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"
I could never live without you
I never want to be left behind
I'll never quit thinking about you
Because you're always on my mind
Your love constantly surrounds me
It sweeps upon me like a wave
Upon the shores, a love like yours
Is something I always want to save
In an instant I get lost inside your kiss
And an instant's as eternity
And eternity's an instant
When you're not around
You're the only one I miss
But if it all was taken away
I would love you just the same
And if the light you bring were gone
My entire world would brighten
Just to hear your name
And it all comes down to
I love you
It all comes down to you're my only
And whenever you're not around
Your love will keep me from being lonely
And if you weren't as wonderful
As you truly are
It wouldn't change my feelings
You're still my shing star
And baby, it just comes down to I love you
And just because I know you
I know true happiness
And just because you love me
I know that I've been blessed
When you hold me in your arms
I hear the beating of your heart
It reminds me that no matter how far away
We are never truly apart
You're my love, you're my life
You're my shield from the storm
Just keep holding on to me
And I always will be warm
But if it all was taken away
I would love you just the same
And if the light you bring were gone
My entire world would brighten
Just to hear your name
And it all comes down to
I love you
It all comes down to you're my only
And whenever you're not around
Your love will keep me from being lonely
And if you weren't as wonderful
As you truly are
It wouldn't change my feelings
You're still my shing star
And baby, it just comes down to I love you
It all comes down to
You're the one I will always love
It all comes down to
You're the gift that was given from above
And my love for you forever
Is what I'll always give
I could die in your arms but baby
Yuo're the reason why I live
But if it all was taken away
I would love you just the same
And if the light you bring were gone
My entire world would brighten
Just to hear your name
And it all comes down to
I love you
It all comes down to you're my only
And whenever you're not around
Your love will keep me from being lonely
And if you weren't as wonderful
As you truly are
It wouldn't change my feelings
You're still my shing star
And baby, it just comes down to I love you
I love you...
I never want to be left behind
I'll never quit thinking about you
Because you're always on my mind
Your love constantly surrounds me
It sweeps upon me like a wave
Upon the shores, a love like yours
Is something I always want to save
In an instant I get lost inside your kiss
And an instant's as eternity
And eternity's an instant
When you're not around
You're the only one I miss
But if it all was taken away
I would love you just the same
And if the light you bring were gone
My entire world would brighten
Just to hear your name
And it all comes down to
I love you
It all comes down to you're my only
And whenever you're not around
Your love will keep me from being lonely
And if you weren't as wonderful
As you truly are
It wouldn't change my feelings
You're still my shing star
And baby, it just comes down to I love you
And just because I know you
I know true happiness
And just because you love me
I know that I've been blessed
When you hold me in your arms
I hear the beating of your heart
It reminds me that no matter how far away
We are never truly apart
You're my love, you're my life
You're my shield from the storm
Just keep holding on to me
And I always will be warm
But if it all was taken away
I would love you just the same
And if the light you bring were gone
My entire world would brighten
Just to hear your name
And it all comes down to
I love you
It all comes down to you're my only
And whenever you're not around
Your love will keep me from being lonely
And if you weren't as wonderful
As you truly are
It wouldn't change my feelings
You're still my shing star
And baby, it just comes down to I love you
It all comes down to
You're the one I will always love
It all comes down to
You're the gift that was given from above
And my love for you forever
Is what I'll always give
I could die in your arms but baby
Yuo're the reason why I live
But if it all was taken away
I would love you just the same
And if the light you bring were gone
My entire world would brighten
Just to hear your name
And it all comes down to
I love you
It all comes down to you're my only
And whenever you're not around
Your love will keep me from being lonely
And if you weren't as wonderful
As you truly are
It wouldn't change my feelings
You're still my shing star
And baby, it just comes down to I love you
I love you...
Lyrics submitted by alex_is_in_love
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