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"
Everytime I get near
You wanna fly
Tell me why, tell me why
You go away, you go away, you go away
And everytime that you lie
I wonder why
Tell me why, tell me why
Why you lie? You lie, lie, lie away
Well, I've not fallen, I've not fallen
But I don't need your help for my sake
It's for another, for another, for another, for another, for another
It's for another, another, another, another, another, another, another, another, another
Everyday for the rest of your life
Living on the edge
Edge of the night
Look away, look away, look away
Fools are falling
But that's their plight
Something good about you
But you're not my type
Please stay, please stay, please stay
Well, I've not fallen, I've not fallen
But I don't need your help for my sake
It's for another, for another, for another, for another, for another
It's for another, another, another, another, another, another, another, another, another
Oh dear, I fear
Just what are we doing here?
If you saw what I saw
You'd keep an eye right on the door
And I asked her
If she was lonely
She replied, "Yeah, I am a lonely girl.
But somebody might certainly just find that I am worth it all"
This is a time for misunderstanding
And finding moments
With someone you hope you love
We go about things on a different way
And you're a person who likes a chatty encounter
So why go away?
Well, I've not fallen, I've not fallen
But I don't need your help for my sake
It's for another, for another, for another, for another, for another
It's for another, another, another, another, another, another, another, another, another
You wanna fly
Tell me why, tell me why
You go away, you go away, you go away
And everytime that you lie
I wonder why
Tell me why, tell me why
Why you lie? You lie, lie, lie away
Well, I've not fallen, I've not fallen
But I don't need your help for my sake
It's for another, for another, for another, for another, for another
It's for another, another, another, another, another, another, another, another, another
Everyday for the rest of your life
Living on the edge
Edge of the night
Look away, look away, look away
Fools are falling
But that's their plight
Something good about you
But you're not my type
Please stay, please stay, please stay
Well, I've not fallen, I've not fallen
But I don't need your help for my sake
It's for another, for another, for another, for another, for another
It's for another, another, another, another, another, another, another, another, another
Oh dear, I fear
Just what are we doing here?
If you saw what I saw
You'd keep an eye right on the door
And I asked her
If she was lonely
She replied, "Yeah, I am a lonely girl.
But somebody might certainly just find that I am worth it all"
This is a time for misunderstanding
And finding moments
With someone you hope you love
We go about things on a different way
And you're a person who likes a chatty encounter
So why go away?
Well, I've not fallen, I've not fallen
But I don't need your help for my sake
It's for another, for another, for another, for another, for another
It's for another, another, another, another, another, another, another, another, another
Lyrics submitted by minicuotas
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