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 ever want something
That you know you shouldn't have
The more you know you shouldn't have it
The more you want it
And then one day, you get it
It's so good too
But it's just like my girl
When she's around me
I just feel so good, so good
But right know I just feel cold, so cold
Right down to my bones
'Cause, ooh
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she always gone too long
Anytime she goes away, yeah
Wonder this time where she's gone
Wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away (anytime she goes away)
Hmm
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, know, know, know, know
I know, I know
Hey, I ought to leave (ought to leave)
I ought to leave her alone
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone (ain't no sunshine when she's gone)
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone (ain't no sunshine when she's gone)
Only darkness every day (only darkness every day)
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away (anytime she goes away)
Ooh (ain't no sun)
Ooh (ain't no sun)
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na (whoa)
Anytime she goes away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone (ain't no sunshine when she's gone)
(It's not warm when she's away) It's not warm when she's away
(Ain't no sunshine when she's gone)
And she's always gone too long anytime she goes away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Goes away, no, no, no, no
Anytime she goes away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Anytime she goes away
Only darkness every day
Anytime she goes away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Anytime that she goes away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
That you know you shouldn't have
The more you know you shouldn't have it
The more you want it
And then one day, you get it
It's so good too
But it's just like my girl
When she's around me
I just feel so good, so good
But right know I just feel cold, so cold
Right down to my bones
'Cause, ooh
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she always gone too long
Anytime she goes away, yeah
Wonder this time where she's gone
Wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away (anytime she goes away)
Hmm
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, know, know, know, know
I know, I know
Hey, I ought to leave (ought to leave)
I ought to leave her alone
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone (ain't no sunshine when she's gone)
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone (ain't no sunshine when she's gone)
Only darkness every day (only darkness every day)
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away (anytime she goes away)
Ooh (ain't no sun)
Ooh (ain't no sun)
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na (whoa)
Anytime she goes away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone (ain't no sunshine when she's gone)
(It's not warm when she's away) It's not warm when she's away
(Ain't no sunshine when she's gone)
And she's always gone too long anytime she goes away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Goes away, no, no, no, no
Anytime she goes away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Anytime she goes away
Only darkness every day
Anytime she goes away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Anytime that she goes away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Lyrics submitted by finalfan10x
Ain't No Sunshine Lyrics as written by Bill Withers
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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