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"
Everything dies!
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who will be the one to destroy us all
Mirror, mirror, can't you see?
It's written in the stars that it's you and me!
They're gonna burn this world down to the ground
Guns are going off, can't hear a sound
Toxic in the air, I can hear you pray
Will you stay with me? Can you hear what I say?
You said “let's live forever now”
But that was yesterday
I guess it's time to say goodbye
The world goes to sleep, the final lullaby
It is time!
Don't you cry!
Say your prayers
Wave goodbye!
As the darkness comes down!
The world ends and everything diеs!
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Do you think we can survive this all?
Mirror, mirror, can you hеar?
They're coming for us, it is what we feared!
They're gonna tear this night up at the seams
Lies are all around, nothing's what it seems
Tear gas in the sky. I can't breathe!
Will I see you again? Will you remember me?
You said “let's live forever now”
But that was yesterday
Now blood flows and fills the sky
The stars begin to fade
I hear you say, “it's over now”
There's no time to cry
I guess it's time to say goodbye
The world goes to sleep, the final lullaby
It is time!
Don't you cry!
Say your prayers
Wave goodbye!
As the darkness comes down!
The world ends and everything dies!
Ahh-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-aahh-ah-ah-aaah
You and I will find a way out here tonight!
Ouh!
So here we are, hand in hand
(Everything dies!)
Watching the world end
(Everything dies!)
The rain is pounding down on us, from a broken sky
(Everything dies!)
But we will live somehow
I hear you say, “it's over now”
There's no time to cry
I guess it's time to say goodbye
The world goes to sleep, the final lullaby
Bye!
It is time. Have no fear. It's the end. It is here
Say your prayers. Wave goodbye – as it ends
And everything dies
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who will be the one to destroy us all
Mirror, mirror, can't you see?
It's written in the stars that it's you and me!
They're gonna burn this world down to the ground
Guns are going off, can't hear a sound
Toxic in the air, I can hear you pray
Will you stay with me? Can you hear what I say?
You said “let's live forever now”
But that was yesterday
I guess it's time to say goodbye
The world goes to sleep, the final lullaby
It is time!
Don't you cry!
Say your prayers
Wave goodbye!
As the darkness comes down!
The world ends and everything diеs!
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Do you think we can survive this all?
Mirror, mirror, can you hеar?
They're coming for us, it is what we feared!
They're gonna tear this night up at the seams
Lies are all around, nothing's what it seems
Tear gas in the sky. I can't breathe!
Will I see you again? Will you remember me?
You said “let's live forever now”
But that was yesterday
Now blood flows and fills the sky
The stars begin to fade
I hear you say, “it's over now”
There's no time to cry
I guess it's time to say goodbye
The world goes to sleep, the final lullaby
It is time!
Don't you cry!
Say your prayers
Wave goodbye!
As the darkness comes down!
The world ends and everything dies!
Ahh-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-aahh-ah-ah-aaah
You and I will find a way out here tonight!
Ouh!
So here we are, hand in hand
(Everything dies!)
Watching the world end
(Everything dies!)
The rain is pounding down on us, from a broken sky
(Everything dies!)
But we will live somehow
I hear you say, “it's over now”
There's no time to cry
I guess it's time to say goodbye
The world goes to sleep, the final lullaby
Bye!
It is time. Have no fear. It's the end. It is here
Say your prayers. Wave goodbye – as it ends
And everything dies
Lyrics submitted by BreezyDragon
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