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"
Life hurts so bad
Don't want you sad
Just look back to
Good times we had
I'd give my soul for you I know
Want to hold you before I go
Before I go
I need you to know
I'm still alive in you
It's my time to go
Don't stay up late
I'm not afraid
And I don't want your heart to break
I know I've seen what's been unseen
Live fast, die young
It's part of me
(It's my time now)
Before I go
(It's my time now)
My soul is on it's way
(It's my time now)
I need you to know
Before I go
Don't want you sad
Just look back to
Good times we had
I'd give my soul for you I know
Want to hold you before I go
Before I go
I need you to know
I'm still alive in you
It's my time to go
Don't stay up late
I'm not afraid
And I don't want your heart to break
I know I've seen what's been unseen
Live fast, die young
It's part of me
(It's my time now)
Before I go
(It's my time now)
My soul is on it's way
(It's my time now)
I need you to know
Before I go
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this makes me happy i don't have a boyfriend. i guess in a way they're saying no matter what, love conquers all. even if you have to leave.
Yeah, this song it totally about breaking up with your boyfriend.<br /> <br /> Dig deep, sister.
please, play this at my funeral
ok buddy! We will
I think this song is sad but true when he says life hurts so bad- we all know thats true
This song reminds me of an old friend i had I loved him than he moved and we dont talk anymore and he said before I go I wanna hold you and dont forget me ahh the memories
If I ever decide to kill myself, these are the lyrics I'll write in my suicide note. Positive, eh?
I cried after listening to this song. I found out about it right before a good friend of mine was leaving for the Marines. I played it for him before he left and we had a moment. Hehe...he tells me that he has the lyrics near him at all times to think of me. Its a depressing song, but its great. Gotta love Unwritten Law.
this song has really meaningful words in it and it has a good beat. not to mention the lead singer has a fucking awesome voice!
hey kids. its about comitting suicide. or at least thats my interpretation, but it definitely makes sense.
hey kids. its about comitting suicide. or at least thats my interpretation, but it definitely makes sense.
i don't think its about suicide cause the lyrics are too umm don't worry its going to be ok type of song. know what i mean? like the person is dieing from a disease or something and telling their love that its going to be ok. one of the major lines that i think make it not about suicide is "Im not afraid and I dont want your heart to break" kind of saying that he can't stop his death and he's not afraid to die even though he doesn't want to die cause he knows how much its going to hurt the person he loves. i don't know about most people but sometimes in the darkest days having someone love you is the only reason for not committing suicide. if someone does love him i don't think he would kill himself. that's just how i understand the song.