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"
You are the one
Who makes it worth waking up in the morning
I'd trade the sun for the chance to show you I'm all in
We could be like Jay and Beyonce
Bonnie and Clyde just like the movie
Take that chance on love (yeah yeah)
Now I can't predict what the future holds
But I'll fight forever to keep you close (yeah)
I'd give it all up baby
Trade in the world to show, I'm falling,
I'm falling (yeah)
Don't need the fame or money
As long as I got you girl
I'm falling, I'm falling
Tell all them other girls I've fallen
Oh oh oh yeah yeah
Oh oh oh yeah yeah
Oh oh oh yeah yeah
Put me to the test
I'll prove to you I'll never be a heartache
Cos you're the best
You deserve the best
Rule this world like Michelle and Barack
Be my girl we'll end up on top
Take that chance on love (yeah yeah)
Now I can't predict what the future holds
But I'll fight forever to keep you close (yeah)
I'd give it all up baby
Trade in the world to show, I'm falling,
I'm falling (yeah)
Don't need the fame or money
As long as I got you girl
I'm falling, I'm falling
Tell all them other girls I've fallen
Oh I want the world to see (see)
So I bring you like some jewelry
To show you that I'm not ashamed
I'm falling, I'm falling (yeah)
I'm telling all them other girls
And everybody round the world
I told you girl I'm not ashamed
I'm falling, I'm falling (yeah yeah)
I'd give it all up baby
Trade in the world to show I'm falling,
I'm falling (yeah)
I'd give it all up baby
Trade in the world to show, I'm falling,
I'm falling (yeah)
Don't need the fame or money
As long as I got you girl
I'm falling (I'm falling baby), I'm falling
Tell all them other girls (tell all them other girls)
(Tell all them other girls)
I've fallen
Who makes it worth waking up in the morning
I'd trade the sun for the chance to show you I'm all in
We could be like Jay and Beyonce
Bonnie and Clyde just like the movie
Take that chance on love (yeah yeah)
Now I can't predict what the future holds
But I'll fight forever to keep you close (yeah)
I'd give it all up baby
Trade in the world to show, I'm falling,
I'm falling (yeah)
Don't need the fame or money
As long as I got you girl
I'm falling, I'm falling
Tell all them other girls I've fallen
Oh oh oh yeah yeah
Oh oh oh yeah yeah
Oh oh oh yeah yeah
Put me to the test
I'll prove to you I'll never be a heartache
Cos you're the best
You deserve the best
Rule this world like Michelle and Barack
Be my girl we'll end up on top
Take that chance on love (yeah yeah)
Now I can't predict what the future holds
But I'll fight forever to keep you close (yeah)
I'd give it all up baby
Trade in the world to show, I'm falling,
I'm falling (yeah)
Don't need the fame or money
As long as I got you girl
I'm falling, I'm falling
Tell all them other girls I've fallen
Oh I want the world to see (see)
So I bring you like some jewelry
To show you that I'm not ashamed
I'm falling, I'm falling (yeah)
I'm telling all them other girls
And everybody round the world
I told you girl I'm not ashamed
I'm falling, I'm falling (yeah yeah)
I'd give it all up baby
Trade in the world to show I'm falling,
I'm falling (yeah)
I'd give it all up baby
Trade in the world to show, I'm falling,
I'm falling (yeah)
Don't need the fame or money
As long as I got you girl
I'm falling (I'm falling baby), I'm falling
Tell all them other girls (tell all them other girls)
(Tell all them other girls)
I've fallen
Lyrics submitted by tugboatlove1
Fallen Lyrics as written by Jonathan Rotem Evan Bogart
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I Love This Song.
God Bless.
this song is so cute! i love it! except for one referece in particular.. need i say more?