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"
Ha ha ha ha
You just don't know
I just want you to know oh, oh, that I think our love will grow, yeah, yeah (x6)
Baby cakes you just don't know, know
how i i, i like it down low, low
and i just want you to know that i think our love will grow
we'll take it step by step because i'm not something you own [x2]
confused...don't know what i'm feelin
confused...relationships without meanin
and i miss seein you gleaming time to wake up and stop the dreaming!
cos.... your my lil' babycakes and i know you got what it takes!
the way you make me feel and the way i am, when you talk to your friends..
and call me your man, i'm gonna tell you right now i appreciate it,
you're the one for me your the real shit! you were there from the start..
when i was lost you helped me fing my heart,
tell her!!!!!!!
had to thank you, thank you, from the bad times n the good times me n c'hu
theres just one thing i want you to know!
I just want you to know oh, oh, that I think our love will grow, yeah, yeah (x6)
Baby cakes you just dont know, know
how i i, i like it down low, low
and i just want you to know that i think our love will grow
we'll take it step by step because i'm not something you own [x2]
Lovin every minute
Just you and me
And I'm still dreaming
You'd be my baby
Maybe there's a possibility
We grow old together live happily
And your grave
Bring out the tiger in me
He says do i never need cursing me
Your the man for me
The one who thinks what will life be like
If our eyes never met
And they say it's a song for everyone
At the first sight you know it's love
See the person and you can't be hostile
Coz you got butterflies in ya belly
That's why I like a different dimension
Coz you can't help it but feel the affections
Sexual tention physical attractions
Instant flip flirtation actions!
I just want you to know oh oh
That I think our love wil grow yeah yeah [x4]
Baby cakes
You just don't know, know
How I I
I like it down low low
And I just want you to know
That I think I love will grow
Will take it step by step
Because I'm not something you own [x2]
I I got to know [x4]
The way you look at me
Yeah you pull me closer
Our bodies together
Under the cover
Soft kisses
With ya hands all over
If I have to cry
Then ya cry on my shoulder
Can't get enough
When you loosen my neck
Goes down to my belly
Carress my breast
Well ship your body
Like you were a godess
Your the man for me
Need 2 gimmie the best
Your the number one for me
And it's no contest
For Any other man
Who got no interest
Loving you
Whenever it's wrong or right
I'm thinking of you
Everyday and night
People don't get the wrong idea
It's about us so don't interfere
The way you look at me
Cakes its gotta be
When your out
When your stood right next to me
I just want you to know oh oh
That I think I'll have a go yeah yeah [x4]
Baby cakes
You just don't know, know
How I I
I like it down low
And I just want you to know
That I think I love will grow
Will take it step by step
Because I'm not something you own [x2]
You just don't know
I just want you to know oh, oh, that I think our love will grow, yeah, yeah (x6)
Baby cakes you just don't know, know
how i i, i like it down low, low
and i just want you to know that i think our love will grow
we'll take it step by step because i'm not something you own [x2]
confused...don't know what i'm feelin
confused...relationships without meanin
and i miss seein you gleaming time to wake up and stop the dreaming!
cos.... your my lil' babycakes and i know you got what it takes!
the way you make me feel and the way i am, when you talk to your friends..
and call me your man, i'm gonna tell you right now i appreciate it,
you're the one for me your the real shit! you were there from the start..
when i was lost you helped me fing my heart,
tell her!!!!!!!
had to thank you, thank you, from the bad times n the good times me n c'hu
theres just one thing i want you to know!
I just want you to know oh, oh, that I think our love will grow, yeah, yeah (x6)
Baby cakes you just dont know, know
how i i, i like it down low, low
and i just want you to know that i think our love will grow
we'll take it step by step because i'm not something you own [x2]
Lovin every minute
Just you and me
And I'm still dreaming
You'd be my baby
Maybe there's a possibility
We grow old together live happily
And your grave
Bring out the tiger in me
He says do i never need cursing me
Your the man for me
The one who thinks what will life be like
If our eyes never met
And they say it's a song for everyone
At the first sight you know it's love
See the person and you can't be hostile
Coz you got butterflies in ya belly
That's why I like a different dimension
Coz you can't help it but feel the affections
Sexual tention physical attractions
Instant flip flirtation actions!
I just want you to know oh oh
That I think our love wil grow yeah yeah [x4]
Baby cakes
You just don't know, know
How I I
I like it down low low
And I just want you to know
That I think I love will grow
Will take it step by step
Because I'm not something you own [x2]
I I got to know [x4]
The way you look at me
Yeah you pull me closer
Our bodies together
Under the cover
Soft kisses
With ya hands all over
If I have to cry
Then ya cry on my shoulder
Can't get enough
When you loosen my neck
Goes down to my belly
Carress my breast
Well ship your body
Like you were a godess
Your the man for me
Need 2 gimmie the best
Your the number one for me
And it's no contest
For Any other man
Who got no interest
Loving you
Whenever it's wrong or right
I'm thinking of you
Everyday and night
People don't get the wrong idea
It's about us so don't interfere
The way you look at me
Cakes its gotta be
When your out
When your stood right next to me
I just want you to know oh oh
That I think I'll have a go yeah yeah [x4]
Baby cakes
You just don't know, know
How I I
I like it down low
And I just want you to know
That I think I love will grow
Will take it step by step
Because I'm not something you own [x2]
Lyrics submitted by Sandwhich_masta
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