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"
Hold me in your arms
Love me like your best friends did
Promise, I won't hurt you kid
Hold me really tight until the stars look big
Never let me go
All the world is ours
Like they say in Scarface kid
You can push your drugs and I can make it big
Singing CBGB's have a real good gig
Hey you never know
Cause baby we were born to live fast and die young
Born to be bad, have fun
Honey, you and me can be one
Just believe, come on
If you love me hardcore then don't walk away
It's a game boy
I don't wanna play
I just wanna be yours
Like I always say
Never let me go
Boy, we're in a world war
Let's go all the way
Put your foot to the floor
Really walk away
Tell me that you need me more and more everyday
Never let me go, just stay
We gonna go far
I can already taste it kid
LA's gonna look real good
Drive me in your car until the sky gets big
Never let me go
Send me to the stars
Tell me when I get there kid
I can be your Nancy
You can be my Sid
Get into some trouble like our parents did
Hey, they'll never know
Cause baby we were born to be bad
Move on
Built to go fast
Stay strong
Honey, you and me and no one
Just believe
Come on
If you love me hardcore, then don't walk away
It's a game boy
I don't wanna play
I just wanna be yours
Like I always say
Never let me go
Boy, we're in a world war
Let's go all the way
Put your foot to the floor
Really walk away
Tell me that you need me more and more everyday
Never let me go, just stay
I remember when I saw you for the first time
You were laughing
Sparking like a new dime
I came over
"Hello, can you be mine?"
Can you be mine
Can you be mine?
If you love me hardcore then don't walk away
It's a game boy
I don't wanna play
I just wanna be yours
Like I always say
Never let me go
Baby it's a sweet life
Sing it like a song
It's a short trip
Only getting one who can count on my love more than anyone
Never let me go
If you love me hardcore then don't walk away
It's a game boy
I don't wanna play
I just wanna be yours
Like I always say
Never let me go
Boy, we're in a world war
Let's go all the way
Put your foot to the floor
Really walk away
Tell me that you need me more and more everyday
Never let me go, just stay
Love me like your best friends did
Promise, I won't hurt you kid
Hold me really tight until the stars look big
Never let me go
All the world is ours
Like they say in Scarface kid
You can push your drugs and I can make it big
Singing CBGB's have a real good gig
Hey you never know
Cause baby we were born to live fast and die young
Born to be bad, have fun
Honey, you and me can be one
Just believe, come on
If you love me hardcore then don't walk away
It's a game boy
I don't wanna play
I just wanna be yours
Like I always say
Never let me go
Boy, we're in a world war
Let's go all the way
Put your foot to the floor
Really walk away
Tell me that you need me more and more everyday
Never let me go, just stay
We gonna go far
I can already taste it kid
LA's gonna look real good
Drive me in your car until the sky gets big
Never let me go
Send me to the stars
Tell me when I get there kid
I can be your Nancy
You can be my Sid
Get into some trouble like our parents did
Hey, they'll never know
Cause baby we were born to be bad
Move on
Built to go fast
Stay strong
Honey, you and me and no one
Just believe
Come on
If you love me hardcore, then don't walk away
It's a game boy
I don't wanna play
I just wanna be yours
Like I always say
Never let me go
Boy, we're in a world war
Let's go all the way
Put your foot to the floor
Really walk away
Tell me that you need me more and more everyday
Never let me go, just stay
I remember when I saw you for the first time
You were laughing
Sparking like a new dime
I came over
"Hello, can you be mine?"
Can you be mine
Can you be mine?
If you love me hardcore then don't walk away
It's a game boy
I don't wanna play
I just wanna be yours
Like I always say
Never let me go
Baby it's a sweet life
Sing it like a song
It's a short trip
Only getting one who can count on my love more than anyone
Never let me go
If you love me hardcore then don't walk away
It's a game boy
I don't wanna play
I just wanna be yours
Like I always say
Never let me go
Boy, we're in a world war
Let's go all the way
Put your foot to the floor
Really walk away
Tell me that you need me more and more everyday
Never let me go, just stay
Lyrics submitted by sister
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