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"
Let me come inside your ivory tower
Let me come inside your hallowed walls
God, it's heaven in here
Fix me with your hand of grace
Fix me with your touch of precious thrill
Your fingers dance across my skin
Reaching out for the pride of man
We're hand in hand, we're flesh in flesh
We're walking through the fire of love
And breath by breath, and flame by flame
We burn 'til the sun rises and shines hard
And love come gushing, love runs free
My love comes all over you
My love comes for you
Love me to death, my flower
Run barefoot through my hair
Naked on my lips
Love me to death, my precious
Smother me with kisses
Drown me in your waves of flowing sweetness
Hold me dear, and bury me deep
Bless me with your word of savage honor
We love more by fate than design
So give me your hand and I'll gladly give you my life
My flower, that sways in the breeze
You must be stronger than the winds that blow you away
Blow you away
Love me to death, my precious
Run barefoot through my hair
Dance wild on my lips
Love me to death, my flower
Lay me down on your bed of petals
Cover me with your honey, my blossom
Love me to death
Love me to death
Love me to death, my flower
Love me to death, my treasure
Run bare foot through my hair
Dance wild on my heart
Love me to death, my precious
Love me to death, my love
Tarnish, taint and punish me softly
Softly love me to death
Love me to death
Let me come inside your hallowed walls
God, it's heaven in here
Fix me with your hand of grace
Fix me with your touch of precious thrill
Your fingers dance across my skin
Reaching out for the pride of man
We're hand in hand, we're flesh in flesh
We're walking through the fire of love
And breath by breath, and flame by flame
We burn 'til the sun rises and shines hard
And love come gushing, love runs free
My love comes all over you
My love comes for you
Love me to death, my flower
Run barefoot through my hair
Naked on my lips
Love me to death, my precious
Smother me with kisses
Drown me in your waves of flowing sweetness
Hold me dear, and bury me deep
Bless me with your word of savage honor
We love more by fate than design
So give me your hand and I'll gladly give you my life
My flower, that sways in the breeze
You must be stronger than the winds that blow you away
Blow you away
Love me to death, my precious
Run barefoot through my hair
Dance wild on my lips
Love me to death, my flower
Lay me down on your bed of petals
Cover me with your honey, my blossom
Love me to death
Love me to death
Love me to death, my flower
Love me to death, my treasure
Run bare foot through my hair
Dance wild on my heart
Love me to death, my precious
Love me to death, my love
Tarnish, taint and punish me softly
Softly love me to death
Love me to death
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Love Me to Death Lyrics as written by Mick Brown Craig David Adams
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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