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"
Wanna dance with me, you best know your place
Look around, think you've lost your way
I play no games, I've got many names
Wanna swim in fire, don't take all day
Jump on me and don't be afraid
Still got time to walk away
Lucifer, Leviathan (yeah)
He is I, girl, and I am him
Yeah
Be careful, you don't want this
Carefree, but there's a dark side that haunts this
Paparazzi gossip, loves to watch this
But drugs take me away when I pop this
Rock 'n Roll, lifestyle at a fast pace
'Rari like a NASCAR in a drag race
Zoom, zoom, why the fuck are you in last place?
Need to catch up, where I'm at, that's a fast chase
Uh, take a shot 'cause you're drinking slow
Pour a glass, but nothing's chasing my whiskey though
So, if you didn't know now, I'm a savage
And this has already been established
Your friends tried to dip, but you here, you're not trying to go
If you ain't ready for it all, good, let me know
I looked her in her eyes, she stared back all silent
When I told her I'm the devil, I was smiling
Wanna dance with me, you best know your place
Look around, think you've lost your way
I play no games, I've got many names
Wanna swim in fire, don't take all day
Jump on me and don't be afraid
Still got time to walk away
Lucifer, Leviathan
He is I, girl, and I am him
Lucifer
And I am him
Drugs on the table on a Wednesday
Long nights and Advil for the next day
You'd be scared if you listen what you're friends say
The worst thing to happen to you, in the best way
Yeah, but no lie, you're attracted to it
A good girl, but you're scared that it's bad to do it
Life in sin, every night we get back into it
But, see, I live in this place, you just passin' through it
Welcome to my world, let me walk you through it
If you step inside the Matrix, ain't no dodgin' bullets
Ain't no fairy-tale, welcome to the darker side
Moon rocks, a glass of water, now she on a ride
Yeah, she's like "damn, y'all are wildin'"
We live a little different, living on my own island
But clearly it's working 'cause the money keep piling
When I told her I'm the devil, I was smiling
Dance with me, you best know your place
Look around, think you've lost your way
I play no games, I've got many names
Wanna swim in fire, don't take all day
Jump on me and don't be afraid
Still got time to walk away
Lucifer, Leviathan
He is I, girl, and I am him
Lucifer
And I am him
Lucifer, Leviathan
He is I, girl, and I am him
It's a monster, it's not safe here
Run for the hills, but not these hills
Land of after-parties and the cheap thrills
Liquor red cups, endless refills
Weed, cocaine, molly, E-pills
Looks sweet, but the devil's in the details
The flow switch pace when the beat builds
Lucifer
Dance with me, you best know your place
Look around, think you've lost your way
I play no games, I've got many names
Wanna swim in fire, don't take all day
Jump on me and don't be afraid
Still got time to walk away
Lucifer, Leviathan
He is I, girl, and I am him
Look around, think you've lost your way
I play no games, I've got many names
Wanna swim in fire, don't take all day
Jump on me and don't be afraid
Still got time to walk away
Lucifer, Leviathan (yeah)
He is I, girl, and I am him
Yeah
Be careful, you don't want this
Carefree, but there's a dark side that haunts this
Paparazzi gossip, loves to watch this
But drugs take me away when I pop this
Rock 'n Roll, lifestyle at a fast pace
'Rari like a NASCAR in a drag race
Zoom, zoom, why the fuck are you in last place?
Need to catch up, where I'm at, that's a fast chase
Uh, take a shot 'cause you're drinking slow
Pour a glass, but nothing's chasing my whiskey though
So, if you didn't know now, I'm a savage
And this has already been established
Your friends tried to dip, but you here, you're not trying to go
If you ain't ready for it all, good, let me know
I looked her in her eyes, she stared back all silent
When I told her I'm the devil, I was smiling
Wanna dance with me, you best know your place
Look around, think you've lost your way
I play no games, I've got many names
Wanna swim in fire, don't take all day
Jump on me and don't be afraid
Still got time to walk away
Lucifer, Leviathan
He is I, girl, and I am him
Lucifer
And I am him
Drugs on the table on a Wednesday
Long nights and Advil for the next day
You'd be scared if you listen what you're friends say
The worst thing to happen to you, in the best way
Yeah, but no lie, you're attracted to it
A good girl, but you're scared that it's bad to do it
Life in sin, every night we get back into it
But, see, I live in this place, you just passin' through it
Welcome to my world, let me walk you through it
If you step inside the Matrix, ain't no dodgin' bullets
Ain't no fairy-tale, welcome to the darker side
Moon rocks, a glass of water, now she on a ride
Yeah, she's like "damn, y'all are wildin'"
We live a little different, living on my own island
But clearly it's working 'cause the money keep piling
When I told her I'm the devil, I was smiling
Dance with me, you best know your place
Look around, think you've lost your way
I play no games, I've got many names
Wanna swim in fire, don't take all day
Jump on me and don't be afraid
Still got time to walk away
Lucifer, Leviathan
He is I, girl, and I am him
Lucifer
And I am him
Lucifer, Leviathan
He is I, girl, and I am him
It's a monster, it's not safe here
Run for the hills, but not these hills
Land of after-parties and the cheap thrills
Liquor red cups, endless refills
Weed, cocaine, molly, E-pills
Looks sweet, but the devil's in the details
The flow switch pace when the beat builds
Lucifer
Dance with me, you best know your place
Look around, think you've lost your way
I play no games, I've got many names
Wanna swim in fire, don't take all day
Jump on me and don't be afraid
Still got time to walk away
Lucifer, Leviathan
He is I, girl, and I am him
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Leviathan Lyrics as written by Edgar Machuca Dakarai Gwitira
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think this song means making a deal with the devil, meaning dancing with the devil and knowing your place to get out of hell, the part of I have many names meaning the devil is known by many names,