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"
Baby, just a little bit
Just a little more time to mix things up
And if it's alright, just a little bit
I could show you how to rock n' roll
Baby, lets get into it
Lets get out of my car and into your clothes
Take a time... for a little bit
And then we can let our hands take control
And if it's alright
Then it's all night
Dark eyes and dark intentions are what led us here tonight
Girl, you get my heart jumping
And I want to get next to you
Like it's the last time, it's the last time
That I'll ever get to be with you
Girl, you really get me going
And I want to get close to you
Like it's the last time, it's the last time
That I'll ever get, I'll ever get to
Baby, we can get away
Trade the east coast for the west coast summer
Take me by the hand, don't say anything
I'll take you anywhere you wanna go
And baby, we'll be crazy
We can live it up like there's no tomorrow
Find the right time to make you all mine
I swear I'll never want to let you go
And if it's alright (lets go)
Then it's all night
Dark eyes and dark intentions are what led us here tonight
Girl, you get my heart jumping
And I want to get next to you
Like it's the last time, it's the last time
That I'll ever get to be with you
Girl, you really get me going
And I want to get close to you
Like it's the last time, it's the last time
That I'll ever get, I'll ever...
Hit the lights
We're running out of time
There's so much night we've wasted
Lets try to make this right
Girl, you get my heart jumping
And I want to get next to you
Like it's the last time, it's the last time
That I'll ever get to...
Girl, you get my heart jumping
And I want to get next to you
Like it's the last time, it's the last time
That I'll ever get to be with you
Girl, you really get me going
And I want to get close to you
Like it's the last time, it's the last time
That I'll ever get to...
Baby, just a little bit
Just a little more time to mix things up
And if it's alright, just a little bit
I could show you how to rock n' roll
Just a little more time to mix things up
And if it's alright, just a little bit
I could show you how to rock n' roll
Baby, lets get into it
Lets get out of my car and into your clothes
Take a time... for a little bit
And then we can let our hands take control
And if it's alright
Then it's all night
Dark eyes and dark intentions are what led us here tonight
Girl, you get my heart jumping
And I want to get next to you
Like it's the last time, it's the last time
That I'll ever get to be with you
Girl, you really get me going
And I want to get close to you
Like it's the last time, it's the last time
That I'll ever get, I'll ever get to
Baby, we can get away
Trade the east coast for the west coast summer
Take me by the hand, don't say anything
I'll take you anywhere you wanna go
And baby, we'll be crazy
We can live it up like there's no tomorrow
Find the right time to make you all mine
I swear I'll never want to let you go
And if it's alright (lets go)
Then it's all night
Dark eyes and dark intentions are what led us here tonight
Girl, you get my heart jumping
And I want to get next to you
Like it's the last time, it's the last time
That I'll ever get to be with you
Girl, you really get me going
And I want to get close to you
Like it's the last time, it's the last time
That I'll ever get, I'll ever...
Hit the lights
We're running out of time
There's so much night we've wasted
Lets try to make this right
Girl, you get my heart jumping
And I want to get next to you
Like it's the last time, it's the last time
That I'll ever get to...
Girl, you get my heart jumping
And I want to get next to you
Like it's the last time, it's the last time
That I'll ever get to be with you
Girl, you really get me going
And I want to get close to you
Like it's the last time, it's the last time
That I'll ever get to...
Baby, just a little bit
Just a little more time to mix things up
And if it's alright, just a little bit
I could show you how to rock n' roll
Lyrics submitted by smileforthecamera
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