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"
Roses are red and
Violets are blue
Honey is sweet,
But not as sweet as you
Roses are red and
Violets are blue.
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Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Come pick my Roses!
Sweet from the flowers
Honey from the bees
I've got a feeling,
I'm ready to release
Roses are red and
Violets are blue
Honey is sweet,
But not as sweet as you.
It's invisible but, so touchable
And I can feel it on my body,
So emotional.
I'm on a ride, on a ride
I'm a passenger.
I'm a victim of a hot love messenger.
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
The only thing he said was
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
And roses are red.
Come with me baby,
Please fulfill my wish
Show it to me truly,
Show me with a kiss.
Roses are red and
Violets are blue
Honey is sweet,
But not as sweet as you.
It's invisible but, so touchable
And I can feel it on my body,
So emotional.
I'm on a ride, on a ride
I'm a passenger.
I'm a victim of a hot love messenger.
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
The only thing he said was
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
And roses are red.
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
The only thing he said was
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
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Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Don't take my roses away!
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
The only thing he said was
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
And roses are red.
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
The only thing you said was
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
My roses are red.
Oooh oooh oooh, yeah!
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Violets are blue
Honey is sweet,
But not as sweet as you
Roses are red and
Violets are blue.
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Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Come pick my Roses!
Sweet from the flowers
Honey from the bees
I've got a feeling,
I'm ready to release
Roses are red and
Violets are blue
Honey is sweet,
But not as sweet as you.
It's invisible but, so touchable
And I can feel it on my body,
So emotional.
I'm on a ride, on a ride
I'm a passenger.
I'm a victim of a hot love messenger.
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
The only thing he said was
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
And roses are red.
Come with me baby,
Please fulfill my wish
Show it to me truly,
Show me with a kiss.
Roses are red and
Violets are blue
Honey is sweet,
But not as sweet as you.
It's invisible but, so touchable
And I can feel it on my body,
So emotional.
I'm on a ride, on a ride
I'm a passenger.
I'm a victim of a hot love messenger.
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
The only thing he said was
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
And roses are red.
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
The only thing he said was
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
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Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Don't take my roses away!
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
The only thing he said was
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
And roses are red.
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
The only thing you said was
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
Dumb di dia di da
My roses are red.
Oooh oooh oooh, yeah!
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LMAO, I agree. This song always did remind me vaguely of like, an orgasm. And the male voice always cracks me up for some reason. Very catchy though.