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"
Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk
at our Christmas party
We were drinkin champagne punch and home-made eggnog
little sister brought her new boyfriend
He was a mexican
we didn't know what to think of him
'till he sang "Feliz Navidad"
Feliz Navidad
Brother Ken brought his kids with him
the three from his first wife Lynn
and the two identical twins from his second wife Mary-Nell
Of course he brought his new wife Kay
she talks all about AA
chainsmokin' while the stereo plays
noel noel, the first noel
Chorus:
Carve the turkey, turn the ballgame on
mix margaritas when the eggnog's gone
send somebody to the QuicPac store
we need some ice and an extension cord
a can of bean dip and some Diet Rites
a box of tampons and some Marlboro lights
Hallelujah everybody say cheese
Merry Christmas from the family
fran and rita drove from harlejin
i can't remember how i'm kin to them
but when they tried to plug their motor home in,
they blew our xmas lights
cousin david knew just what went wrong
so we all waited out on our front lawn
he threw the breaker
and the lights came on
and we sang silent light, o silent night
carve the turkey turn the ballgame on
mix bloody marys cuz we all want one
send somebody to the Stop N' Go
we need some celery and a can of fake snow
a bag of lemons and some Diet Sprites
a box of tampons and some Salem lights
Hallelujah everybody say cheese
Merry Christmas from the family
Feliz Navidad
at our Christmas party
We were drinkin champagne punch and home-made eggnog
little sister brought her new boyfriend
He was a mexican
we didn't know what to think of him
'till he sang "Feliz Navidad"
Feliz Navidad
Brother Ken brought his kids with him
the three from his first wife Lynn
and the two identical twins from his second wife Mary-Nell
Of course he brought his new wife Kay
she talks all about AA
chainsmokin' while the stereo plays
noel noel, the first noel
Chorus:
Carve the turkey, turn the ballgame on
mix margaritas when the eggnog's gone
send somebody to the QuicPac store
we need some ice and an extension cord
a can of bean dip and some Diet Rites
a box of tampons and some Marlboro lights
Hallelujah everybody say cheese
Merry Christmas from the family
fran and rita drove from harlejin
i can't remember how i'm kin to them
but when they tried to plug their motor home in,
they blew our xmas lights
cousin david knew just what went wrong
so we all waited out on our front lawn
he threw the breaker
and the lights came on
and we sang silent light, o silent night
carve the turkey turn the ballgame on
mix bloody marys cuz we all want one
send somebody to the Stop N' Go
we need some celery and a can of fake snow
a bag of lemons and some Diet Sprites
a box of tampons and some Salem lights
Hallelujah everybody say cheese
Merry Christmas from the family
Feliz Navidad
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Merry Christmas From the Family Lyrics as written by Robert Keen
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