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"
This goes out to my girl Jueles
Favorite actor Dennehy, favorite drink O'Doul's
Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls
So say goodbye a little longer like I ate a piece of Big Red
Grow a mustache the size of Mike Ditka's forehead
Hair combed to the side looking like a piece of foam
Buick speakers, red cooler, '85 Bears Zubaz
Polish sausage, bratwurst, walking like my cock hurts
Stacy Adams, no shirt, Jueles to get a case of Squirt
Wife's pissed cause I forgot to get the Minute Rice
So I'm back in the damn Buick to get a stinking bag of ice
To get a stinking bag of rice, my wife Jueles is cute
Her tastes really move me like I ate Juicy Fruit
Had me dancing like Chris Penn in Footloose
'85 Walter rules, old style pack of Kools
Go to Ace, new tools and weed wacker fuel
'85 Bears Zubaz, Stacy Adams got ruined
For the basement sump pump, Shop-Vac cleanup
Cook brats, cook chops, your heat shouldn't be that hot
Keep your juices in the chops, keep your juices in the brats
Serve 'em on paper plates, potato salad and grape pop
My favorite actor was Dennehy long before he played Knight
When Berenger was a substitute, everything was going right
Even after Jordan left, and Dave Corzine retired
Shawon Dunston's wild throws and Mike Ditka got fired
Favorite actor Dennehy, favorite drink O'Doul's
Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls
Play softball with the guys, wife made curly fries
Drink about four O'Doul's, grounded out, two pop flies
In the Buick down Western, stop and get some more brats
On sale: chicken, Italian sausages, and orange pop
This week, fishing trip, gotta get some new flies
Wife packed turkey subs, Jay's chips, and peach pies
Watch a little Dennehy, pull out the Laserdisc
Sniper 1, 2, and 3, Berenger makes great flicks
Listen to the Shuffle, rewind Richard Dent's part
Damn I left those orange pops in the trunk of the Skylark
Sneak a couple O'Doul's, shit there's my damn wife
You know, honey, I'll be back I gotta get some more ice
Back in the damn Buick, I should go to the damn bar
I saw Ditka once in The Edens in a sports car
Favorite actor Dennehy, favorite drink O'Doul's
Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls
Play a little poker, spend time with the wife
Take her out to Bennigan's, see if they cook chops right
Go and get a Laserdisc, projection screen TV
Portillo's, Italian beef, and a movie starring Tommy B
Back in the damn Buick, cut on WCKG
Caught a song by Glenn Frey and an interview with Dennehy
So I'm driving down Western Ave, think I better stop at Zayre's
Got a splittin fricking headache, so I popped a couple Bayers
So I'm back in the damn Buick, think I need a oil check
The Baddest of George Thorogood, smoke stoags on my deck
Read the sports section, Bears and their O-line
Trying to find a decent Fiero with a "For Sale" sign
Cut on WCKG, Huey Lewis and the News
The heart of rock & roll is still beatin
The local Bears lose! (The local-)
Favorite actor Dennehy, favorite drink O'Doul's
Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls
Favorite day Sunday, favorite team the Bears
Favorite store Ventures, Zayre's, Zayre's
Favorite show Danza, also the news
Weatherman Skilling, music the blues
Favorite actor Dennehy, favorite drink O'Doul's
Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls
Bulls, Bulls, Bulls, Bulls
Bulls, Bulls, Bulls, Bulls
If I was coaching the Bears, we'd at least get ten wins
Ten wins, Dennehy on the old line, Berenger at tight end, Berenger
Favorite actor Dennehy, favorite drink O'Doul's
Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls
Favorite actor Farina, D'andra, Tons
Brats, chops, dogs, they're done
Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls
Bulls, Bulls, Bulls, Bulls
Bulls, Bulls, Bulls, Bulls
Favorite actor Farina, D'andra, Tons
Brats, chops, dogs, they're done
Favorite coach Ditka, vacation place 'consin
Sausage, Johnson's, Chicken, Swanson's
Other actor Berenger, Linebacker Butkus
Chopped peppers, tomatoes, onions
Onions, onions, onions, onions
Onions, onions, onions, onions
Favorite mayor Daley, cigarettes Kools
Stanley makes great tools
Favorite judge Mathis, favorite drink O'Doul's
Hawks, Cubs, Bears, cool
Favorite tower Sears, favorite song the Shuffle
Jays, Fritos, Doritos, Ruffles
Ruffles, Ruffles, Ruffles, Ruffles
Ruffles, Ruffles, Ruffles, Ruffles
