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"
Wh-wh-wh-what did she say?
Mm whatcha say?
Mm that you only meant well?
Well of course you did
Mm whatcha say?
(Jason Derulo)
Mm that it's all for the best?
Of course it is
I was so wrong for so long
Only tryin' to please myself
Girl, I was caught up in her lust
When I don't really want no one else
Oh, no, I know I should've treated you better
But me and you were meant to last forever
So let me in
(Let me in)
Give me another chance
(Another chance)
To really be a man
'Cause when the roof caved in and the truth came out
I just didn't know what to do
But when I become a star we'll be living so large
I'll do anything for you
So tell me girl
Mm whatcha say?
Mm that you only meant well?
Well of course you did
Mm whatcha say?
(Whatcha say? Whatcha say?)
Mm that it's all for the best?
Of course it is
Mm whatcha say?
Mm that you only meant well?
Well of course you did
Mm whatcha say?
(Whatcha say? Whatcha say?)
Wh-wh-wh-what did she say?
How could I live with myself
Knowing that I let our love go?
And ooh, what I'd do for one chance
I just gotta let you know
I know what I did wasn't clever
But me and you were meant to be together
So let me in
(Let me in)
Give me another chance
(Another chance)
To really be a man
'Cause when the roof caved in and the truth came out
I just didn't know what to do
But when I become a star we'll be living so large
I'll do anything for you
So tell me girl
Mm whatcha say?
Mm that you only meant well?
Well of course you did
Mm whatcha say?
(Whatcha say? Whatcha say?)
Mm that it's all for the best?
Of course it is
Mm whatcha say?
Mm that you only meant well?
Well of course you did
Mm whatcha say?
(Whatcha say? Whatcha say?)
Wh-wh-wh-what did you say?
Girl, tell me whatcha say, I
I don't want you to leave me
Though you caught me cheatin'
Tell me, tell me whatcha say, I
I really need you in my life
'Cause things ain't right, girl
Tell me, tell me whatcha say, I
I don't want you to leave me
Though you caught me cheatin'
Tell me, tell me whatcha say, I
I really need you in my life
'Cause things ain't right
'Cause when the roof caved in and the truth came out
I just didn't know what to do
(I just didn't know what to do)
But when I become a star we'll be living so large
I'll do anything for you
So baby watcha say?
Mm whatcha say?
Mm that you only meant well?
Well of course you did
(Well of course I did, baby)
Mm whatcha say?
(Whatcha say? Whatcha say?)
Mm that it's all for the best?
Of course it is
(Well, of course it is)
Mm whatcha say?
Mm that you only meant well?
(Whatcha say?)
Well of course you did
Mm whatcha say?
(Whatcha say? Whatcha say?)
Wh-wh-wh-what did you say?
Mm whatcha say?
Mm that you only meant well?
Well of course you did
Mm whatcha say?
(Jason Derulo)
Mm that it's all for the best?
Of course it is
I was so wrong for so long
Only tryin' to please myself
Girl, I was caught up in her lust
When I don't really want no one else
Oh, no, I know I should've treated you better
But me and you were meant to last forever
So let me in
(Let me in)
Give me another chance
(Another chance)
To really be a man
'Cause when the roof caved in and the truth came out
I just didn't know what to do
But when I become a star we'll be living so large
I'll do anything for you
So tell me girl
Mm whatcha say?
Mm that you only meant well?
Well of course you did
Mm whatcha say?
(Whatcha say? Whatcha say?)
Mm that it's all for the best?
Of course it is
Mm whatcha say?
Mm that you only meant well?
Well of course you did
Mm whatcha say?
(Whatcha say? Whatcha say?)
Wh-wh-wh-what did she say?
How could I live with myself
Knowing that I let our love go?
And ooh, what I'd do for one chance
I just gotta let you know
I know what I did wasn't clever
But me and you were meant to be together
So let me in
(Let me in)
Give me another chance
(Another chance)
To really be a man
'Cause when the roof caved in and the truth came out
I just didn't know what to do
But when I become a star we'll be living so large
I'll do anything for you
So tell me girl
Mm whatcha say?
Mm that you only meant well?
Well of course you did
Mm whatcha say?
(Whatcha say? Whatcha say?)
Mm that it's all for the best?
Of course it is
Mm whatcha say?
Mm that you only meant well?
Well of course you did
Mm whatcha say?
(Whatcha say? Whatcha say?)
Wh-wh-wh-what did you say?
Girl, tell me whatcha say, I
I don't want you to leave me
Though you caught me cheatin'
Tell me, tell me whatcha say, I
I really need you in my life
'Cause things ain't right, girl
Tell me, tell me whatcha say, I
I don't want you to leave me
Though you caught me cheatin'
Tell me, tell me whatcha say, I
I really need you in my life
'Cause things ain't right
'Cause when the roof caved in and the truth came out
I just didn't know what to do
(I just didn't know what to do)
But when I become a star we'll be living so large
I'll do anything for you
So baby watcha say?
Mm whatcha say?
Mm that you only meant well?
Well of course you did
(Well of course I did, baby)
Mm whatcha say?
(Whatcha say? Whatcha say?)
Mm that it's all for the best?
Of course it is
(Well, of course it is)
Mm whatcha say?
Mm that you only meant well?
(Whatcha say?)
Well of course you did
Mm whatcha say?
(Whatcha say? Whatcha say?)
Wh-wh-wh-what did you say?
Lyrics submitted by BleedorBreathe
Whatcha Say Lyrics as written by Kisean Anderson Jonathan Rotem
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I just wish that on iTunes it would say "ft. Imogen Heap". Which it doesn't. So all these ignorant people are like "OH MY GOSH HE'S SO GOOD." when it's like, no hunny, Imogen Heap is what makes this song.
So, so true.
FINALLY someone who agrees with me! love love love Imogen. Jason Derulo, not so much. Get some originality.
I definitely agree. It makes me so angry when people sing this song and I ask them about Hide and Seek and they've never heard it.<br /> <br /> Another pet peeve of mine is when you hear a good song and then all of a sudden you hear someone start rapping in it.
Welcome to the world of "sampling" in mainstream/top 40 music, my friend. It's a world where talentless artists mooch off of talented ones, and take all the credit. Imogen Heap probably makes 0.5% of all the profits from "Whatcha Say", even though her part makes the entire song.<br /> <br /> Of course, people like you and me hate this; but Jason DeRulo and his record label don't care at all, since they're making bajillions off of Imogen Heap, and because we're a minority
totally agree with what SpunkySkunk said.<br />