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"
Walking down the sidewalk
Is that the way that you wanna be seen?
Face that won't forget you
Photographic memory
Impression that you're drawn to
Make it good
Make it last
Waiting for this moment for so long
Ready for the dance
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Ready with your story
Funny guy
Cartoon
Always saying sorry
Hold on
There's something you're gonna lose
The man who turns the lights on
The lover who never has to choose
The girl he set his sights on
Lacing up her shoes
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you are
I can picture you staring
Out the window
Not caring
The nights go by
Oh, the nights go by
Is that the way that you are
I can picture you staring
Out the window
Not caring
The nights go by
Oh, the nights go by
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
I can picture you staring
Out the window
Not caring
The nights go by
Oh, the nights go by
Is that the way that you are?
Wear your hair down alone
Tie it up when he's there
And tell me that nothing's wrong
Is that the way that you wanna be seen?
Face that won't forget you
Photographic memory
Impression that you're drawn to
Make it good
Make it last
Waiting for this moment for so long
Ready for the dance
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Ready with your story
Funny guy
Cartoon
Always saying sorry
Hold on
There's something you're gonna lose
The man who turns the lights on
The lover who never has to choose
The girl he set his sights on
Lacing up her shoes
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you are
I can picture you staring
Out the window
Not caring
The nights go by
Oh, the nights go by
Is that the way that you are
I can picture you staring
Out the window
Not caring
The nights go by
Oh, the nights go by
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
Is that the way that you wanna be loved?
I can picture you staring
Out the window
Not caring
The nights go by
Oh, the nights go by
Is that the way that you are?
Wear your hair down alone
Tie it up when he's there
And tell me that nothing's wrong
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Way To Be Loved Lyrics as written by Jane Penny David Carriere
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We worry so much about others' acceptance that we don't let ourselves just be us, and end up regretting it.
@morikid <br /> <br /> Thanks for this. I like this interpretation better than my original assumption of the meaning. Which doesn't even make sense after properly reading the lyrics and your comment!