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"
Got the news today
Doctor said I had to stay a little bit longer and I'll be fine
When I thought it'd all been done
When I thought it'd all been said
A little bit longer and I'll be fine
But you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
And you don't know what it's like to feel so low
And every time you smile, you laugh, you glow
You don't even know, no, no
You don't even know
All this time goes by, still no reason why
A little bit longer and I'll be fine
Waiting on a cure, but none of them are sure
A little bit longer and I'll be fine
But you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
And you don't know what it's like to feel so low
And every time you smile, you laugh, you glow
You don't even know, no, no
You don't even know, no, no
You don't even know
(No)
Yeah
But you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
And you don't know what it's like to feel so low, yeah
And every time you smile, you laugh, you glow
You don't even know, yeah, oh
Yeah, ohh-oh, yea-yeah
You don't even know, no, no
So I'll wait 'til kingdom come
All the highs and lows are gone
A little bit longer and I'll be fine
I'll be fine
Doctor said I had to stay a little bit longer and I'll be fine
When I thought it'd all been done
When I thought it'd all been said
A little bit longer and I'll be fine
But you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
And you don't know what it's like to feel so low
And every time you smile, you laugh, you glow
You don't even know, no, no
You don't even know
All this time goes by, still no reason why
A little bit longer and I'll be fine
Waiting on a cure, but none of them are sure
A little bit longer and I'll be fine
But you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
And you don't know what it's like to feel so low
And every time you smile, you laugh, you glow
You don't even know, no, no
You don't even know, no, no
You don't even know
(No)
Yeah
But you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
And you don't know what it's like to feel so low, yeah
And every time you smile, you laugh, you glow
You don't even know, yeah, oh
Yeah, ohh-oh, yea-yeah
You don't even know, no, no
So I'll wait 'til kingdom come
All the highs and lows are gone
A little bit longer and I'll be fine
I'll be fine
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
A Little Bit Longer Lyrics as written by Nicholas Jonas
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Nick Jonas wrote this about his having diabetes; I think it's so inspirational and it's probably my favourite song of theirs ever!
actually i read in an article that this song is about one of the brothers insecurities with the size of his penis. He just wants it to be "a little bit longer, and I'll be fine"
The song is based around his time in the hospital while the doctors try to figure out the best way to make his penis "a little bit longer"
great song
Nick wrote it about his diabetes. I hope it's on their third album (although I've heard rumours that it won't be)
awww i love nick this song is actually called you don't know what it's like
What it's called right now is correct. Someone that met JB asked them about the title of the song, and they said that it is "A Little Bit Longer."
Sorry, but this isn't about his diabetes. HOLD ON, so how many songs would he honestly need?
I was told by a reliable source [:)] that its another song for JB's late Grandmother, in her point of view.
omj. i love this song soo much. some people say its about his grandmother, and some say its about nicks diabetes, but whatever it's about, you can't deny that it is an amazing and powerful song. i've got that song in my favorites on youtube, and i listen to it multiple times a day. =]
um it is actually about his diabetes, not his grandmother. eternity is about their grandmother.
it's about the jonas people fucking around and getting pubic lice ACTUALLY.
@ohayalan yeah for dumb people go to school
I love the lyrics to this song..
Does anyone know where I can get it?