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"
i caught you with my gut
it was telling me tales of love
i fell for them dirty flaws
knowing good things would come from you in time
yes good things would come from you in time
i called you a northwestern flame
you were willing enough to plow through the rain
your thoughts will not be tamed by me
or any of the same
tell us your story, don't leave out the part about judy
and please don't, love
just know we won't judge you when you mess up
don't drink too much, no need for a gun if no one's shooting
when they're eyes become cameras
just let me know and i'll be waiting
to talk you through the day
talk it through in the rain
there are diamonds beneath the trash
so don't let the lion make you sad
there are good things to be had
yes, there are good things to be had
no need to cover up that face
slick back your hair, don't be ashamed
find a place within your mane
sing us your song, don't leave out jonathan's harmonies
and please don't, love
just know that i won't judge you when you mess up
don't sleep too much, don't get too caught up with the women in town(?)
when the waits too heavy
just let me know and i'll be waiting
to try and keep you sane
talk it through in the rain
so it's best we roll on home
but i'll keep you in every note
so it's easier for us both
i'll try and keep you sane
talk it through in the rain
it was telling me tales of love
i fell for them dirty flaws
knowing good things would come from you in time
yes good things would come from you in time
i called you a northwestern flame
you were willing enough to plow through the rain
your thoughts will not be tamed by me
or any of the same
tell us your story, don't leave out the part about judy
and please don't, love
just know we won't judge you when you mess up
don't drink too much, no need for a gun if no one's shooting
when they're eyes become cameras
just let me know and i'll be waiting
to talk you through the day
talk it through in the rain
there are diamonds beneath the trash
so don't let the lion make you sad
there are good things to be had
yes, there are good things to be had
no need to cover up that face
slick back your hair, don't be ashamed
find a place within your mane
sing us your song, don't leave out jonathan's harmonies
and please don't, love
just know that i won't judge you when you mess up
don't sleep too much, don't get too caught up with the women in town(?)
when the waits too heavy
just let me know and i'll be waiting
to try and keep you sane
talk it through in the rain
so it's best we roll on home
but i'll keep you in every note
so it's easier for us both
i'll try and keep you sane
talk it through in the rain
Lyrics submitted by yourdramastory
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