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"
Oh, baby child
It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
It's no secret that our world is in darkness tonight
They say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by a moon
You know I don't see you when she walks in the room
It's no secret that a friend is someone who lets you help
It's no secret that a liar won't believe anyone else
They say a secret is something you tell one other person
So I'm telling you, child
A man will beg
A man will crawl
On the sheer face of love
Like a fly on a wall
It's no secret at all
It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest
It's no secret ambition bites the nails of success
Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief
All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief
Over love
A man will rise
A man will fall
From the sheer face of love
Like a fly from a wall
It's no secret at all
Love, we shine like a
Burning star
We're falling from the sky
Tonight
A man will rise
A man will fall
From the sheer face of love
Like a fly from a wall
It's no secret at all
Oh, yeah!
It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
The universe exploded 'cause of one man's lie
Look, I gotta go, yeah I'm running outta change
There's a lot of things, if I could I'd rearrange
It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
It's no secret that our world is in darkness tonight
They say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by a moon
You know I don't see you when she walks in the room
It's no secret that a friend is someone who lets you help
It's no secret that a liar won't believe anyone else
They say a secret is something you tell one other person
So I'm telling you, child
A man will beg
A man will crawl
On the sheer face of love
Like a fly on a wall
It's no secret at all
It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest
It's no secret ambition bites the nails of success
Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief
All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief
Over love
A man will rise
A man will fall
From the sheer face of love
Like a fly from a wall
It's no secret at all
Love, we shine like a
Burning star
We're falling from the sky
Tonight
A man will rise
A man will fall
From the sheer face of love
Like a fly from a wall
It's no secret at all
Oh, yeah!
It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
The universe exploded 'cause of one man's lie
Look, I gotta go, yeah I'm running outta change
There's a lot of things, if I could I'd rearrange
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The Fly Lyrics as written by Paul David Hewson David Howell Evans
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It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky [he-my world is in ruins] It's no secret that our world is in darkness tonight [he- i don't know where to go from here] They say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by a moon [he - you are the sun in my life] You know I don't see you when she walks in the room [he - but your remorseless betrayal leaves me no option but to leave you]
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A man will beg [he have begged her to change he ways] A man will crawl [he have lowered himself as he could to accept her ways] On the sheer face of love [all because he loves her] Like a fly on a wall [all because he found shelter in loving her] It's no secret at all [she ridicules his confession as being not honest, flattery in order to get out]
It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest [she thinks he wants to leave her cause he doesn't love her, and is just feeling guilty about it] It's no secret ambition bites the nails of success [she thinks he is just not satisfied with her and wants more out of life to himself than what she can give him] Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief [she always knew he never really loved her and only used her in some egotistical way] All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief [now she knows his art his his love, and she was circumstantial]
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A man will rise [he - your love brought me up] A man will fall [he - your unfaithfulness ruined me] From the sheer face of love [i love you as always] Like a fly from a wall [it is out of my powers to make our love work for us as a couple] It's no secret at all [she mocks this too]
Love...we shine like a Burning star [he - there is no way back, we cannot remain together] We're falling from the sky [he - we must fall apart] Tonight [he - today it is over for me, no more forbearance, i am steadfast in my wish to leave you as a spouse]
A man will rise A man will fall From the sheer face of love Like a fly from a wall It's no secret at all
Oh, yeah! [she is unwilling to accept his explanations and mocks them] It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky [she, mockingly - you never loved me] The universe exploded 'cause of one man's lie [she - if you had loved me at all, you wouldn't have shattered our love to pieces over such a trivial thing as a lie] Look, I gotta go, yeah I'm running outta change [he - i am tired of convincing you that what you call trivial means a world of pain to me, so i am gonna stop] There's a lot of things, if I could I'd rearrange [he - i am at a loss regarding reaching an understanding with you, all the more reason to leave our relationship]