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"
(Real talk, Usher)
(Just Blaze)
(Give me that once)
Oh, oh oh
Mm, you're gonna want me back
Is the last words she said to me
Now, I'm wishing she was still here with me
You're gonna need me (gonna need me one day)
And now that day's here, your man gotta shed tears, right?
Mm, you're gonna want me back (oh oh oh)
You never miss a good thing 'til it leaves you
And finally, I realize that I need you (ooh)
I want you back
Baby girl, I need you back
Gotta have you back, babe
Heartbroken when you left my world
Man, I wish I would've kept my girl
And I love you
I don't know what I'm gon' do without my baby
It's driving me crazy (driving me crazy)
Because I'm missing my baby (missing my baby)
I'm going out of my mind and I'm running out of time
Oh, I just wish I could find you, girl, oh ho
Said, I'm about to go crazy (to go crazy) (crazy, baby)
'Cause I've been needing you lately (needing you lately) (oh ho)
I'm going out of my head and all the things that I said
I wish that I never said 'em now
Aww, baby, what you say now?
Mm, you're gonna want me back
And still I want you, want you, want you, want you, want you
I, need you, babe
If I could rewind the time and get inside your mind
I would take back all my words (mm, you're gonna want me back)
I didn't see it (I didn't see it)
I couldn't see what I was doing, babe (no)
See, baby girl, I was blind and I wish I could try
To be the man that you deserve (mm, you're gonna want me back)
Give me one chance to make it work, ah baby
It's driving me crazy (driving me crazy) (you're driving me)
Because I'm missing my baby (missing my baby) (my baby)
I'm going out of my mind and I'm running out of time
Oh, I just wish I could find you, girl, oh I
Said, I'm about to go crazy (to go crazy)
'Cause I've been needing you lately (needing you lately)
Lately, I'm going out of my head, all the things that I said
I wish that I never said 'em now
Mm (ooh)
Mm, you're gonna want me back
Wish I could throw it back (oh)
I want it the way it used to be
You're gonna need me
Oh
Mmm, you're gonna want me back (yeah, oh)
Uh, yeah, uh
Yo, I'm trying to stay strong, I don't wanna crack (oh oh oh)
But I need her and she told me I was gon' want her back
Should've believed her, now I'm wishing I could throw me back (ooh)
To that exact spot where we found L-O-V-E at (you're gonna need me)
Lose some, then I lose again, when am I gonna win some? (need me one day)
I said a lot of things out of anger, but I meant some (ooh, you're gonna want me back)
I bought a lot of things to the table besides income
I just want things to go back to how they used to be (oh)
I was used to you and I thought you was used to me
Time is against me
You never miss something 'til it's gone
That's my word, ma, you convinced me
It might not happen, but I'm still hoping
And my heart is broken, but the door's still open
Pillow still soaking, your boy still loc'ing (oh)
Dutch still lit and a bottle still open
If I don't get another chance, it'll be hard to get focused
Give me one chance to make it work
It's driving me crazy
I'm missing my baby (because I'm missing my baby)
I'm going out of my mind, I'm running out of time
I just wish I could find you, girl
Oh baby (said, I'm about to go crazy)
'Cause I've been needing you lately (needing you lately)
The love of my life
But I wasn't loving you right, baby
It's driving me crazy (driving me crazy) (crazy)
Because I'm missing my baby (mm, you're gonna want me back) (yeah)
I'm going out of my mind and I'm running out of time
I just wish I could find you, girl (you're gonna need me)
Said, I'm about to go crazy (to go crazy) (crazy)
'Cause I've been needing you lately (mm, you're gonna want me back)
Lately, I'm going out of my head, all the things that I said
I wish that I never said them now (oh oh oh)
Mm, you're gonna want me back
Is the last words she said to me
Now I'm wishing she was still here with me
You're gonna need me, need me one day (gonna need me one day)
Now that day's here, your man gotta shed tears
Mmm, you're gonna want me back
I'm sitting by the phone
Realizing she ain't ever coming home (oh oh oh, ooh)
You're gonna need me, need me one day
Mmm, you're gonna want me back
(Just Blaze)
(Give me that once)
Oh, oh oh
Mm, you're gonna want me back
Is the last words she said to me
Now, I'm wishing she was still here with me
You're gonna need me (gonna need me one day)
And now that day's here, your man gotta shed tears, right?
