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"
You say you're havin' my baby
But I don't know if it's mine (I don't know, I don't know)
It all started from a one night stand
It wasn't part of the plan
But now I see you got an attitude
And you're so confused
You didn't tell me 'bout your man at home (Oh, yeah)
So what you gonna do? (Tell me now)
Chillin' in the club on a Saturday night
Saw you across the bar; you were lookin' so fly
I can't believe that you were also looking my way (Yes, you were, yes, you were)
So I step to you with my game down tight (Yes, I did)
Before we knew it was on for tonight
So, now, tell me what's goin' on wit' you, lady, oh, yeah
So tell me what's goin' on (Tell me)
Please don't make me wait
I know you're livin' wit' your man (Livin' wit' your man)
Sleepin' wit' your man (Sleepin' wit' your man)
Creepin' wit' your friends (Oh, yeah, oh, yeah)
Now you want to blame it on me
You say you're havin' my baby
But I don't know if it's mine
It all started from a one night stand
It wasn't part of the plan
But now I see you got an attitude
And you're so confused
You didn't tell me 'bout your man at home
So what you gonna do?
Listen now, boy, you know just as well as I do
In order to go half on a baby, it takes a two; yes it does, yes it does, yes it does
And even though I had a man at home
All we ever did was fuss and fight; things just wasn't right
Sick and tired of being mistreated, neglected for no reason
When love was what I needed, he didn't care, so I cheated, yeah
So this is what's goin' on {Oh, baby}
Baby girl, please don't play
I know you're livin' wit' your man
Sleepin' wit' you man, huh
Creepin' wit' your friends
Now you want to blame it on me
Say you're havin' my baby
But I don't know if it's mine
It all started from a one night stand
It wasn't part of the plan
But now I see you got an attitude
And you're so confused
You didn't tell me 'bout your man at home
So what you gonna do?
See, I know it was never meant to be
You and me
But it's so hard, so hard for me to believe
That I'm havin' your baby, and it's drivin' me crazy, yeah
Okay now, I'm a step up and be a real man
But you have to really tell me where I stand
'Cause if it is mine, {It's yours} girl, I'm ready {Are you ready?}
To take responsibility {Oh, my baby}
Say you're havin' my baby
But I don't know if it's mine (I don't know, I don't know if it's mine)
{I'm so confused, I don't know what to do}
It all started from a one night stand {One night stand}
It wasn't part of the plan {No, no, no, no, no, no, no}
But now I see you got an attitude
And you're so confused (And you're so confused)
You didn't tell me 'bout your man at home (Tell me about your man at home)
So what you gonna do? {I don't know, I don't know, baby}
Say you're havin' my baby
But I don't know if it's mine
It all started from a one night stand
It wasn't part of the plan
But I don't know if it's mine (I don't know, I don't know)
It all started from a one night stand
It wasn't part of the plan
But now I see you got an attitude
And you're so confused
You didn't tell me 'bout your man at home (Oh, yeah)
So what you gonna do? (Tell me now)
Chillin' in the club on a Saturday night
Saw you across the bar; you were lookin' so fly
I can't believe that you were also looking my way (Yes, you were, yes, you were)
So I step to you with my game down tight (Yes, I did)
Before we knew it was on for tonight
So, now, tell me what's goin' on wit' you, lady, oh, yeah
So tell me what's goin' on (Tell me)
Please don't make me wait
I know you're livin' wit' your man (Livin' wit' your man)
Sleepin' wit' your man (Sleepin' wit' your man)
Creepin' wit' your friends (Oh, yeah, oh, yeah)
Now you want to blame it on me
You say you're havin' my baby
But I don't know if it's mine
It all started from a one night stand
It wasn't part of the plan
But now I see you got an attitude
And you're so confused
You didn't tell me 'bout your man at home
So what you gonna do?
Listen now, boy, you know just as well as I do
In order to go half on a baby, it takes a two; yes it does, yes it does, yes it does
And even though I had a man at home
All we ever did was fuss and fight; things just wasn't right
Sick and tired of being mistreated, neglected for no reason
When love was what I needed, he didn't care, so I cheated, yeah
So this is what's goin' on {Oh, baby}
Baby girl, please don't play
I know you're livin' wit' your man
Sleepin' wit' you man, huh
Creepin' wit' your friends
Now you want to blame it on me
Say you're havin' my baby
But I don't know if it's mine
It all started from a one night stand
It wasn't part of the plan
But now I see you got an attitude
And you're so confused
You didn't tell me 'bout your man at home
So what you gonna do?
See, I know it was never meant to be
You and me
But it's so hard, so hard for me to believe
That I'm havin' your baby, and it's drivin' me crazy, yeah
Okay now, I'm a step up and be a real man
But you have to really tell me where I stand
'Cause if it is mine, {It's yours} girl, I'm ready {Are you ready?}
To take responsibility {Oh, my baby}
Say you're havin' my baby
But I don't know if it's mine (I don't know, I don't know if it's mine)
{I'm so confused, I don't know what to do}
It all started from a one night stand {One night stand}
It wasn't part of the plan {No, no, no, no, no, no, no}
But now I see you got an attitude
And you're so confused (And you're so confused)
You didn't tell me 'bout your man at home (Tell me about your man at home)
So what you gonna do? {I don't know, I don't know, baby}
Say you're havin' my baby
But I don't know if it's mine
It all started from a one night stand
It wasn't part of the plan
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One Night Stand Lyrics as written by Latocha Scott Charles Victor Harrison
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