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"
Better get dressed
There's no time to waste gotta pick her up by eight
I'm a little bit nervous what I feel inside is something that can't wait
Don't hesitate don't leave her alone in the dark
I want to feel the beat of your heart
Tell her she is your girl
The only one for you in this whole world
Kiss her and whisper the moment is right
You're gonna love her for the rest of your life
Tell her tonight
Tell her tonight
There she is giving me that smile
The one that drives me wild
Oh, she touches my hand
I have to tell her now
No matter how the words come out
So take your time, (so take your time)
Don't hesitate once your start
And you feel the heat of your heart
Tell her she is your girl
The only one for you in this whole world
Kiss her and whisper the moment is right
You're gonna love her for the rest of your life
Tell her tonight
Tell her tonight
Cause there's a reason why the moon has gathered
Every star up in the sky tonight is more than perfect to let her know
Tell her she is your girl
The only one for you in this whole world
Kiss her and whisper the moment is right
You're gonna love her for the rest of your life
Tell her tonight
Tell her tonight
Tell her she is your girl
The only one for you in this whole world
Kiss her and whisper the moment is right
You're gonna love her for the rest of your life
Tell her tonight
Tell her tonight
Tell her she is your girl the only one for you in this whole world
I'm gonna love you for the rest of my life
Tell her tonight
There's no time to waste gotta pick her up by eight
I'm a little bit nervous what I feel inside is something that can't wait
Don't hesitate don't leave her alone in the dark
I want to feel the beat of your heart
Tell her she is your girl
The only one for you in this whole world
Kiss her and whisper the moment is right
You're gonna love her for the rest of your life
Tell her tonight
Tell her tonight
There she is giving me that smile
The one that drives me wild
Oh, she touches my hand
I have to tell her now
No matter how the words come out
So take your time, (so take your time)
Don't hesitate once your start
And you feel the heat of your heart
Tell her she is your girl
The only one for you in this whole world
Kiss her and whisper the moment is right
You're gonna love her for the rest of your life
Tell her tonight
Tell her tonight
Cause there's a reason why the moon has gathered
Every star up in the sky tonight is more than perfect to let her know
Tell her she is your girl
The only one for you in this whole world
Kiss her and whisper the moment is right
You're gonna love her for the rest of your life
Tell her tonight
Tell her tonight
Tell her she is your girl
The only one for you in this whole world
Kiss her and whisper the moment is right
You're gonna love her for the rest of your life
Tell her tonight
Tell her tonight
Tell her she is your girl the only one for you in this whole world
I'm gonna love you for the rest of my life
Tell her tonight
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Tell Her Tonight Lyrics as written by Clyde Lieberman Allan Rich
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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