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"
Look, I think it's moving, and I'm so glad for you
Listen, something's beating, and oh, my stars, it's true
It's true, this point of view
For you, straw man, will do
Look, we've got a live one, and I'm so mad
I'll head into the corner and it can dance with you
It's true, this point of view
For you, straw man, will do
A change, a ball, looks like you've got it all
A change, a ball, gives you the longest straw
A change, a ball, looks like you've got it all
A change, a ball, you drew the longest straw
It's true, this point of view
For you, straw man, will do
It's true, this point of view
For you, straw man, will do
For you, straw man, will do
Listen, something's beating, and oh, my stars, it's true
It's true, this point of view
For you, straw man, will do
Look, we've got a live one, and I'm so mad
I'll head into the corner and it can dance with you
It's true, this point of view
For you, straw man, will do
A change, a ball, looks like you've got it all
A change, a ball, gives you the longest straw
A change, a ball, looks like you've got it all
A change, a ball, you drew the longest straw
It's true, this point of view
For you, straw man, will do
It's true, this point of view
For you, straw man, will do
For you, straw man, will do
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Straw Man Lyrics as written by Christopher Guanlao Brian Aubert
Lyrics © Word Collections Publishing
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Well, I'm not sure of the intended meaning of the song, but I am going through something lately that makes me relate this song to a girl. That is probably what influences the way I take it, but my take is that this guy was either in a relationship with this girl or had strong feelings that he made known to her (like in my case) and she chose someone else after he thought he stood a chance with her. She is happy with this new guy meanwhile the one who is hurt is pretending to be happy for her until he can't fake it anymore and the sarcasm starts to show. He thought he was a much better choice and could have loved her much more some he sees this other guy as the "straw man" because he's just a placeholder for who should be there and he is angry because that seems to be enough for her. So she ends up with the guy she thinks is better but who won't love her as much as the singer could and the singer gets to end up alone..
It's especially hard for me because I will always have her around, since she is close to my family.. and only getting closer.. I have to see them together and intimate in the way I should be with her. Instead I get to stay alone and let my affection rot.