sad reality
Some people looking at you like you cowardly
For watching who you be around and where you focus hourly
First thing, learn to choose ya avenues properly
Worst thing, gave in when they don't want us buying property
Amongst other choices
Unheard voices
The voiceless in poverty
Will hoist up the problems seen
Thoughts about said topic the main focus
That's why you gotta choose ya avenues
The lanes open
Find the right one for you, stay positive
Live and you learn
Go where the knowledge is
Gotta level up some get a scholarship
Even if you don't, gotta find your power kid
Power kid
And watch ya back
And watch ya back my homie
Sometimes you gotta change avenues
And watch ya back
And watch ya back my homie
Pick ya avenues
And watch ya back
And watch ya back my homie
Sometimes you gotta change avenues
And watch ya back
And watch ya back
Gotta keep it moving
Meanwhile the back stabbers got you living rent free
No time for choosing
Living, producing
Being productive
No time for goofing
Or snoozing
Visualize movies
In the lines that's written, I score
Based on the life I live
Preparing me for future decisions
On a mission I step with precision
Tunnel vision
No excuses
Attention
Watch surroundings and listen
Listen
Granny's kitchen
The good ole days
Memories saved
Reflecting on the path that was made
How far I done came
Go and get it still made a way
Walking down the avenue I chose still gon say
Pick ya avenues
And watch ya back
And watch ya back my homie
Sometimes you gotta change avenues
And watch ya back
And watch ya back my homie
Pick ya avenues
And watch ya back
And watch ya back my homie
Sometimes you gotta change avenues
And watch ya back
And watch ya back
Pick ya lane
Go and get it
For real gotta maintain
If you with it
I said
Pick ya lane
Go and get it
For real gotta maintain
If you with it
I said
The cold shoulders and the ones that sold
It hurts the most
But you gotta let 'em go
Love from from a distance
The avenue you chose
Love from from a distance
The avenue you chose
Avenues
Avenues
Oh
Pick ya avenues
And watch ya back my homie
And watch ya back my homie
Sometimes you gotta change avenues
And watch ya back my homie
And watch ya back my homie
Pick ya avenues
And watch ya back
Sometimes you gotta change avenues
And watch ya back
Yeah
Is the love reciprocated
Masked hatred
Back stabbers smile in ya face
They feel adjacent
Watch movement
Some glorify the ones that they cool with
But the ones that you cool with could be the ones that'll do ya
Sad reality
Some people looking at you like you cowardly
For watching who you be around and where you focus hourly
First thing, learn to choose ya avenues properly
Worst thing, gave in when they don't want us buying property
Amongst other choices
Unheard voices
The voiceless in poverty
Will hoist up the problems seen
Thoughts about said topic the main focus
That's why you gotta choose ya avenues
The lanes open
Find the right one for you, stay positive
Live and you learn
Go where the knowledge is
Gotta level up some get a scholarship
Even if you don't, gotta find your power kid
Power kid
And watch ya back
And watch ya back my homie
Sometimes you gotta change avenues
And watch ya back
And watch ya back my homie
Pick ya avenues
And watch ya back
And watch ya back my homie
Sometimes you gotta change avenues
And watch ya back
And watch ya back
Gotta keep it moving
Meanwhile the back stabbers got you living rent free
No time for choosing
Living, producing
Being productive
No time for goofing
Or snoozing
Visualize movies
In the lines that's written, I score
Based on the life I live
Preparing me for future decisions
On a mission I step with precision
Tunnel vision
No excuses
Attention
Watch surroundings and listen
Listen
Granny's kitchen
The good ole days
Memories saved
Reflecting on the path that was made
How far I done came
Go and get it still made a way
Walking down the avenue I chose still gon say
Pick ya avenues
And watch ya back
And watch ya back my homie
Sometimes you gotta change avenues
And watch ya back
And watch ya back my homie
Pick ya avenues
And watch ya back
And watch ya back my homie
Sometimes you gotta change avenues
And watch ya back
And watch ya back
Pick ya lane
Go and get it
For real gotta maintain
If you with it
I said
Pick ya lane
Go and get it
For real gotta maintain
If you with it
I said
The cold shoulders and the ones that sold
It hurts the most
But you gotta let 'em go
Love from from a distance
The avenue you chose
Love from from a distance
The avenue you chose
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