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"
[Intro]
If everyone is so special
Maybe you can be what you want to be
We're searching every waking hour
We're sure to find answers
[Verse 1]
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
7, 8, 9, 10
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
17, 18, 19
21, 22, 23, 24, 25
I feel it rising
Hit me! Pump it up!
26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Telepathy helps me to find you
31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Step up to the plate for a psycho showdown
36, 37, 38, 39, 40
Let's make a splash and take on the town
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Mob! Mob! What do you want?
Mob! Mob! What do you want?
Mob! Mob! Who do you want?
Move! Move! Just like Mob!
[Chorus]
If everyone is not special
Maybe you can be what you want to be
And you and me are not alike
Like night and day
Your life is your own, okay?
You can be yourself, live it your own way
We're searching every waking hour
We're sure to find answers
[Verse 2]
41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
47, 48, 49
51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56
57, eight, nine
61, 62, 63, 64, 65
Fake smiles, spirit laser beams
66, 67, 68, 69, 70
Can't read social cues, demon rush
71, 72, 73, 74, 75
Loss of confidence, a psycho wave
76, 77, 78, 79, 80
Exorcism of my emotion
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Mob! Mob! Where do you go?
Mob! Mob! Which do you go?
Mob! Mob! How do you go?
Love! Love! Just like Mob!
[Chorus]
If everyone is not special
Maybe you can be what you want to be
And you and me are not alike
Like night and day
Your life is your own, okay?
You can be yourself
Live it your own way
We're searching every waking hour
We're sure to find answers
[Pre-Chorus]
Mob! Mob! Whatever you want!
Mob! Mob! Whenever you want!
Mob! Mob! Wherever you want!
Move! Move! Just like Mob!
If you can see you're not alone
Maybe you can find your way back home
You're burdened by your hate and strife
So live your life
Your life is your own, okay?
Sometimes you have to run away
You live to see another day
Make no mistake
If everyone is not special
Maybe you can be what you want to be
And you and me are not alike
Like night and day
Your life is your own, okay?
You can be yourself
Live it your own way
We're searching every waking hour
We're sure to find
Answers
81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86
87, 88, 89
91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98
99!
If everyone is so special
Maybe you can be what you want to be
We're searching every waking hour
We're sure to find answers
[Verse 1]
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
7, 8, 9, 10
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
17, 18, 19
21, 22, 23, 24, 25
I feel it rising
Hit me! Pump it up!
26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Telepathy helps me to find you
31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Step up to the plate for a psycho showdown
36, 37, 38, 39, 40
Let's make a splash and take on the town
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Mob! Mob! What do you want?
Mob! Mob! What do you want?
Mob! Mob! Who do you want?
Move! Move! Just like Mob!
[Chorus]
If everyone is not special
Maybe you can be what you want to be
And you and me are not alike
Like night and day
Your life is your own, okay?
You can be yourself, live it your own way
We're searching every waking hour
We're sure to find answers
[Verse 2]
41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
47, 48, 49
51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56
57, eight, nine
61, 62, 63, 64, 65
Fake smiles, spirit laser beams
66, 67, 68, 69, 70
Can't read social cues, demon rush
71, 72, 73, 74, 75
Loss of confidence, a psycho wave
76, 77, 78, 79, 80
Exorcism of my emotion
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Mob! Mob! Where do you go?
Mob! Mob! Which do you go?
Mob! Mob! How do you go?
Love! Love! Just like Mob!
[Chorus]
If everyone is not special
Maybe you can be what you want to be
And you and me are not alike
Like night and day
Your life is your own, okay?
You can be yourself
Live it your own way
We're searching every waking hour
We're sure to find answers
[Pre-Chorus]
Mob! Mob! Whatever you want!
Mob! Mob! Whenever you want!
Mob! Mob! Wherever you want!
Move! Move! Just like Mob!
If you can see you're not alone
Maybe you can find your way back home
You're burdened by your hate and strife
So live your life
Your life is your own, okay?
Sometimes you have to run away
You live to see another day
Make no mistake
If everyone is not special
Maybe you can be what you want to be
And you and me are not alike
Like night and day
Your life is your own, okay?
You can be yourself
Live it your own way
We're searching every waking hour
We're sure to find
Answers
81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86
87, 88, 89
91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98
99!
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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