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"
We were as one, babe
For a moment in time
And it seemed everlasting
That you would always be mine
Now you wanna be free, yeah
So I'm letting you fly
'Cause I know in my heart, babe
Our love will never die, no...
You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you, indefinitely
Girl, don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way, you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby
I ain't gonna cry, no
And I won't beg you to stay
If you're determined to leave, girl
I will not stand in your way
But inevitably, you'll be back again
'Cause you know in your heart, babe
Our love will never end, no
You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you, indefinitely
Girl, don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way, you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby
I know that you'll be back, girl
When your days and your nights get a little bit colder
I know that you'll be right back
Ooh baby, believe me it's only a matter of time!
You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you, indefinitely
Girl, don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way, you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my, my baby
You'll always be a part of me
[You will always be]
I'm part of you, indefinitely
Girl, don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
[We will linger on]
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way, you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby
Always be my baby
For a moment in time
And it seemed everlasting
That you would always be mine
Now you wanna be free, yeah
So I'm letting you fly
'Cause I know in my heart, babe
Our love will never die, no...
You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you, indefinitely
Girl, don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way, you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby
I ain't gonna cry, no
And I won't beg you to stay
If you're determined to leave, girl
I will not stand in your way
But inevitably, you'll be back again
'Cause you know in your heart, babe
Our love will never end, no
You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you, indefinitely
Girl, don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way, you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby
I know that you'll be back, girl
When your days and your nights get a little bit colder
I know that you'll be right back
Ooh baby, believe me it's only a matter of time!
You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you, indefinitely
Girl, don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way, you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my, my baby
You'll always be a part of me
[You will always be]
I'm part of you, indefinitely
Girl, don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
[We will linger on]
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way, you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby
Always be my baby
Lyrics submitted by XiAOBAOBEi
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DAVID COOK! COULD YOU PLSSSS SERENADE ME WITH THIS SONG!!
Hahahax! I really love him singing this song.. I couldn't stop day dreaming listening to his voice.. It melts within me. hahax!
DAVID COOK! COULD YOU PLSSSS SERENADE ME WITH THIS SONG!!
Hahahax! I really love him singing this song.. I couldn't stop day dreaming listening to his voice.. It melts within me. hahax!
I'm by no means a Mariah Carey fan, but Cook's version of this song has me hooked. His voice is emotionally infectious on it.
And the meaning of the song is pretty self-explainatory.
you ROCK!!!!!!!!!
you ROCK!!!!!!!!!
I'm really glad David won AI. I think he deserves it. :]
GAH! I love this version. And yes, yes. I'm glad he won American Idol, too ^w^. But David A. put up a good performance too, and so did everyone else. ahem Well, this song IS actually self-explanatory ^w^ ''
DC definitely outsung the mariah version of this! i love it! i love him! well the songs speaks for itself it's letting someone you love go and there will always be a place for that person in your heart.
oh my goodness his voice in this song is amazing.
Holy crap!! Before he did a cover of this song, I just thought it was a meaningless pop song that was fun to sing. Somehow, he managed to give the song more depth and meaning. When he sang it live, he had me in tears by the end of it. It was so beautiful, and you could tell he was putting his entire heart on the stage. David Cook is the greatest Idol contestant ever, and my absolute favorite!!!