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"
[J:] Hey Kage
[K:] Jables
[J:] How goes it man?
[K:] S’good… s’good
[J:] Y’know I been thinking a lot about it, and um, I just want us to be the
best fucking band in the world.
[K:] Well yeah me too!
[J:] There’s no point in doing it if we’re not the best.
[K:] Well s’true. I agree with that.
[J:] I mean what, yeah we’re gonna be, yeah we’re really good. We’re like
almost as good as Arcade Fire, fuck that.
[K:] Yeah
[J:] We gotta leave those fuckers in the dust!
[K:] What, what do you..
[J:] All those fucking youngsters gotta lick our fucking boot or fuck it!
Y’know what I mean?
[K:] Yeah! Yeah, well what, how do we do that though?
[J:] [sigh] Dude you need to fucking have some lessons.
[K:] What!
[J:] I know, you’re really good but you gotta expand your game.
[K:] Lessons!
[J:] Y’know how Koby in the off season would go and like, learn a fucking,
y’know a Texas Two-Step or something, to add to his arsenal?
[K:] Man, yeah, that’s true. That’s true.
[J:] Well I’ve just been noticing some of your classic riffs are a little sloppy.
[K:] Really?
[J:] And I, I hope you’re not pissed off at me but I went ahead and hired a dude.
[K:] Yeah? Oh no, what!
[J:] Dude, just give it a chance will you? If you don’t like- ah hey! I
swear, if you don’t like it we’ll fucking fire his ass. He’s out.
[K:] Who is this guy? I never…
[J:] His name is Felix Char [?]
[K:] Urgh, what.
[J:] He’s from Spain and he is the best.
[K:] Oh god…
[J:] I got him from the fucking London Phildsarmonic. (Meant to be Philharmonic)
[K:] Urgh, I just, I don’t know him, it seems weird!
[J:] Will you just, will you just spend a minute with him?
[K:] OK. Alright. I’ll spend a minute with him.
[J:] OK bro, he’s right outside I’m sending him in.
[K:] Oh god, OK. Why? Lessons, so stupid.
[F:] Hello?
[K:] Uh, hi!
[F:] Hello, I am Felix Char.
[K:] Hi, uh. Felix? Yeah, um.
[F:] Ah, as, Jack as asked me to spend some time with you. Uh.
[K:] OK, hm.
[F:] One on one. So, while Jack is outside, ah we will work on your technique.
[K:] OK.
[F:] Can I see you pick up, is this your guitar here?
[K:] Yup. Yeah, I gotta it, I gotta it right over here.
[F:] Ah, it is a Fender ay? Is this a Fender?
[K:] Ah well it’s a Gibson.
[F:] Yes a Gibson, yes. Made by the same, uh, manufacturer. Pick it up please, can you pick it up?
[K:] OK. Yeah.
[F:] No, no, no, d-d-d-d-d-d-d bap-bap-bap-bap-bap-bap-bap-bap!
[K:] What? What’d I do? What’d I do?
[F:] You pick it up from the neck! This is not the way you pick up a guitar!
[K:] I just picked it up, I just-
[F:] No,no, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, cállate tu bocar, pick it up from the body.
[K:] The what!
[F:] The body.
[K:] Oh the body! Body, OK.
[F:] I’m sorry about my accent.
[K:] I didn’t know, I didn’t know.
[F:] Now listen to me. I want you to play, like it is a woman. You go and play the guitar now. Play.
[K:] Uh, OK? Uh.
[F:] No, no, no, no, no. You, your fingers. Your fingers are too tight.
[K:] They’re too tight?
[F:] Yes, let me get behind you. Like this, you see?
[K:] Oh! Hn.
[F:] If I put my finger, on your finger.
[K:] Hey!
[F:] Then you can feel…
[K:] I can! Wait!
[F:] Sh, sh, sh, sh, shu! Finger to your mouth. I put my finger on your mouth, on your lips.
[K:] Mhmhm!
[F:] Yes that’s good.
[K:] Hey man!
[F:] Now listen hey, you want to play like an orgasm.
[K:] I’m just try- what!?
[F:] Feel this. Do you feel that?
[K:] Oh god! This is really weird man!
[F:] That’s my cock.
[K:] WHAT!
[F:] That’s my cock in your butt cheeks.
[K:] OH GOD! Hey!
[F:] Do you feel it?
[K:] NO!
[F:] Now I’m going to tough your cock.
[K:] OW!
[F:] Let me touch your penis.
[J:] It’s me!
[K:] WHAT?!
[J:] It’s me. It’s JB.
[K:] GOD!
[J:] There’s no Felix dude.
[K:] What are you doing?!
[J:] I’M FUCKING WAKING YOU UP! I’M TRYING TO SHAKE YOUR FOUNDATIONS!
[K:] By touching me with your penis?!
[J:] YES! By fucking touching your penis! Whatever it takes!
[K:] God!
[J:] That’s all I’m saying dude! I’m making a point! Let’s get fucking
serious! Let’s get physical! Alright. Let’s take it from the top.
