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"
He's been working at the shoe shop
But he was dreaming of the big top
Met a girl made his heart stop
Bought her flowers and a soda pop
He said
I'm working hard for the money I make
Paying double for every mistake
I got a sister but we don't relate
I'm sowing seeds for my great escape
Ah honey run away with me
No more working in the factory
I know that my car's a little beat up, girl
But you'll be living with your feet up, girl
I need to know cause I leave tonight
Are you coming or is this goodbye?
She said
Send me a postcard
You're taking it too far
Send me a postcard
You're taking it too far
She's been hiding in the suburbs
Memorizing all the Proverbs
And now he tells her that he loves her
Could it be that it's just words?
Never a weight that he didn't drop
Never a feel that he didn't cop
She may never be a pin-up girl
But she walks with her chin up
And she'd never run away with you
You can steal the sun, you can hide the moon
Send me a postcard
You're taking it too far
Send me a postcard
You're taking it too far
I don't care who you are
Just send me a postcard
I don't care who you are
You're taking it too far
This isn't enough for me
It's not who I'm meant to be
I always wanted more
But I see a closing door
So if you're coming with me
To the promised land
If you're coming with me
Darling take my hand
Baby all I can see are the bright lights
We could be leaving at midnight
Oh! Whatcha waiting for?
I can't stay here anymore
Ah honey don't you hesitate
(No, no)
Don't leave me waiting by the garden gate
My mama told me that it's good to be patient
So I'll be waiting by the railroad station
Can't you see that I've changed my tune
I'll be your Sunday afternoon
I'm as constant as the sea
Or as much as you need me to be
And I'm never gonna ask again
Is this the start or is this the end?
She said
Send me a postcard
You're taking it too far
Send me a postcard
You're taking it too far
I don't care who you are
Just send me a postcard
I don't care who you are
You're taking it too far
Are you coming with me when I go, when I go
Are you coming with me when I go, when I go
But he was dreaming of the big top
Met a girl made his heart stop
Bought her flowers and a soda pop
He said
I'm working hard for the money I make
Paying double for every mistake
I got a sister but we don't relate
I'm sowing seeds for my great escape
Ah honey run away with me
No more working in the factory
I know that my car's a little beat up, girl
But you'll be living with your feet up, girl
I need to know cause I leave tonight
Are you coming or is this goodbye?
She said
Send me a postcard
You're taking it too far
Send me a postcard
You're taking it too far
She's been hiding in the suburbs
Memorizing all the Proverbs
And now he tells her that he loves her
Could it be that it's just words?
Never a weight that he didn't drop
Never a feel that he didn't cop
She may never be a pin-up girl
But she walks with her chin up
And she'd never run away with you
You can steal the sun, you can hide the moon
Send me a postcard
You're taking it too far
Send me a postcard
You're taking it too far
I don't care who you are
Just send me a postcard
I don't care who you are
You're taking it too far
This isn't enough for me
It's not who I'm meant to be
I always wanted more
But I see a closing door
So if you're coming with me
To the promised land
If you're coming with me
Darling take my hand
Baby all I can see are the bright lights
We could be leaving at midnight
Oh! Whatcha waiting for?
I can't stay here anymore
Ah honey don't you hesitate
(No, no)
Don't leave me waiting by the garden gate
My mama told me that it's good to be patient
So I'll be waiting by the railroad station
Can't you see that I've changed my tune
I'll be your Sunday afternoon
I'm as constant as the sea
Or as much as you need me to be
And I'm never gonna ask again
Is this the start or is this the end?
She said
Send me a postcard
You're taking it too far
Send me a postcard
You're taking it too far
I don't care who you are
Just send me a postcard
I don't care who you are
You're taking it too far
Are you coming with me when I go, when I go
Are you coming with me when I go, when I go
Lyrics submitted by seasideisme
Too Far Lyrics as written by Sam Lewis Roberts
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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