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"
Whoa-oh-oh
Ooh-ooh
No, no, no
See, I don't know why I liked you so much
I gave you all, of my trust
I told you, I loved you, now that's all down the drain
Ya put me through pain, I want to let you know how I feel
Fuck what I said, it don't mean shit now
Fuck the presents, might as well throw 'em out
Fuck all those kisses, they didn't mean jack
Fuck you, you ho, I don't want you back
Fuck what I said, it don't mean shit now
Fuck the presents, might as well throw 'em out
Fuck all those kisses, they didn't mean jack
Fuck you, you ho, I don't want you back
You thought, you could
Keep this shit from me, yeah
Ya burnt bitch, I heard the story
Ya played me, ya even gave him head
Now you're askin' for me back
You're just another hag, look elsewhere
'Cause you're done with me
Fuck what I said it don't mean shit now
Fuck the presents might as well throw em out
Fuck all those kisses, they didn't mean jack
Fuck you, you ho, I don't want you back
Fuck what I said it don't mean shit now
Fuck the presents might as well throw em out
Fuck all those kisses, they didn't mean jack
Fuck you, you ho, I don't want you back
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
You questioned, did I care
You could ask anyone, I even said
You were my great one
Now it's all over, but I do admit I'm sad
It hurts real bad, I can't sweat that, 'cause I loved a ho
Fuck what I said, it don't mean shit now
Fuck the presents, might as well throw 'em out
Fuck all those kisses, they didn't mean jack
Fuck you, you ho, I don't want you back
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah (don't mean shit now)
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah (throw 'em out)
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah (didn't mean jack)
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah (I don't want you back)
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah (don't mean shit now)
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah (throw 'em out)
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah (didn't mean jack)
Oh
Ooh-ooh
No, no, no
See, I don't know why I liked you so much
I gave you all, of my trust
I told you, I loved you, now that's all down the drain
Ya put me through pain, I want to let you know how I feel
Fuck what I said, it don't mean shit now
Fuck the presents, might as well throw 'em out
Fuck all those kisses, they didn't mean jack
Fuck you, you ho, I don't want you back
Fuck what I said, it don't mean shit now
Fuck the presents, might as well throw 'em out
Fuck all those kisses, they didn't mean jack
Fuck you, you ho, I don't want you back
You thought, you could
Keep this shit from me, yeah
Ya burnt bitch, I heard the story
Ya played me, ya even gave him head
Now you're askin' for me back
You're just another hag, look elsewhere
'Cause you're done with me
Fuck what I said it don't mean shit now
Fuck the presents might as well throw em out
Fuck all those kisses, they didn't mean jack
Fuck you, you ho, I don't want you back
Fuck what I said it don't mean shit now
Fuck the presents might as well throw em out
Fuck all those kisses, they didn't mean jack
Fuck you, you ho, I don't want you back
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
You questioned, did I care
You could ask anyone, I even said
You were my great one
Now it's all over, but I do admit I'm sad
It hurts real bad, I can't sweat that, 'cause I loved a ho
Fuck what I said, it don't mean shit now
Fuck the presents, might as well throw 'em out
Fuck all those kisses, they didn't mean jack
Fuck you, you ho, I don't want you back
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah (don't mean shit now)
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah (throw 'em out)
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah (didn't mean jack)
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah (I don't want you back)
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah (don't mean shit now)
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah (throw 'em out)
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Uh-huh, yeah (didn't mean jack)
Oh
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This song fits my experience about 6 months ago to the smallest parts.
I was in love with my gf, i gave her everything...later a friend let me know some guy and her were sketchy. A few days later i found out she had been cheating on me, and as the songs says...even gave him head. This song was pretty much 100% of what happened to me.
This song, as much as it may not be quality music, means a lot to me...it has an impact on my mood everytime i play it.
this songs is how i feel about a certain someone, i know its harsh, but u know how u put all ur trust into one person and in one moment it can be gone and they dont even care.....but u do.... its crappy
iheartmusic.. are u retarded? this song is dissing chics NOT guys so stop being a hoe and tryin to turn the song around
it can be applied to both genders, really. guys can be hoes too just as much as girls. stop being so suburban...
To use the vernacular of Adam Hills: This song is about a person who needs to stop being a DICK!
I can understand how many of u may not like this song or even hate it. I'm so confused as to if I like this song too, but those of u that hate it probably can not relate to it, i can, majorly. Every single word that he says I can relate to, its a shitty feeling. Every time I hear this song it reminds me of all the BS and it sucks, but i also like it because I can relate to it...i don't know.
I know just what you mean kat.
the chick that was getting dissed by this song made another version of it and blasted him nice haha
Frankee's song is so much betta lol
Definitely not, she's a bitch,. I love this song. but he shoulda made another one to get right back at that bitch
just one thing to say bout this song. TO MUCH SWEARING! it isnt needed! i can understand how he felt when writing this song we all feel this way at some point!
Frankee isn't really his ex. the come back song was a marketing ploy. the song was about someone dated when he was like 16. they held auditions for someone to sing this song. apparently eamon liked frankee the best, so she did the song
really?
really?
The so-called beef between "F It (I Don't Want You Back)" singer Eamon and his supposed ex-girlfriend, Frankee, got plenty of radio airplay, as stations across the U.S. would follow up his track with her dis track, "FU Right Back." Frankee's song uses the exact same music as Eamon's "F It (I Don't Want You Back)," and it offers its own profanity-laden response. Eamon, who initially said he had no idea who Frankee was, has come clean--telling mtv.com that Frankee was actually recruited by his staff to record a response to "F*** It (I Don't Want You Back)" in order to create the illusion of a feud.
"There was a big tryout, and I actually know some of the girls who wanted to do the song, but I never met Frankee in my life," Eamon told mtv.com. "I think it's corny to death, but it's funny."
Eamon says that after Frankee was chosen to sing the track, she and a songwriter penned the lyrics, then sent an MP3 of the finished cut to Eamon, who gave Frankee permission to release the track to radio after listening to it. He told mtv.com that he was caught off-guard when Frankee started doing interviews. "I never knew she was going to say she was my ex-girlfriend," Eamon explained. "It's the funniest thing because even my aunt called me and said, 'Is this really your ex-girlfriend?' It's all good, though. Every time it gets played, I get paid."
Frankee still insists that she did go out with Eamon for about two months. She is currently working on her own debut album.