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'll always love you for the rest of my days.
You have won my heart and my soul with your sweet, sexy ways.
You gave me hope when I needed someone near.
You bring me happiness every day of every year.
I'll always love you for all that you are.
You have made my life complete, you're my lucky star.
You are the one that I've been searching for.
You are my everything, tell me who could ask for more.
And I'll always love you, Honey, this will never end.
I need you by my side, baby, you're my lover, my friend. My friend.
You gave my world a thrill I've never known.
And filled my eager heart with a love to call my own.
And I'll always love you, you must know how much I do.
You can count on me forever and I will take good care of you.
I'll always love you, I'm so happy that you're mine.
I'll always love you, yes, till the end of time.
You have won my heart and my soul with your sweet, sexy ways.
You gave me hope when I needed someone near.
You bring me happiness every day of every year.
I'll always love you for all that you are.
You have made my life complete, you're my lucky star.
You are the one that I've been searching for.
You are my everything, tell me who could ask for more.
And I'll always love you, Honey, this will never end.
I need you by my side, baby, you're my lover, my friend. My friend.
You gave my world a thrill I've never known.
And filled my eager heart with a love to call my own.
And I'll always love you, you must know how much I do.
You can count on me forever and I will take good care of you.
I'll always love you, I'm so happy that you're mine.
I'll always love you, yes, till the end of time.
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So to anyone who has ever loved me, this is for you. You must be incredibly special to have feelings for someone like I who lacks so much in so many ways, but whose heart has great difficulty forgetting those who have touched it and made the soul sing. Thank you.