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"
Is everybody ready? (Yeah)
No, is everybody ready? (Hell yeah)
Even everybody in the back? (Hooray)
And everybody on the side? (We're rock steady)
Alright, alright, alright
Don't get stuck
Getting stuck is like an accident
You'll run out of luck
And in the end, you will be flatulent
Never wanted anything at all
Never knew what you were meant to do
Just gave a sense of reason
'Cause you never dream of heaven when you crawl
All you ever thought about was her
The girl you thought that you would never get
Just gave a sense of reason
Hope for the best
Prepare for the worst
Ah, what you see is what you get
Rules are made to be broken
You gotta roll on
A rolling stone gathers no moss
You gotta move up
Not moving up is like forgetting to floss
Said you never wanted anything at all
That you never knew what you were meant to do
Just gave a sense of reason
That you never dream of heaven when you crawl
All you ever thought about was her
The girl you thought that you would never get
Just gave a sense of reason
Gave your world a beautiful silhouette
What you put your keys in
Might take you to the other side
And make you into someone else
Who only worries about oneself
And when life becomes too pleasing
And the girl of your dreams is your bride
Just like everybody else
You start only caring about yourself
Then you gotta stop
And look before you leap
Waste not, want not
And don't cry yourself to sleep
All good things come to an end
Getting stuck is like an accident
Garbage in, garbage out
And in the end, you will be flatulent
All you ever thought about was her
The girl you thought that you would never get
She gave a sense of reason
Gave your world a beautiful silhouette
No, is everybody ready? (Hell yeah)
Even everybody in the back? (Hooray)
And everybody on the side? (We're rock steady)
Alright, alright, alright
Don't get stuck
Getting stuck is like an accident
You'll run out of luck
And in the end, you will be flatulent
Never wanted anything at all
Never knew what you were meant to do
Just gave a sense of reason
'Cause you never dream of heaven when you crawl
All you ever thought about was her
The girl you thought that you would never get
Just gave a sense of reason
Hope for the best
Prepare for the worst
Ah, what you see is what you get
Rules are made to be broken
You gotta roll on
A rolling stone gathers no moss
You gotta move up
Not moving up is like forgetting to floss
Said you never wanted anything at all
That you never knew what you were meant to do
Just gave a sense of reason
That you never dream of heaven when you crawl
All you ever thought about was her
The girl you thought that you would never get
Just gave a sense of reason
Gave your world a beautiful silhouette
What you put your keys in
Might take you to the other side
And make you into someone else
Who only worries about oneself
And when life becomes too pleasing
And the girl of your dreams is your bride
Just like everybody else
You start only caring about yourself
Then you gotta stop
And look before you leap
Waste not, want not
And don't cry yourself to sleep
All good things come to an end
Getting stuck is like an accident
Garbage in, garbage out
And in the end, you will be flatulent
All you ever thought about was her
The girl you thought that you would never get
She gave a sense of reason
Gave your world a beautiful silhouette
Lyrics submitted by MCSMeister
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