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"
[Sharpay]
It's out with the old
And in with the new
Goodbye clouds of gray
Hello skies of blue
A dip in the pool, A trip to the spa
Endless days in my chaise
The whole world according to moi
Excuse me? Thank you
Iced tea imported from England
Lifeguards imported from Spain
Towels imported from Turkey
And turkey imported from Maine
[Sharpay and Ryan]
We're gonna relax and renew
[Sharpay]
You. Go. Do.
I want fabulous
That is my simple request
All things fabulous
Bigger and better and best
I need something inspiring
To help me get along
I need a little fabulous
Is that so wrong?
Fetch me my Jimmy Choo flip-flops
Where is my pink Prada tote?
I need my Tiffany hair band
And then I can go for a float
[Ryan and Sharpettes]
A summer like never before
[Sharpay]
I want more
[Ryan and Sharpettes]
She wants fabulous
That is her simple request
All things fabulous
Bigger and better and best
She needs something inspiring
To help her get along
She needs a little fabulous
Is that so wrong?
Fabulous pool, fabulous splash
Fabulous parties, even fabulous Trash
Fabulous fashion, fabulous bling
She's got to have fabulous everything
[Ryan and Sharpay]
Nothing to discuss
Everything's got to be perfect for
[Sharpay]
ME!
[Ryan]
She wants fabulous
That is her simple request
All things fabulous
Bigger and better and best
She needs something inspiring
To help her get along
She needs a little fabulous
Is that so wrong?
[Sharpay]
This won't do, that's a bore
That's insulting, I need more
I need, I need
I need, I need
I need, I need
I need fabulous
I want fabulous
Bring me fabulous
[Sharpettes]
Fabulous hair, fabulous style
Fabulous eyes and that fabulous smile
[Sharpay]
Oh, I like what I see
I like it a lot
[Sharpettes]
Is this absolutely fabulous?
(Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous)
[Sharpay]
Absolutely.... not!
It's out with the old
And in with the new
Goodbye clouds of gray
Hello skies of blue
A dip in the pool, A trip to the spa
Endless days in my chaise
The whole world according to moi
Excuse me? Thank you
Iced tea imported from England
Lifeguards imported from Spain
Towels imported from Turkey
And turkey imported from Maine
[Sharpay and Ryan]
We're gonna relax and renew
[Sharpay]
You. Go. Do.
I want fabulous
That is my simple request
All things fabulous
Bigger and better and best
I need something inspiring
To help me get along
I need a little fabulous
Is that so wrong?
Fetch me my Jimmy Choo flip-flops
Where is my pink Prada tote?
I need my Tiffany hair band
And then I can go for a float
[Ryan and Sharpettes]
A summer like never before
[Sharpay]
I want more
[Ryan and Sharpettes]
She wants fabulous
That is her simple request
All things fabulous
Bigger and better and best
She needs something inspiring
To help her get along
She needs a little fabulous
Is that so wrong?
Fabulous pool, fabulous splash
Fabulous parties, even fabulous Trash
Fabulous fashion, fabulous bling
She's got to have fabulous everything
[Ryan and Sharpay]
Nothing to discuss
Everything's got to be perfect for
[Sharpay]
ME!
[Ryan]
She wants fabulous
That is her simple request
All things fabulous
Bigger and better and best
She needs something inspiring
To help her get along
She needs a little fabulous
Is that so wrong?
[Sharpay]
This won't do, that's a bore
That's insulting, I need more
I need, I need
I need, I need
I need, I need
I need fabulous
I want fabulous
Bring me fabulous
[Sharpettes]
Fabulous hair, fabulous style
Fabulous eyes and that fabulous smile
[Sharpay]
Oh, I like what I see
I like it a lot
[Sharpettes]
Is this absolutely fabulous?
(Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous)
[Sharpay]
Absolutely.... not!
Lyrics submitted by iheartyoubaby
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