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"
The other night when we kissed
You told me I was yours forever
But when I woke up the next morning, you were gone
Come back baby
Come into my arms
You, you showed me how love could be
Just show me how much you need
You've always been by my side
Oh, baby that's no lie
'Cause I, I've always been true to you
I've always loved one, that's true
Oh baby, can't you see that it's you
You know that I love you so
[Chorus: x 2]
Come into my arms baby, I know how you feel
Come into my arms baby, this love for you is real
I've always been too much for you it burns inside
To wake up in the morning and you're not by my side
You, you shared your thoughts with me
You shared your secrecies
And oh, how that makes me feel
Listen baby, lets be forever
'Cause I, I know I will always be good
I know in my heart I should
I'll never ever do you wrong
My love for you is strong
[Chorus: x 2]
You were not by my side
Why aren't you here
We, we can't just let this die
You gotta give our love a try
Oh please be by my side
Don't even begin to cry
'Cause I, I'm waiting to be with you
Just give me the chance to prove
That I'm the only one for you
You know I was the one
[Chorus: x 2]
You were not by my side, your not by my side
Why aren't you here
So please be by my side
Please be by my side
Come into my arms baby, I know how you feel
This love for you is real
It burns inside
I know you're sorry you did me wrong
But until then I'll remember
You'll be back, back into my arms
You told me I was yours forever
But when I woke up the next morning, you were gone
Come back baby
Come into my arms
You, you showed me how love could be
Just show me how much you need
You've always been by my side
Oh, baby that's no lie
'Cause I, I've always been true to you
I've always loved one, that's true
Oh baby, can't you see that it's you
You know that I love you so
[Chorus: x 2]
Come into my arms baby, I know how you feel
Come into my arms baby, this love for you is real
I've always been too much for you it burns inside
To wake up in the morning and you're not by my side
You, you shared your thoughts with me
You shared your secrecies
And oh, how that makes me feel
Listen baby, lets be forever
'Cause I, I know I will always be good
I know in my heart I should
I'll never ever do you wrong
My love for you is strong
[Chorus: x 2]
You were not by my side
Why aren't you here
We, we can't just let this die
You gotta give our love a try
Oh please be by my side
Don't even begin to cry
'Cause I, I'm waiting to be with you
Just give me the chance to prove
That I'm the only one for you
You know I was the one
[Chorus: x 2]
You were not by my side, your not by my side
Why aren't you here
So please be by my side
Please be by my side
Come into my arms baby, I know how you feel
This love for you is real
It burns inside
I know you're sorry you did me wrong
But until then I'll remember
You'll be back, back into my arms
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Come into My Arms Lyrics as written by Elvin Molina Mickey Garcia
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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