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"
A great expanse where a way of life is lost.
Spare no expense, tear down the wall at all cost.
Learn from and embrace the past.
There's a struggle that's eternal.
A generation gap.
Try, because we will set the beat made strong by our models slow defeat.
Disappointment is a way of life because their way of life is just not out there.
We'll take our time and we'll always try.
Our future we can't see, so unsure but it's up to you and me,
we've got our chance to lead but a struggle from within may soon be our defeat.
Eyes that only see skin deep won't see us through to victory.
Problems are multiplying,
are you looking for solutions or pointing your finger?
We'll always try to make the best of what we're given.
We do it harder. We do it faster.
We take a chance. We have no fear.
Make no mistake.
We are and have been making the rules and crossing the line.
You've got your systems.
You've got your regrets.
I make no excuse for mine.
Don't try and tell me I've got no right or reason to take a chance.
I've got what I need and I'll make it last.
We've got plenty of reserves and love to use them.
Face every day with brand new eyes.
Step back and watch the standard rise.
Renewed and always redefined.
I always had a reason but you've become my reason now.
I still walk alone.
I see my way I've got to keep going make my presence known as I journey through a world that is built to tear down our kind.
After they find out why it is we're here they'll need to understand,
give up, give in, get out, or face their ultimate fear.
Spare no expense, tear down the wall at all cost.
Learn from and embrace the past.
There's a struggle that's eternal.
A generation gap.
Try, because we will set the beat made strong by our models slow defeat.
Disappointment is a way of life because their way of life is just not out there.
We'll take our time and we'll always try.
Our future we can't see, so unsure but it's up to you and me,
we've got our chance to lead but a struggle from within may soon be our defeat.
Eyes that only see skin deep won't see us through to victory.
Problems are multiplying,
are you looking for solutions or pointing your finger?
We'll always try to make the best of what we're given.
We do it harder. We do it faster.
We take a chance. We have no fear.
Make no mistake.
We are and have been making the rules and crossing the line.
You've got your systems.
You've got your regrets.
I make no excuse for mine.
Don't try and tell me I've got no right or reason to take a chance.
I've got what I need and I'll make it last.
We've got plenty of reserves and love to use them.
Face every day with brand new eyes.
Step back and watch the standard rise.
Renewed and always redefined.
I always had a reason but you've become my reason now.
I still walk alone.
I see my way I've got to keep going make my presence known as I journey through a world that is built to tear down our kind.
After they find out why it is we're here they'll need to understand,
give up, give in, get out, or face their ultimate fear.
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
No Mistake Lyrics as written by Charley Marshall Brian Barbara
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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