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"
They won't leave you behind
But that isn't to say that it's not on their minds
Maybe it would be wise for you to be in the room next time
(To join the land of the living)
And what if you fall?
Ain't it the falling that's the best part?
They won't leave you behind
But I wouldn't push your luck
Do what you want
Not what you need
We cast a vote here and everyone agreed
So here's a thought
Let's plant a seed
You're in a rut
Take this literature to read
Can you tell me is there anybody in my home?
All that I do is listen
Can you tell me is there anybody in my home?
To join the land of the living
They won't leave you behind
But that isn't to say that it's not on their minds
Maybe it would be wise for you to be in the room next time
(To join the land of the living)
And what if you fall?
Ain't it the falling that's the best part?
They won't leave you behind
But I wouldn't push your luck
Will you admit
You never tried?
You let the fear in and then it multiplied
You are a ghost
Personified
You're in a rut
Think today you'll stay inside
Can you tell me is there anybody on the phone?
All that I do is listen
Can you tell me is there anybody on the phone?
To join the land of the living
They won't leave you behind
But that isn't to say that it's not on their minds
Maybe it would be wise for you to be in the room next time
(To join the land of the living)
And what if you fall?
Ain't it the falling that's the best part?
They won't leave you behind
But I wouldn't push your luck
(To join the land of the living)
They won't leave you behind
But that isn't to say that it's not on their minds
Maybe it would be wise for you to be in the room next time
(To join the land of the living)
And what if you fall?
Ain't it the falling that's the best part?
They won't leave you behind
But I wouldn't push your luck
(To join the land of the living)
They won't leave you behind
But I wouldn't push your luck
But that isn't to say that it's not on their minds
Maybe it would be wise for you to be in the room next time
(To join the land of the living)
And what if you fall?
Ain't it the falling that's the best part?
They won't leave you behind
But I wouldn't push your luck
Do what you want
Not what you need
We cast a vote here and everyone agreed
So here's a thought
Let's plant a seed
You're in a rut
Take this literature to read
Can you tell me is there anybody in my home?
All that I do is listen
Can you tell me is there anybody in my home?
To join the land of the living
They won't leave you behind
But that isn't to say that it's not on their minds
Maybe it would be wise for you to be in the room next time
(To join the land of the living)
And what if you fall?
Ain't it the falling that's the best part?
They won't leave you behind
But I wouldn't push your luck
Will you admit
You never tried?
You let the fear in and then it multiplied
You are a ghost
Personified
You're in a rut
Think today you'll stay inside
Can you tell me is there anybody on the phone?
All that I do is listen
Can you tell me is there anybody on the phone?
To join the land of the living
They won't leave you behind
But that isn't to say that it's not on their minds
Maybe it would be wise for you to be in the room next time
(To join the land of the living)
And what if you fall?
Ain't it the falling that's the best part?
They won't leave you behind
But I wouldn't push your luck
(To join the land of the living)
They won't leave you behind
But that isn't to say that it's not on their minds
Maybe it would be wise for you to be in the room next time
(To join the land of the living)
And what if you fall?
Ain't it the falling that's the best part?
They won't leave you behind
But I wouldn't push your luck
(To join the land of the living)
They won't leave you behind
But I wouldn't push your luck
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
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