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"
We've got a good thing going on,
I wanna keep it going strong,
I would be nothing on my own,
Without you.
You are the only one for me,
And I want everyone to see,
That I could never be happy,
Without you.
We've got a good thing going on,
I wanna keep it going strong,
I would be nothing on my own,
Without you.
You are the only one for me,
And I want everyone to see,
That I could never be happy,
Without you.
We've got a good thing going on,
I wanna keep it going strong,
I would be nothing on my own,
Without you.
You are the only one for me,
And I want everyone to see,
That I could never be happy,
Without you.
You were my slave and did obey,
Everything that I would say.
From pleasuring me,
To collecting groceries.
For me you even wore that skirt,
Even though it must have hurt,
It made you look really class,
And showed of your fine ass.
You ran my baths and cooked my food,
And if you were in the mood,
You'd take off all your clothes,
And push your nipples up my nose.
When we walked along the street,
You would try and grab my meat
And though they would always stare,
There was nothing really there.
We got it going on, we got it going on.
We got it going on, going on.
We've got a good thing going on,
I wanna keep it going strong,
I would be nothing on my own,
Without you.
You are the only one for me,
And I want everyone to see,
That I could never be happy,
Without you.
We've got a good thing going on,
I wanna keep it going strong,
I would be nothing on my own,
Without you.
You are the only one for me,
And I want everyone to see,
That I could never be happy,
Without you.
And now it's time for a musical break... oh no, my mistake.
You would massage me every day,
In every single way.
Rubbing my body tenderly,
With your legs spread over me.
Sometimes we would go out for walks,
Even though we never talked.
And I would only hold your hand,
'Cause I'm a gentleman,
Under our coats we were both nude,
And even though it sounded crude.
It was indeed quite fun,
To flash to everyone.
Those buttons ripped off easily
Enabling us to be,
Totally free,
Running nakedly.
Running naked through the streets,
Stones sticking to our feet
Running naked through the streets,
Dangling all our private bits.
Running, running, running, running.
Running, running, running, running.
We got it going on, we got it going on.
We got it going on, going on.
We've got a good thing going on,
I wanna keep it going strong,
I would be nothing on my own,
Without you.
You are the only one for me,
And I want everyone to see,
That I could never be happy,
Without you.
Running naked through the streets,
Running into everyone we meet.
Stripping everywhere we go,
Stripping, stripping in the snow.
Running naked through the streets,
Running into everyone we meet.
Stripping everywhere we go,
Stripping, stripping in the snow.
Running, running, running, running.
Running, running, running, running.
Running, running very fast,
Slowing, we're stopping now at last
Running, running very fast,
Slowing, we're stopping now at last.
I wanna keep it going strong,
I would be nothing on my own,
Without you.
You are the only one for me,
And I want everyone to see,
That I could never be happy,
Without you.
We've got a good thing going on,
I wanna keep it going strong,
I would be nothing on my own,
Without you.
You are the only one for me,
And I want everyone to see,
That I could never be happy,
Without you.
We've got a good thing going on,
I wanna keep it going strong,
I would be nothing on my own,
Without you.
You are the only one for me,
And I want everyone to see,
That I could never be happy,
Without you.
You were my slave and did obey,
Everything that I would say.
From pleasuring me,
To collecting groceries.
For me you even wore that skirt,
Even though it must have hurt,
It made you look really class,
And showed of your fine ass.
You ran my baths and cooked my food,
And if you were in the mood,
You'd take off all your clothes,
And push your nipples up my nose.
When we walked along the street,
You would try and grab my meat
And though they would always stare,
There was nothing really there.
We got it going on, we got it going on.
We got it going on, going on.
We've got a good thing going on,
I wanna keep it going strong,
I would be nothing on my own,
Without you.
You are the only one for me,
And I want everyone to see,
That I could never be happy,
Without you.
We've got a good thing going on,
I wanna keep it going strong,
I would be nothing on my own,
Without you.
You are the only one for me,
And I want everyone to see,
That I could never be happy,
Without you.
And now it's time for a musical break... oh no, my mistake.
You would massage me every day,
In every single way.
Rubbing my body tenderly,
With your legs spread over me.
Sometimes we would go out for walks,
Even though we never talked.
And I would only hold your hand,
'Cause I'm a gentleman,
Under our coats we were both nude,
And even though it sounded crude.
It was indeed quite fun,
To flash to everyone.
Those buttons ripped off easily
Enabling us to be,
Totally free,
Running nakedly.
Running naked through the streets,
Stones sticking to our feet
Running naked through the streets,
Dangling all our private bits.
Running, running, running, running.
Running, running, running, running.
We got it going on, we got it going on.
We got it going on, going on.
We've got a good thing going on,
I wanna keep it going strong,
I would be nothing on my own,
Without you.
You are the only one for me,
And I want everyone to see,
That I could never be happy,
Without you.
Running naked through the streets,
Running into everyone we meet.
Stripping everywhere we go,
Stripping, stripping in the snow.
Running naked through the streets,
Running into everyone we meet.
Stripping everywhere we go,
Stripping, stripping in the snow.
Running, running, running, running.
Running, running, running, running.
Running, running very fast,
Slowing, we're stopping now at last
Running, running very fast,
Slowing, we're stopping now at last.
Lyrics submitted by chezheck
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