Favorite actor Dennehy, favorite drink O'Doul's
Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls
So say goodbye a little longer like I ate a piece of Big Red
Grow a mustache the size of Mike Ditka's forehead
Hair combed to the side looking like a piece of foam
Buick speakers, red cooler, '85 Bears Zubaz
Polish sausage, bratwurst, walking like my cock hurts
Stacy Adams, no shirt, Jueles to get a case of Squirt
Wife's pissed cause I forgot to get the Minute Rice
So I'm back in the damn Buick to get a stinking bag of ice
To get a stinking bag of rice, my wife Jueles is cute
Her tastes really move me like I ate Juicy Fruit
Had me dancing like Chris Penn in Footloose
'85 Walter rules, old style pack of Kools
Go to Ace, new tools and weed wacker fuel
'85 Bears Zubaz, Stacy Adams got ruined
For the basement sump pump, Shop-Vac cleanup
Cook brats, cook chops, your heat shouldn't be that hot
Keep your juices in the chops, keep your juices in the brats
Serve 'em on paper plates, potato salad and grape pop
My favorite actor was Dennehy long before he played Knight
When Berenger was a substitute, everything was going right
Even after Jordan left, and Dave Corzine retired
Shawon Dunston's wild throws and Mike Ditka got fired
Favorite actor Dennehy, favorite drink O'Doul's
Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls
Play softball with the guys, wife made curly fries
Drink about four O'Doul's, grounded out, two pop flies
In the Buick down Western, stop and get some more brats
On sale: chicken, Italian sausages, and orange pop
This week, fishing trip, gotta get some new flies
Wife packed turkey subs, Jay's chips, and peach pies
Watch a little Dennehy, pull out the Laserdisc
Sniper 1, 2, and 3, Berenger makes great flicks
Listen to the Shuffle, rewind Richard Dent's part
Damn I left those orange pops in the trunk of the Skylark
Sneak a couple O'Doul's, shit there's my damn wife
You know, honey, I'll be back I gotta get some more ice
Back in the damn Buick, I should go to the damn bar
I saw Ditka once in The Edens in a sports car
Favorite actor Dennehy, favorite drink O'Doul's
Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls
Play a little poker, spend time with the wife
Take her out to Bennigan's, see if they cook chops right
Go and get a Laserdisc, projection screen TV
Portillo's, Italian beef, and a movie starring Tommy B
Back in the damn Buick, cut on WCKG
Caught a song by Glenn Frey and an interview with Dennehy
So I'm driving down Western Ave, think I better stop at Zayre's
Got a splittin fricking headache, so I popped a couple Bayers
So I'm back in the damn Buick, think I need a oil check
The Baddest of George Thorogood, smoke stoags on my deck
Read the sports section, Bears and their O-line
Trying to find a decent Fiero with a "For Sale" sign
Cut on WCKG, Huey Lewis and the News
The heart of rock & roll is still beatin
The local Bears lose! (The local-)
Favorite actor Dennehy, favorite drink O'Doul's
Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls
Favorite day Sunday, favorite team the Bears
Favorite store Ventures, Zayre's, Zayre's
Favorite show Danza, also the news
Weatherman Skilling, music the blues
Favorite actor Dennehy, favorite drink O'Doul's
Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls
Bulls, Bulls, Bulls, Bulls
Bulls, Bulls, Bulls, Bulls
If I was coaching the Bears, we'd at least get ten wins
Ten wins, Dennehy on the old line, Berenger at tight end, Berenger
Favorite actor Dennehy, favorite drink O'Doul's
Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls
Favorite actor Farina, D'andra, Tons
Brats, chops, dogs, they're done
Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls
Bulls, Bulls, Bulls, Bulls
Bulls, Bulls, Bulls, Bulls
Favorite actor Farina, D'andra, Tons
Brats, chops, dogs, they're done
Favorite coach Ditka, vacation place 'consin
Sausage, Johnson's, Chicken, Swanson's
Other actor Berenger, Linebacker Butkus
Chopped peppers, tomatoes, onions
Onions, onions, onions, onions
Onions, onions, onions, onions
Favorite mayor Daley, cigarettes Kools
Stanley makes great tools
Favorite judge Mathis, favorite drink O'Doul's
Hawks, Cubs, Bears, cool
Favorite tower Sears, favorite song the Shuffle
Jays, Fritos, Doritos, Ruffles
Ruffles, Ruffles, Ruffles, Ruffles
Ruffles, Ruffles, Ruffles, Ruffles
Lyrics submitted by sierrahotel34, edited by PairOFish
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