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"
You're looking kinda lonely, girl
Would you like someone new to talk to
Ah, yeah, alright
I'm feeling kinda lonely too
If you don't mind, can I sit down here beside you?
Ah, yeah, alright
If I seem to come on too strong
I hope that you will understand
I say these things 'cause I'd like to know
If you're as lonely as I am
And if you'd mind
Sharing the night together, whoa, yeah
Sharing the night together, whoa, yeah
Sharing the night
We could bring in the morning, girl
If you want to go that far
And if tomorrow finds us together
Right here, the way we are, would you mind
Sharing the night together, whoa, yeah (would you mind sharing the night?)
Sharing the night together, whoa, yeah (would you mind sharing the night?)
Sharing the night
Would you like to dance with me and hold me?
You know I wanna be holding you (ooh)
Ah, yeah, alright
'Cause I like feeling like I do
And I see in your eyes that you're liking it, I'm liking it too
Ah, yeah, alright
Like to get to know you better
Is there a place where we can go
Where we can be alone together
And turn the lights down low
And start
Sharing the night together, whoa, yeah (would you mind sharing the night?)
Sharing the night together, whoa, yeah (would you mind sharing the night?)
Sharing the night together (would you mind sharing the night?)
(Would you mind) sharing the night together (would you mind sharing the night?)
(Would you mind) sharing the night together (would you mind sharing the night?)
(Would you mind) sharing the night together
Would you like someone new to talk to
Ah, yeah, alright
I'm feeling kinda lonely too
If you don't mind, can I sit down here beside you?
Ah, yeah, alright
If I seem to come on too strong
I hope that you will understand
I say these things 'cause I'd like to know
If you're as lonely as I am
And if you'd mind
Sharing the night together, whoa, yeah
Sharing the night together, whoa, yeah
Sharing the night
We could bring in the morning, girl
If you want to go that far
And if tomorrow finds us together
Right here, the way we are, would you mind
Sharing the night together, whoa, yeah (would you mind sharing the night?)
Sharing the night together, whoa, yeah (would you mind sharing the night?)
Sharing the night
Would you like to dance with me and hold me?
You know I wanna be holding you (ooh)
Ah, yeah, alright
'Cause I like feeling like I do
And I see in your eyes that you're liking it, I'm liking it too
Ah, yeah, alright
Like to get to know you better
Is there a place where we can go
Where we can be alone together
And turn the lights down low
And start
Sharing the night together, whoa, yeah (would you mind sharing the night?)
Sharing the night together, whoa, yeah (would you mind sharing the night?)
Sharing the night together (would you mind sharing the night?)
(Would you mind) sharing the night together (would you mind sharing the night?)
(Would you mind) sharing the night together (would you mind sharing the night?)
(Would you mind) sharing the night together
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Teehee.. This song is about.. sex xD
This song to me is about two lonely people, both needing a little human contact, coming together in a chance encounter and uh boning.... quite beautiful.....really.....brings a tear to the eye.
I heard this song 20 years ago on YTV and just discovered it recently, despite having a Dr. Hook Greatest Hits album (which this son sadly isn't included on).
None the less, I am extremely grateful for experiencing the honest beauty of this song. It makes me feel like I can drift away on a vacation and fall in love