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"
In the thundering rain
You stare into my eyes
I can feel your hand
Movin' up my thighs
Skirt around my waist
Wall against my face
I can feel your lips, ooh
I don't wanna stop just because
People walkin' by are watchin' us
I don't give a damn what they think
I want you now
I don't wanna stop just because
You feel so good inside of my love
I'm not gonna stop, no, no, no
I want you, all I wanna say is
Oh, any time
And any place
I don't care who's around
(Mmh)
Ooh, any time
And any place
I don't care who's around
No-no-no-no-no, whoa-ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Hoo-hoo-ooh
Dancin' on the floor
Feelin' the slow groove
My mind is startin' to burn
With forbidden thoughts
Strangers all around
With the lights down low
I was thinkin' maybe we could
Well, you know
I don't wanna stop (I don't wanna stop) just because (baby)
People standing around are watching us
(People standing around are watching us)
I don't give a damn what they think (I don't give a damn)
I want (I want) you now (oh)
I don't wanna stop (I don't wanna stop) just because (yeah)
You feel so good inside of my love (feel so good inside of my love)
I'm not gonna stop no, no
I want you (I want you now, ohh)
All I wanna say is
Ooh, any time
And any place
I don't care who's around
No-no-no-no-no-no-no
Yeah, any time, baby
And any place
I don't care who's around
Say it again, say it, oh yeah
Yeah, any time (any time)
And any place
I don't care who's around
Ooh, baby, ooh
Baby, baby
I don't care who's around (around)
(Baby, baby, mmh)
Any time, baby
Any place, sugar
They can watch, they can stare
I don't care
All I want is you now, mmh
Yes, look at me, I won't care, ohh
Ohh, it feels so good, babe
Ooh, it feels so nice, yeah
Ooh, just feels so right, babe
Ooh, it feels so nice, babe
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-da-dow, do-da-do, ay, yeah
Dum-dum-ay, dum-ay
Dum-dum-ay, dum-ay
Mmh, ooh
You stare into my eyes
I can feel your hand
Movin' up my thighs
Skirt around my waist
Wall against my face
I can feel your lips, ooh
I don't wanna stop just because
People walkin' by are watchin' us
I don't give a damn what they think
I want you now
I don't wanna stop just because
You feel so good inside of my love
I'm not gonna stop, no, no, no
I want you, all I wanna say is
Oh, any time
And any place
I don't care who's around
(Mmh)
Ooh, any time
And any place
I don't care who's around
No-no-no-no-no, whoa-ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Hoo-hoo-ooh
Dancin' on the floor
Feelin' the slow groove
My mind is startin' to burn
With forbidden thoughts
Strangers all around
With the lights down low
I was thinkin' maybe we could
Well, you know
I don't wanna stop (I don't wanna stop) just because (baby)
People standing around are watching us
(People standing around are watching us)
I don't give a damn what they think (I don't give a damn)
I want (I want) you now (oh)
I don't wanna stop (I don't wanna stop) just because (yeah)
You feel so good inside of my love (feel so good inside of my love)
I'm not gonna stop no, no
I want you (I want you now, ohh)
All I wanna say is
Ooh, any time
And any place
I don't care who's around
No-no-no-no-no-no-no
Yeah, any time, baby
And any place
I don't care who's around
Say it again, say it, oh yeah
Yeah, any time (any time)
And any place
I don't care who's around
Ooh, baby, ooh
Baby, baby
I don't care who's around (around)
(Baby, baby, mmh)
Any time, baby
Any place, sugar
They can watch, they can stare
I don't care
All I want is you now, mmh
Yes, look at me, I won't care, ohh
Ohh, it feels so good, babe
Ooh, it feels so nice, yeah
Ooh, just feels so right, babe
Ooh, it feels so nice, babe
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-da-dow, do-da-do, ay, yeah
Dum-dum-ay, dum-ay
Dum-dum-ay, dum-ay
Mmh, ooh
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