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"
Oh baby, now, I've been watchin' you, girl
When you dance, you steal the show
Just like you stealin' hearts
When the lights were low
All the guys are waiting
In the hallway, just to squeeze you tight
Oh, darling, no, no, no please, not tonight
'Cause now you're in my arms, girl
You thrill my soul
C'mon, hold me close
Rock with me slow
Baby, don't let me go
Oh, baby, make tonight all mine
I can make you happy
Just gimme a try
Oh, I've waited such a long, long time
Make tonight all mine
(Baby, I)
Can satisfy you
Gonna 'lectrify you
C'mon, let me prove it, ha
Show you I can do it
Been walkin' like a shadow
Right behind you, by myself
While you've been walking home
With someone else
Don't you know it hurts me
Seeing you with other guys
Oh, darling, no, no, no please not tonight
When the party's over, let me walk you home
I'll hold you close
Rock with you slow
Never, never let you go
Oh, baby, make tonight all mine
I can make you happy
Just gimme a try
Oh, I've waited such a long, long time
Make tonight all mine
Oh, all, all mine, mine, mine, mine, yeah
Oh, baby, make tonight all mine
I can make you happy
Just gimme a try
Oh, I've waited such a long, long time
Make tonight all mine
Ooh (baby, I)
Hey, what do you say, girl?
Can we slip away, girl?
Let me get it to you
I can do it to you, you
Oh
Oh, baby, make tonight all mine
I can make you happy
Yeah
(Oh, I've waited such a long, long time)
(Oh, baby, make tonight all mine)
(Oh, I waited such a long, long time)
(Baby, I)
When you dance, you steal the show
Just like you stealin' hearts
When the lights were low
All the guys are waiting
In the hallway, just to squeeze you tight
Oh, darling, no, no, no please, not tonight
'Cause now you're in my arms, girl
You thrill my soul
C'mon, hold me close
Rock with me slow
Baby, don't let me go
Oh, baby, make tonight all mine
I can make you happy
Just gimme a try
Oh, I've waited such a long, long time
Make tonight all mine
(Baby, I)
Can satisfy you
Gonna 'lectrify you
C'mon, let me prove it, ha
Show you I can do it
Been walkin' like a shadow
Right behind you, by myself
While you've been walking home
With someone else
Don't you know it hurts me
Seeing you with other guys
Oh, darling, no, no, no please not tonight
When the party's over, let me walk you home
I'll hold you close
Rock with you slow
Never, never let you go
Oh, baby, make tonight all mine
I can make you happy
Just gimme a try
Oh, I've waited such a long, long time
Make tonight all mine
Oh, all, all mine, mine, mine, mine, yeah
Oh, baby, make tonight all mine
I can make you happy
Just gimme a try
Oh, I've waited such a long, long time
Make tonight all mine
Ooh (baby, I)
Hey, what do you say, girl?
Can we slip away, girl?
Let me get it to you
I can do it to you, you
Oh
Oh, baby, make tonight all mine
I can make you happy
Yeah
(Oh, I've waited such a long, long time)
(Oh, baby, make tonight all mine)
(Oh, I waited such a long, long time)
(Baby, I)
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