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"
Everybody (J J J J J. R)
Everybody's looking for something
I'm ferocious when I see you instantly
So precocious assuming that you're into me
So fierce the way you pierce me with your energy
My heart's on fire boy come on and rescue me
When I see you I need you right away (Take me)
Can't control the way that I am behaving
It's got a hold of me
Grabbing me rapidly
Romantic dancing
Dreams are made of these, yeah
Everybody
C'mon get to jumping
Everybody
Moving next to something
Everybody
Feel the temperature rising
Everybody
(C'mon now) Let's keep grinding
It's surreal to feel you standing next to me
So intense when your sensing my vicinity
Body shaking aching I can't take it how
I want you so bad boy, that I can taste it now
When I see you I need you right away (Take me)
Can't control the way that I am behaving
It's got a hold of me
Grabbing me rapidly
Romantic dancing
Dreams are made of these, yeah
Everybody
C'mon get to jumping
Everybody
Moving next to something
Everybody
Feel the temperature rising
Everybody
(C'mon now) Let's keep grinding
Fellas get wild, start flashing your money
Ladies go crazy and act a fool
Everybody get down and do what you want to
The night is still young to be seduced
Taking in with every little thing I see
Triple tie dancing with the tab complete
Little boys dancing cause their feeling me
Sweating cold, fretting
It's the place to be
Come and sit with me, come and sit with me
Sit back, you'll see it so beautifully
Loving everybody, baby, is all you need
Let go of the way things used to be
Everybody
C'mon get to jumping
(Everybody) Everybody
Moving next to something (Everybody)
Everybody
Feel the temperature rising (huh oh oh)
Everybody
(C'mon now) Let's keep grinding
(Everybody) Everybody
C'mon get to jumping
Everybody
Moving next to something
Everybody
Feel the temperature rising (yeah, yeah)
Everybody (ooh ooh oh)
(C'mon now) Lets keep grinding
Everybody (Everybody) (J J J J J. R)
Everybody's looking for something
Everybody (Everybody)
Everybody's looking for something
Everybody's looking for something
I'm ferocious when I see you instantly
So precocious assuming that you're into me
So fierce the way you pierce me with your energy
My heart's on fire boy come on and rescue me
When I see you I need you right away (Take me)
Can't control the way that I am behaving
It's got a hold of me
Grabbing me rapidly
Romantic dancing
Dreams are made of these, yeah
Everybody
C'mon get to jumping
Everybody
Moving next to something
Everybody
Feel the temperature rising
Everybody
(C'mon now) Let's keep grinding
It's surreal to feel you standing next to me
So intense when your sensing my vicinity
Body shaking aching I can't take it how
I want you so bad boy, that I can taste it now
When I see you I need you right away (Take me)
Can't control the way that I am behaving
It's got a hold of me
Grabbing me rapidly
Romantic dancing
Dreams are made of these, yeah
Everybody
C'mon get to jumping
Everybody
Moving next to something
Everybody
Feel the temperature rising
Everybody
(C'mon now) Let's keep grinding
Fellas get wild, start flashing your money
Ladies go crazy and act a fool
Everybody get down and do what you want to
The night is still young to be seduced
Taking in with every little thing I see
Triple tie dancing with the tab complete
Little boys dancing cause their feeling me
Sweating cold, fretting
It's the place to be
Come and sit with me, come and sit with me
Sit back, you'll see it so beautifully
Loving everybody, baby, is all you need
Let go of the way things used to be
Everybody
C'mon get to jumping
(Everybody) Everybody
Moving next to something (Everybody)
Everybody
Feel the temperature rising (huh oh oh)
Everybody
(C'mon now) Let's keep grinding
(Everybody) Everybody
C'mon get to jumping
Everybody
Moving next to something
Everybody
Feel the temperature rising (yeah, yeah)
Everybody (ooh ooh oh)
(C'mon now) Lets keep grinding
Everybody (Everybody) (J J J J J. R)
Everybody's looking for something
Everybody (Everybody)
Everybody's looking for something
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Theres loads of flawes in the lyrics! Heres some first parts:
I'm ferocious When I see you instantly So precocious, assuming that you're into me, So fierce the way you pierce me with your energy My hearts' on fire, boy come on and rescue me
It's so real to feel you standing next to me, So intense when your scent's in my vicinity, Body shaking, aching, I can't take it how I want you so bad, for that I can taste it now
Fella's get wild, start flashing your money Ladies go crazy, and act a fool Everybody get down and do what you want to The night is still young, don't be seduced,
And Im not sure of this pat, but it doesn't sound right:
Taking in with every little thing I see Triple tie dancing with attack of me Little boys dancing 'cause they feeling me Sweatin cold frettin is the place to be Come and sit with me, come and sit with me Sit, pack your seat so beautifully Lovin everybody baby's all you need Let go of the way things used to be.
Other than that the ong has me so confused- I thought she was meant to sample 'here Comes The Rain Again' not 'Sweet Dreams'? Nonetheless I like this song!
ahhhh britney spears. i hope she dies.
I love this song.
I love how it samples "Sweet Dreams" by Eurythmics.
This song to me, is just about letting go of your inhibitions and having fun!