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"
Hey!
Busty co-eds live live live
You'll crash the car, man, if you drive
1-800, 1-800, 1-800 wired
OBGYGYN
Triple X-X-X
Time that you and me
Had lots and lots of meaningless sex
Erotic city VIP
The pornorific girl is me
I came and, oh no, I faked it
He's still tied to the bed
Adorable, affordable
Guaranteed discretion
In the story of my life
You'll barely get a mention
I see Paris, I see France
I can see your underpants
Oh, I see Paris, I see France
Oh, I hear London calling
Now you've come so you can rip 'em off
Oh, baby, I know where you live
I'm overrated, desecrated
Still somehow illuminated
I know I've got a screw loose
Just meet me in the bedroom
I know you did this, what a punk
You would never sell out
Just like i did in playboy
That was all, it didn't count
Love the way your mouth fits mine
1-800, he's so fine
I'm infra-red, I'm in your head
I won't be leaving soon
I see Paris, I see France
Oh, I can see your underpants
Oh, I see Paris, I see France
Oh, I hear London calling
Now you've come, please, baby, rip 'em off
No, baby, I know where you live
No, and I can smell her on you everywhere
No, baby, I can not forget
And I'm coming for you!!
Hey gabbagabba baby
Hey gabbagabba baby
I know where you live
(Shut up!)
Hey gabbagabba baby
(Shut up!)
I know where you live
(Shut up! Shut up!)
I'm a little bit older than you
(Shut up!)
Yeah, than you
(Shut up! Shut up! Shut up...)
(heavy breathing)
You know how when your phone went dead?
Well, that was me on the other end
You know how when your phone went dead?
Oh, that was me on the other end
And when I touched your limousine
I really felt the vibe
It said I love you, babygirl, you know
'Cause I can read your mind
Shut up!
Shut up!
Shut up!
And I'm comin', comin', comin' for you
Shut up!
I know where you live
(Shut up! Shut up!)
Hey gabbagabba baby
I know where you live
(Shut up! Shut up!)
Just a little bit older than you
(Yeah, than you)
I know where you live
Busty co-eds live live live
You'll crash the car, man, if you drive
1-800, 1-800, 1-800 wired
OBGYGYN
Triple X-X-X
Time that you and me
Had lots and lots of meaningless sex
Erotic city VIP
The pornorific girl is me
I came and, oh no, I faked it
He's still tied to the bed
Adorable, affordable
Guaranteed discretion
In the story of my life
You'll barely get a mention
I see Paris, I see France
I can see your underpants
Oh, I see Paris, I see France
Oh, I hear London calling
Now you've come so you can rip 'em off
Oh, baby, I know where you live
I'm overrated, desecrated
Still somehow illuminated
I know I've got a screw loose
Just meet me in the bedroom
I know you did this, what a punk
You would never sell out
Just like i did in playboy
That was all, it didn't count
Love the way your mouth fits mine
1-800, he's so fine
I'm infra-red, I'm in your head
I won't be leaving soon
I see Paris, I see France
Oh, I can see your underpants
Oh, I see Paris, I see France
Oh, I hear London calling
Now you've come, please, baby, rip 'em off
No, baby, I know where you live
No, and I can smell her on you everywhere
No, baby, I can not forget
And I'm coming for you!!
Hey gabbagabba baby
Hey gabbagabba baby
I know where you live
(Shut up!)
Hey gabbagabba baby
(Shut up!)
I know where you live
(Shut up! Shut up!)
I'm a little bit older than you
(Shut up!)
Yeah, than you
(Shut up! Shut up! Shut up...)
(heavy breathing)
You know how when your phone went dead?
Well, that was me on the other end
You know how when your phone went dead?
Oh, that was me on the other end
And when I touched your limousine
I really felt the vibe
It said I love you, babygirl, you know
'Cause I can read your mind
Shut up!
Shut up!
Shut up!
And I'm comin', comin', comin' for you
Shut up!
I know where you live
(Shut up! Shut up!)
Hey gabbagabba baby
I know where you live
(Shut up! Shut up!)
Just a little bit older than you
(Yeah, than you)
I know where you live
Lyrics submitted by almostmanda, edited by scottdoesntknow628
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