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"
Yeah
Uh-huh
Yeah
Yeah
Broke up with my girl last night, so I went to the club (so I went to the club)
Put on a fresh white suit and the Mini coupe sittin' on dubs (sittin' on dubs)
I'm just looking for somebody to talk to and show me some love (show me some love)
If you know what I mean, uh-huh
Everybody jockin' me as soon as I stepped in the spot (I stepped in the spot)
Two hundred bitches in the buildin', ain't none of them hot (ain't none of them hot)
Except for this pretty young thang that was workin' all the way at the top (all the way at the top)
Shawty, what is your name?
Ooh, she made us drinks to drink
We drunk 'em, got drunk
And then I think she thinks I'm cool
She gave me a wink, I winked back
And then I think that we hit it off something proper like
I like the bartender (ooh, if you're lookin' for me)
I'm at the bar with her (oh-oh-oh, okay)
I like the bartender (yeah, if you're lookin' for me)
I'm at the bar with her (oh-oh-oh, okay)
Got a brand new girl, so I'm feeling all good inside (all good inside)
Feel like I put some brand new 24's on a brand new ride (on a brand new ride)
Triple shot of Patron on the rocks with little bit of lime (with a little bit of lime)
I'm just keeping it real (uh-huh)
Baby still working at the club, so I'm gettin' in free (so I'm gettin' in free)
Wednesday night, I'm on the list, T-Pain plus three (T-Pain plus three)
Every time I hit the spot, baby girl takin' care of me (takin' care of me)
How do you think I feel?
Ooh, she made us drinks to drink
We drunk 'em, got drunk
And now I know she thinks I'm cool
She gave me a wink, I winked back
And then I think that we gon' have fun at my spot tonight
I like the bartender (ooh, if you're lookin' for me)
I'm at the bar with her (oh-oh-oh, okay)
I like the bartender (yeah, if you're lookin' for me)
I'm at the bar with her (oh-oh-oh, okay)
Shorty, I'm sure you heard that I rarely ever come out (never come out)
Unless I'm in the M6 doing tricks, freeway burnt out (freeway burnt out)
Got a passenger side that's empty, wanting it to be your spot (be your spot)
Put you on my billboard, we can act like the charts, I can end up on top (end up on top)
Don't smoke, don't drink, that's why I don't be by the bar, baby (baby)
Just lookin' at you from a distance looking like a goddamn star, baby (baby)
So, my girl don't see me, T-Pain, can I get those keys to the car? (Those keys to the car)
'Bout to go and bang bang boogie with my cutie, and I'll see you tomor' (see you tomor')
Ooh, she made us drinks to drink
We drunk 'em, got drunk
And now I know she thinks I'm cool
She gave me a wink, I winked back (uh-huh)
And then I think that (uh-huh) we gon' have fun at my spot tonight (oh, yes, we will)
I like the bartender (ooh, if you're lookin' for me)
I'm at the bar with her (oh-oh-oh, okay)
I like the bartender (yeah, if you're lookin' for me)
I'm at the bar with her (oh-oh-oh, okay)
Uh-huh
Yeah
Yeah
Broke up with my girl last night, so I went to the club (so I went to the club)
Put on a fresh white suit and the Mini coupe sittin' on dubs (sittin' on dubs)
I'm just looking for somebody to talk to and show me some love (show me some love)
If you know what I mean, uh-huh
Everybody jockin' me as soon as I stepped in the spot (I stepped in the spot)
Two hundred bitches in the buildin', ain't none of them hot (ain't none of them hot)
Except for this pretty young thang that was workin' all the way at the top (all the way at the top)
Shawty, what is your name?
Ooh, she made us drinks to drink
We drunk 'em, got drunk
And then I think she thinks I'm cool
She gave me a wink, I winked back
And then I think that we hit it off something proper like
I like the bartender (ooh, if you're lookin' for me)
I'm at the bar with her (oh-oh-oh, okay)
I like the bartender (yeah, if you're lookin' for me)
I'm at the bar with her (oh-oh-oh, okay)
Got a brand new girl, so I'm feeling all good inside (all good inside)
Feel like I put some brand new 24's on a brand new ride (on a brand new ride)
Triple shot of Patron on the rocks with little bit of lime (with a little bit of lime)
I'm just keeping it real (uh-huh)
Baby still working at the club, so I'm gettin' in free (so I'm gettin' in free)
Wednesday night, I'm on the list, T-Pain plus three (T-Pain plus three)
Every time I hit the spot, baby girl takin' care of me (takin' care of me)
How do you think I feel?
Ooh, she made us drinks to drink
We drunk 'em, got drunk
And now I know she thinks I'm cool
She gave me a wink, I winked back
And then I think that we gon' have fun at my spot tonight
I like the bartender (ooh, if you're lookin' for me)
I'm at the bar with her (oh-oh-oh, okay)
I like the bartender (yeah, if you're lookin' for me)
I'm at the bar with her (oh-oh-oh, okay)
Shorty, I'm sure you heard that I rarely ever come out (never come out)
Unless I'm in the M6 doing tricks, freeway burnt out (freeway burnt out)
Got a passenger side that's empty, wanting it to be your spot (be your spot)
Put you on my billboard, we can act like the charts, I can end up on top (end up on top)
Don't smoke, don't drink, that's why I don't be by the bar, baby (baby)
Just lookin' at you from a distance looking like a goddamn star, baby (baby)
So, my girl don't see me, T-Pain, can I get those keys to the car? (Those keys to the car)
'Bout to go and bang bang boogie with my cutie, and I'll see you tomor' (see you tomor')
Ooh, she made us drinks to drink
We drunk 'em, got drunk
And now I know she thinks I'm cool
She gave me a wink, I winked back (uh-huh)
And then I think that (uh-huh) we gon' have fun at my spot tonight (oh, yes, we will)
I like the bartender (ooh, if you're lookin' for me)
I'm at the bar with her (oh-oh-oh, okay)
I like the bartender (yeah, if you're lookin' for me)
I'm at the bar with her (oh-oh-oh, okay)
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
When We Were Young
Blink-182
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
Omg omg this song is so good!! [if your deaf] This just shows how pointless rap and hip hop music has gotten.
Honestly wtf? Bartenders? Laffy taffy? Umberellas?
Such stupidity yet people by into it. I don't get it?
Where's the point? The meaning? There's none.
I know t-pain isn't shakespear, but atleast put some thought into the music you release...