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"
The pathway is broken
And the signs are unclear
And I don't know the reason why you brought me here
But just because you love me, the way that you do
I'm gonna walk through the valley
If you want me to
'Cause I'm not who I was
When I took my first step
And I'm clinging to the promise
You're not through with me yet
So if all of these trials bring me closer to you
Then I will go through the fire
If you want me to
It may not be the way I would have chosen
When you lead me through a world that's not my home
But you never said it would be easy
You only said I'd never go alone, yeah oh oh
So when the whole world turns against me
And I'm all by myself
And I can't hear you answer, my cries for help
I'll remember the suffering
Your love put you through
And I will go through the valley
If you want me to, hmm yeah
And the signs are unclear
And I don't know the reason why you brought me here
But just because you love me, the way that you do
I'm gonna walk through the valley
If you want me to
'Cause I'm not who I was
When I took my first step
And I'm clinging to the promise
You're not through with me yet
So if all of these trials bring me closer to you
Then I will go through the fire
If you want me to
It may not be the way I would have chosen
When you lead me through a world that's not my home
But you never said it would be easy
You only said I'd never go alone, yeah oh oh
So when the whole world turns against me
And I'm all by myself
And I can't hear you answer, my cries for help
I'll remember the suffering
Your love put you through
And I will go through the valley
If you want me to, hmm yeah
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This song rules!!!! What do you think?
i love this song! i was trying to find a part of the song that i like the most, that i relate the most to, but i can't, every single part is awesome. oh my gosh!!!!! i will do anything for Christ and knowing his promise that i will never go alone ("i am with you always" -matt. 28:20). and whenever i hesitate i just remember the suffering that Christ went through because of his awesome, awesome love and it gives me a whole new motivation, i would give him anything!!!!!!!!
Someone used this song to make a video as a memorial to Alex Whitman on Roswell. I think it was perfect. I sit and watch the video just to hear the song. It's about undenyable love and loyalty.
This is such an amazing song, really. I listen to it anytime I'm really upset...it really puts things in perspective. And even if people let you down, God never, ever will. It's an amazing thing to know.
THIS IS MY THEME SONG! this is my favoritest song of ALL TIME!! i
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this song is basically saying that the singer is willing to do whatever God wants them to do with their life. i want to sing this song in my church in the next few months since i'm going on a mission trip to asia for the summer. i think it'll be perfect for my preparation for leaving.