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"
Well, it's a rockin' world, make no mistake about it
It's a shockin' world, could be what's so great about
It's a rockin' world, there ain't nothing fake about it
Whoa whoa, now welcome to this Earth, bro
Whoa whoa, we're tryin' to find an answer
Whoa whoa, we got a surface module and a belly-dancer
On a sidewalk surf
A boy is tryin' to show a girl what he's worth
Whoops! Both arms in plaster
But he's still gonna, go right up and ask her
Why is it monadic? Is it biological?
Why is it frenetic? Is it also physiological?
It's an epidemic, there's nothing logically
Logical, logical, logical
It's a rockin' world, make no mistake about
It's a shockin' world, could be what's so great about
It's a rockin' world, there ain't nothing fake about it
Now why do babies cry?
I asked the crow today but all he did was fly
And he took the cynic way
The laws of chaos, left us all in disarray
Now take the bumblebee, a lousy rotten bum
Not a shred of money just a lazy buzzin' hum
He takes all our honey and it's the Garden of Eden that's got to pay, that's who
Well, he'll crawl back to base
Can't make no head or tail of this place
But home we're returnin' back to base-ase
Can we be notified when love comes of age?
Does a cell divide in the, in the initial phase?
It's all codified in the DNA stage
Well, it's a rockin' world, make no mistake about
It's a shockin' world, that could be what's so great about
It's a rockin' world, there ain't nothing fake about it
It's a shockin' world, could be what's so great about
It's a rockin' world, there ain't nothing fake about it
Whoa whoa, now welcome to this Earth, bro
Whoa whoa, we're tryin' to find an answer
Whoa whoa, we got a surface module and a belly-dancer
On a sidewalk surf
A boy is tryin' to show a girl what he's worth
Whoops! Both arms in plaster
But he's still gonna, go right up and ask her
Why is it monadic? Is it biological?
Why is it frenetic? Is it also physiological?
It's an epidemic, there's nothing logically
Logical, logical, logical
It's a rockin' world, make no mistake about
It's a shockin' world, could be what's so great about
It's a rockin' world, there ain't nothing fake about it
Now why do babies cry?
I asked the crow today but all he did was fly
And he took the cynic way
The laws of chaos, left us all in disarray
Now take the bumblebee, a lousy rotten bum
Not a shred of money just a lazy buzzin' hum
He takes all our honey and it's the Garden of Eden that's got to pay, that's who
Well, he'll crawl back to base
Can't make no head or tail of this place
But home we're returnin' back to base-ase
Can we be notified when love comes of age?
Does a cell divide in the, in the initial phase?
It's all codified in the DNA stage
Well, it's a rockin' world, make no mistake about
It's a shockin' world, that could be what's so great about
It's a rockin' world, there ain't nothing fake about it
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Well, it's a rockin' world, make no mistake about it, It's a shockin' world, could be what's so great about it, It's a rockin' world, there aint nothing fake about it,
Whoh whoh, well welcome to this world bro, Whoh whoh, we're tryin to find an answer, Whoh whoh, we got a surface module and a belly dancer,
On the sidewalk surf, A boy is trying to show a girl what he is worth, Both arms in plaster, But he's still gonna, go right up and ask her,
Why is it barbaric, is it biological? Why is it phonetic, is it astrophysiological? It's an epidemic, there's nothing logically, Logical, logical, logical,
Well, it's a rockin' world, make no mistake about it, It's a shockin' world, could be what's so great about it, It's a rockin' world, there aint nothing fake about it..
Now, why do babies cry? I asked the crow today, but all he did was fly, And he took the scenic way, The laws of chaos, Left us all in disarray, Now take the bumblebee, a lousy rotten bum, Not a shred of money, just a lazy buzzing hum, He takes all our honey, And now the Garden of Eden has got to pay, that's who,
Well we're back to base, Can't make no error in tale of this place, But home we're returning back to base.. base,
Can only notify when, love comes to age, Does the cell divide in the initial phase, It's all codified in the DNA stage,
Well, it's a rockin' world, make no mistake about it, It's a shockin' world, could be what's so great about it, It's a rockin' world, there aint nothing fake about it..