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 sure hope that you're not riding on a bicycle for two
I've seen my share of girls and well, there has been no one like you
Your smile makes me forget my worries while your eyes say I love you
My heart is jumping arms goose-bumping and it's only been a minute or two
I can't help but wonder if you will slip away just like the rest
What if we had met from the start would my words come out then fall apart
It feels like when you're around it's a good thing I have found
And while we're mingling I'll hold you near to me
Because it feels like when you're around it's a good thing I have found
A pocket full of dried fruit peels I prefer to potpourri
It's just the pattern of the rose that is tingling my nose
And each day is four until the day I get to see you more
If it's a dream I'm in well I don't ever wanna wake up
I can't help but wonder if you will slip away just like the rest
What if we had met from the start would my words come out then fall apart
It feels like when you're around it's a good thing I have found
And while were mingling I hold you near to me
Because it feels like when you're around it's a good thing I have found
I hope you can tell that I mean you only well
You get inside my head and I want to be with you
And as the days go by I sit and wish that I was the guy who found you first
If I had it any other way than I'm having today I would be so happy and excited
I've seen my share of girls and well, there has been no one like you
Your smile makes me forget my worries while your eyes say I love you
My heart is jumping arms goose-bumping and it's only been a minute or two
I can't help but wonder if you will slip away just like the rest
What if we had met from the start would my words come out then fall apart
It feels like when you're around it's a good thing I have found
And while we're mingling I'll hold you near to me
Because it feels like when you're around it's a good thing I have found
A pocket full of dried fruit peels I prefer to potpourri
It's just the pattern of the rose that is tingling my nose
And each day is four until the day I get to see you more
If it's a dream I'm in well I don't ever wanna wake up
I can't help but wonder if you will slip away just like the rest
What if we had met from the start would my words come out then fall apart
It feels like when you're around it's a good thing I have found
And while were mingling I hold you near to me
Because it feels like when you're around it's a good thing I have found
I hope you can tell that I mean you only well
You get inside my head and I want to be with you
And as the days go by I sit and wish that I was the guy who found you first
If I had it any other way than I'm having today I would be so happy and excited
Lyrics submitted by xxasswipe, edited by paviannaidoo
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