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"
I know where you've been, what you've done
Who you loved is a part of who you are
But that maturity ship sails when I hold you in my arms
There's a spot on your chest just for me, it's personally addressed
And anyone there before me should be a criminal offence
When your friends tell stories about 2017
I know there's parts that they leave out to be considerate of me
Wish I could be blissfully unaware of where you used to put your mouth
And who you write your fucking songs about
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
I want to kill all the memories that you save in your head
Be the only girl that's ever been in your bed
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
I want to live in a world where there's no exes at all
Like you were waiting for me to be the first thing you fall for
The only girl that's ever been in your bed
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
Please don't tell me if I accidentally stumble
Into something that reminds you of her
No, I don't need your previous logistics
Where you spent your last Christmas
Spare your past life specifics, oh
And when your friends tell stories about 2023
I hope they hardly can recall there was a you without a me
Wish I could be blissfully unaware of the history in your couch
And who your songs all used to be about
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
I want to kill all the memories that you save in your head
Be the only girl that's ever been in your bed
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
I want to live in a world where there's no exes at all
Like you were waiting for me to be the first thing you fall for
The only girl that's ever been in your bed
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
Don't tell me to make nice, that I should try to empathize
I'm confident I've got them accurately demonized
You tell me not to worry, I'm the only thing you see
Well, yeah, I fucking better be
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
I want to kill all the memories that you save in your head
Be the only girl that's ever been in your bed
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
I want to live in a world where there's no exes at all
Like you were waiting for me to be the first thing you fall for
The only girl that's ever been in your bed
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
Who you loved is a part of who you are
But that maturity ship sails when I hold you in my arms
There's a spot on your chest just for me, it's personally addressed
And anyone there before me should be a criminal offence
When your friends tell stories about 2017
I know there's parts that they leave out to be considerate of me
Wish I could be blissfully unaware of where you used to put your mouth
And who you write your fucking songs about
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
I want to kill all the memories that you save in your head
Be the only girl that's ever been in your bed
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
I want to live in a world where there's no exes at all
Like you were waiting for me to be the first thing you fall for
The only girl that's ever been in your bed
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
Please don't tell me if I accidentally stumble
Into something that reminds you of her
No, I don't need your previous logistics
Where you spent your last Christmas
Spare your past life specifics, oh
And when your friends tell stories about 2023
I hope they hardly can recall there was a you without a me
Wish I could be blissfully unaware of the history in your couch
And who your songs all used to be about
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
I want to kill all the memories that you save in your head
Be the only girl that's ever been in your bed
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
I want to live in a world where there's no exes at all
Like you were waiting for me to be the first thing you fall for
The only girl that's ever been in your bed
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
Don't tell me to make nice, that I should try to empathize
I'm confident I've got them accurately demonized
You tell me not to worry, I'm the only thing you see
Well, yeah, I fucking better be
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
I want to kill all the memories that you save in your head
Be the only girl that's ever been in your bed
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
I want to live in a world where there's no exes at all
Like you were waiting for me to be the first thing you fall for
The only girl that's ever been in your bed
I want to live in a world where all your exes are dead
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
All Your Exes Lyrics as written by Jordan Johnson Jonathan Percy S. Saxe
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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