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"
The day I first met you
You told me, you'd never fall in love
But now that, I get you
I know fear is what it really was
Now here we are, so close yet so far
Haven't I passed the test?
When will you realise,
That baby I'm not like the rest
Don't wanna break your heart,
Wanna give your heart a break
I know you're scared it's wrong
Like you might make a mistake
There's just one life to live
And there's no time to wait, to wait
So let me give your heart a break
Give your heart a break
Let me give your heart a break
Your heart a break, oh yeah yeah
On Sunday, you went home alone
There were tears in your eyes
I called your cell phone, my love
But you did not reply
The world is ours if we want it
We can take it
If you just take my hand
There's no turning back now (No turning back)
Baby try to understand
Don't wanna break your heart,
Wanna give your heart a break
I know you're scared it's wrong
Like you might make a mistake
There's just one life to live
And there's no time to wait, to wait
So let me give your heart a break
Give your heart a break
Let me give your heart a break
Your heart a break,
There's just so much you can take
Give your heart a break
Let me give your heart a break
Your heart a break, oh yeah yeah
When your lips are on my lips
And our hearts beat as one
But you slip out of my fingertips
Everytime you run! Woah woah woah
Don't wanna break your heart,
Wanna give your heart a break
I know you're scared it's wrong
Like you might make a mistake
There's just one life to live
And there's no time to wait, to wait
So let me give your heart a break
'Cause you've been hurt before
I can see it in your eyes
You're try'na smile it away
Some things you can't disguise
Don't wanna break your heart
Maybe I can ease the ache, the ache
So let me give your heart a break
Give your heart a break
Your heart a break
Your heart a break
There's just so much you can take
Give your heart a break
Let me give your heart a break
Your heart a break, oh yeah yeah
You told me, you'd never fall in love
But now that, I get you
I know fear is what it really was
Now here we are, so close yet so far
Haven't I passed the test?
When will you realise,
That baby I'm not like the rest
Don't wanna break your heart,
Wanna give your heart a break
I know you're scared it's wrong
Like you might make a mistake
There's just one life to live
And there's no time to wait, to wait
So let me give your heart a break
Give your heart a break
Let me give your heart a break
Your heart a break, oh yeah yeah
On Sunday, you went home alone
There were tears in your eyes
I called your cell phone, my love
But you did not reply
The world is ours if we want it
We can take it
If you just take my hand
There's no turning back now (No turning back)
Baby try to understand
Don't wanna break your heart,
Wanna give your heart a break
I know you're scared it's wrong
Like you might make a mistake
There's just one life to live
And there's no time to wait, to wait
So let me give your heart a break
Give your heart a break
Let me give your heart a break
Your heart a break,
There's just so much you can take
Give your heart a break
Let me give your heart a break
Your heart a break, oh yeah yeah
When your lips are on my lips
And our hearts beat as one
But you slip out of my fingertips
Everytime you run! Woah woah woah
Don't wanna break your heart,
Wanna give your heart a break
I know you're scared it's wrong
Like you might make a mistake
There's just one life to live
And there's no time to wait, to wait
So let me give your heart a break
'Cause you've been hurt before
I can see it in your eyes
You're try'na smile it away
Some things you can't disguise
Don't wanna break your heart
Maybe I can ease the ache, the ache
So let me give your heart a break
Give your heart a break
Your heart a break
Your heart a break
There's just so much you can take
Give your heart a break
Let me give your heart a break
Your heart a break, oh yeah yeah
Lyrics submitted by Abbie96
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