Mm, you're gonna want me back (oh oh oh)
You never miss a good thing 'til it leaves you
And finally, I realize that I need you (ooh)
I want you back
Baby girl, I need you back
Gotta have you back, babe
Heartbroken when you left my world
Man, I wish I would've kept my girl
And I love you
I don't know what I'm gon' do without my baby
It's driving me crazy (driving me crazy)
Because I'm missing my baby (missing my baby)
I'm going out of my mind and I'm running out of time
Oh, I just wish I could find you, girl, oh ho
Said, I'm about to go crazy (to go crazy) (crazy, baby)
'Cause I've been needing you lately (needing you lately) (oh ho)
I'm going out of my head and all the things that I said
I wish that I never said 'em now
Aww, baby, what you say now?
Mm, you're gonna want me back
And still I want you, want you, want you, want you, want you
I, need you, babe
If I could rewind the time and get inside your mind
I would take back all my words (mm, you're gonna want me back)
I didn't see it (I didn't see it)
I couldn't see what I was doing, babe (no)
See, baby girl, I was blind and I wish I could try
To be the man that you deserve (mm, you're gonna want me back)
Give me one chance to make it work, ah baby
It's driving me crazy (driving me crazy) (you're driving me)
Because I'm missing my baby (missing my baby) (my baby)
I'm going out of my mind and I'm running out of time
Oh, I just wish I could find you, girl, oh I
Said, I'm about to go crazy (to go crazy)
'Cause I've been needing you lately (needing you lately)
Lately, I'm going out of my head, all the things that I said
I wish that I never said 'em now
Mm (ooh)
Mm, you're gonna want me back
Wish I could throw it back (oh)
I want it the way it used to be
You're gonna need me
Oh
Mmm, you're gonna want me back (yeah, oh)
Uh, yeah, uh
Yo, I'm trying to stay strong, I don't wanna crack (oh oh oh)
But I need her and she told me I was gon' want her back
Should've believed her, now I'm wishing I could throw me back (ooh)
To that exact spot where we found L-O-V-E at (you're gonna need me)
Lose some, then I lose again, when am I gonna win some? (need me one day)
I said a lot of things out of anger, but I meant some (ooh, you're gonna want me back)
I bought a lot of things to the table besides income
I just want things to go back to how they used to be (oh)
I was used to you and I thought you was used to me
Time is against me
You never miss something 'til it's gone
That's my word, ma, you convinced me
It might not happen, but I'm still hoping
And my heart is broken, but the door's still open
Pillow still soaking, your boy still loc'ing (oh)
Dutch still lit and a bottle still open
If I don't get another chance, it'll be hard to get focused
Give me one chance to make it work
It's driving me crazy
I'm missing my baby (because I'm missing my baby)
I'm going out of my mind, I'm running out of time
I just wish I could find you, girl
Oh baby (said, I'm about to go crazy)
'Cause I've been needing you lately (needing you lately)
The love of my life
But I wasn't loving you right, baby
It's driving me crazy (driving me crazy) (crazy)
Because I'm missing my baby (mm, you're gonna want me back) (yeah)
I'm going out of my mind and I'm running out of time
I just wish I could find you, girl (you're gonna need me)
Said, I'm about to go crazy (to go crazy) (crazy)
'Cause I've been needing you lately (mm, you're gonna want me back)
Lately, I'm going out of my head, all the things that I said
I wish that I never said them now (oh oh oh)
Mm, you're gonna want me back
Is the last words she said to me
Now I'm wishing she was still here with me
You're gonna need me, need me one day (gonna need me one day)
Now that day's here, your man gotta shed tears
Mmm, you're gonna want me back
I'm sitting by the phone
Realizing she ain't ever coming home (oh oh oh, ooh)
You're gonna need me, need me one day
Mmm, you're gonna want me back
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