[K:] Jables
[J:] How goes it man?
[K:] S’good… s’good
[J:] Y’know I been thinking a lot about it, and um, I just want us to be the
best fucking band in the world.
[K:] Well yeah me too!
[J:] There’s no point in doing it if we’re not the best.
[K:] Well s’true. I agree with that.
[J:] I mean what, yeah we’re gonna be, yeah we’re really good. We’re like
almost as good as Arcade Fire, fuck that.
[K:] Yeah
[J:] We gotta leave those fuckers in the dust!
[K:] What, what do you..
[J:] All those fucking youngsters gotta lick our fucking boot or fuck it!
Y’know what I mean?
[K:] Yeah! Yeah, well what, how do we do that though?
[J:] [sigh] Dude you need to fucking have some lessons.
[K:] What!
[J:] I know, you’re really good but you gotta expand your game.
[K:] Lessons!
[J:] Y’know how Koby in the off season would go and like, learn a fucking,
y’know a Texas Two-Step or something, to add to his arsenal?
[K:] Man, yeah, that’s true. That’s true.
[J:] Well I’ve just been noticing some of your classic riffs are a little sloppy.
[K:] Really?
[J:] And I, I hope you’re not pissed off at me but I went ahead and hired a dude.
[K:] Yeah? Oh no, what!
[J:] Dude, just give it a chance will you? If you don’t like- ah hey! I
swear, if you don’t like it we’ll fucking fire his ass. He’s out.
[K:] Who is this guy? I never…
[J:] His name is Felix Char [?]
[K:] Urgh, what.
[J:] He’s from Spain and he is the best.
[K:] Oh god…
[J:] I got him from the fucking London Phildsarmonic. (Meant to be Philharmonic)
[K:] Urgh, I just, I don’t know him, it seems weird!
[J:] Will you just, will you just spend a minute with him?
[K:] OK. Alright. I’ll spend a minute with him.
[J:] OK bro, he’s right outside I’m sending him in.
[K:] Oh god, OK. Why? Lessons, so stupid.
[F:] Hello?
[K:] Uh, hi!
[F:] Hello, I am Felix Char.
[K:] Hi, uh. Felix? Yeah, um.
[F:] Ah, as, Jack as asked me to spend some time with you. Uh.
[K:] OK, hm.
[F:] One on one. So, while Jack is outside, ah we will work on your technique.
[K:] OK.
[F:] Can I see you pick up, is this your guitar here?
[K:] Yup. Yeah, I gotta it, I gotta it right over here.
[F:] Ah, it is a Fender ay? Is this a Fender?
[K:] Ah well it’s a Gibson.
[F:] Yes a Gibson, yes. Made by the same, uh, manufacturer. Pick it up please, can you pick it up?
[K:] OK. Yeah.
[F:] No, no, no, d-d-d-d-d-d-d bap-bap-bap-bap-bap-bap-bap-bap!
[K:] What? What’d I do? What’d I do?
[F:] You pick it up from the neck! This is not the way you pick up a guitar!
[K:] I just picked it up, I just-
[F:] No,no, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, cállate tu bocar, pick it up from the body.
[K:] The what!
[F:] The body.
[K:] Oh the body! Body, OK.
[F:] I’m sorry about my accent.
[K:] I didn’t know, I didn’t know.
[F:] Now listen to me. I want you to play, like it is a woman. You go and play the guitar now. Play.
[K:] Uh, OK? Uh.
[F:] No, no, no, no, no. You, your fingers. Your fingers are too tight.
[K:] They’re too tight?
[F:] Yes, let me get behind you. Like this, you see?
[K:] Oh! Hn.
[F:] If I put my finger, on your finger.
[K:] Hey!
[F:] Then you can feel…
[K:] I can! Wait!
[F:] Sh, sh, sh, sh, shu! Finger to your mouth. I put my finger on your mouth, on your lips.
[K:] Mhmhm!
[F:] Yes that’s good.
[K:] Hey man!
[F:] Now listen hey, you want to play like an orgasm.
[K:] I’m just try- what!?
[F:] Feel this. Do you feel that?
[K:] Oh god! This is really weird man!
[F:] That’s my cock.
[K:] WHAT!
[F:] That’s my cock in your butt cheeks.
[K:] OH GOD! Hey!
[F:] Do you feel it?
[K:] NO!
[F:] Now I’m going to tough your cock.
[K:] OW!
[F:] Let me touch your penis.
[J:] It’s me!
[K:] WHAT?!
[J:] It’s me. It’s JB.
[K:] GOD!
[J:] There’s no Felix dude.
[K:] What are you doing?!
[J:] I’M FUCKING WAKING YOU UP! I’M TRYING TO SHAKE YOUR FOUNDATIONS!
[K:] By touching me with your penis?!
[J:] YES! By fucking touching your penis! Whatever it takes!
[K:] God!
[J:] That’s all I’m saying dude! I’m making a point! Let’s get fucking
serious! Let’s get physical! Alright. Let’s take it from the top.
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