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"
Have you ever heard that voice of reason whisper in your ear?
Oh did it say the things you never want to hear?
Tell me, where'd that angel perched upon your shoulder go?
Did you pick her up and swallow her whole?
And do you ever miss the balance of the back and forth...
Or is it peaceful now without the extra noise?
Tell me, where'd that devil perched upon on your shoulder go?
Did it make your head its home?
Wouldn't you love to be inspired?
Let the thought erode your fears.
Is it enough to be admired?
Does it get you through the years?
Stay calm. You've got to carry on, oh, even with the weight of all you've done.
How does it feel to know they look up to you cause they're all so young?
And that's why the charges come...
I wanna know, how many memories do you pray to forget?
Tell me, were they worth it?
Wouldn't you love to be inspired?
Let the thought erode your fears
Is it enough to be admired?
Does it get you through the years?
Well, I can’t wait to watch your empire crumble.
Can’t wait to watch the walls cave in.
For only when all you have is rubble, can you truly build again.
If you spend all of your time feeling you’re empty inside,
then you should question everything you know about.
If you spend all of your time ignoring every sign
then you should question how you’ll ever make it out.
Hey, give me a reason not to cause some unrest.
Tell the press, stop your checks till you're homeless.
Hey, give me a reason you're entitled to this.
I'll bet you question how you'll ever...
And the levy's 'bout to break!
Yeah, you let the discord build 'til you're sick from the static and the devil in your head will yell!
Careful, better be careful what you wish for.
Careful, better be careful what you wish...
Wouldn't you love to be inspired?
Let the thought erode your fears
Is it enough to be admired?
Does it get you through the years?
Well, I can’t wait to watch your empire crumble.
Can’t wait to watch the walls cave in.
For only when all you have is rubble, can you truly build again.
Careful, better be careful what you wish for.
Careful, better be careful what you wish...
Oh did it say the things you never want to hear?
Tell me, where'd that angel perched upon your shoulder go?
Did you pick her up and swallow her whole?
And do you ever miss the balance of the back and forth...
Or is it peaceful now without the extra noise?
Tell me, where'd that devil perched upon on your shoulder go?
Did it make your head its home?
Wouldn't you love to be inspired?
Let the thought erode your fears.
Is it enough to be admired?
Does it get you through the years?
Stay calm. You've got to carry on, oh, even with the weight of all you've done.
How does it feel to know they look up to you cause they're all so young?
And that's why the charges come...
I wanna know, how many memories do you pray to forget?
Tell me, were they worth it?
Wouldn't you love to be inspired?
Let the thought erode your fears
Is it enough to be admired?
Does it get you through the years?
Well, I can’t wait to watch your empire crumble.
Can’t wait to watch the walls cave in.
For only when all you have is rubble, can you truly build again.
If you spend all of your time feeling you’re empty inside,
then you should question everything you know about.
If you spend all of your time ignoring every sign
then you should question how you’ll ever make it out.
Hey, give me a reason not to cause some unrest.
Tell the press, stop your checks till you're homeless.
Hey, give me a reason you're entitled to this.
I'll bet you question how you'll ever...
And the levy's 'bout to break!
Yeah, you let the discord build 'til you're sick from the static and the devil in your head will yell!
Careful, better be careful what you wish for.
Careful, better be careful what you wish...
Wouldn't you love to be inspired?
Let the thought erode your fears
Is it enough to be admired?
Does it get you through the years?
Well, I can’t wait to watch your empire crumble.
Can’t wait to watch the walls cave in.
For only when all you have is rubble, can you truly build again.
Careful, better be careful what you wish for.
Careful, better be careful what you wish...
Lyrics submitted by darkforce100
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