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"
I'm never gonna let you go
I know you goin' through a lot things
But then I'm into keepin' you tight
Cause in the true light, 'cause I wanna do right
I can lead this thing
Cause baby, I ain't trippin' on the meaningless same game
Never let none test, one flesh
Niggas there by step 'til death
And we can get back up and we can ball
If we should fall, if we should fall
It's truly a blessing, come directly from Heaven
Through that from a resurrection
I'ma be right there by your side
Never let your down, never need to cry
Wipe your eye, eye, eye
Wipe your eye, eye, eye
Wipe your eye, eye, eye
Wipe your eye, eye, eye
Girl, I know that you've been hurt
I'm here to make this work
I'm not the type to put you down
Just put your trust in me
And girl, don't be afraid to try
I see you're tired of lies
I know you heard this all before
Just put your trust in me
What's up, baby? Would you be my lady?
Baby girl, you should roll this way
You should already know this way is the only way
What's up, baby? Would you be my lady?
Baby girl, you should roll this way
You should already know this way is the only way
When you're down, girl
You know you count on me
Cause I won't let you down
I'm not the type to turn my back
Whenever you're in need
Cause I won't let you down
Never let you down
Never let you down, girl
Never let you down, down
I promise I won't let you down
Never let you down
Never let you down, girl
Never let you down, down
I promise I won't let you down
Girl, I know you've been through pain
And that you're used to game
But you know I'm not the same
So come on and ride with me
And girl, if you were mine you'd see
That I'm the man you need
Go ahead and let yourself be free
So come on and ride with me
You ain't never worry about a thing
Cause I got you, I got you, we gonna live life proper
If you ever need a cure for the blues
I'm the doctor, remedies, I gots lots of
Other impostors talk a real game
But you a cutie with a brain, so you see through that
I'm keep it real, baby, never keep it fake
Leave that for your ex 'cause he do that
I do things that'll lift your spirits
Like come home early, get all up in it
You Olive Oil and I'm Popeye
I'm a hit it like I'm on that spinach
Dig it, girl, if you wit it, feel it
Yeah, come ride with a thug
Come ride with a thug
I'm a realist, you can be my witness
Baby, just ride with my love
Come ride with my love
What's up, baby? Would you be my lady?
Baby girl, you should roll this way
You should already know this way is the only way
What's up, baby? Would you be my lady?
Baby girl, you should roll this way
You should already know this way is the only way
When you're down, girl
You know you count on me
Cause I won't let you down
I'm not the type to turn my back
Whenever you're in need
Cause I won't let you down
Never let you down
Never let you down, girl
Never let you down, down
I promise I won't let you down
Never let you down
Never let you down, girl
Never let you down, down
I promise I won't let you down
I will never let you down
For you I will be around
I will never let you down
For you I will 'cause I won't let you down
Always be your man, baby, yeah, yeah
I will never let you down
I know you goin' through a lot things
But then I'm into keepin' you tight
Cause in the true light, 'cause I wanna do right
I can lead this thing
Cause baby, I ain't trippin' on the meaningless same game
Never let none test, one flesh
Niggas there by step 'til death
And we can get back up and we can ball
If we should fall, if we should fall
It's truly a blessing, come directly from Heaven
Through that from a resurrection
I'ma be right there by your side
Never let your down, never need to cry
Wipe your eye, eye, eye
Wipe your eye, eye, eye
Wipe your eye, eye, eye
Wipe your eye, eye, eye
Girl, I know that you've been hurt
I'm here to make this work
I'm not the type to put you down
Just put your trust in me
And girl, don't be afraid to try
I see you're tired of lies
I know you heard this all before
Just put your trust in me
What's up, baby? Would you be my lady?
Baby girl, you should roll this way
You should already know this way is the only way
What's up, baby? Would you be my lady?
Baby girl, you should roll this way
You should already know this way is the only way
When you're down, girl
You know you count on me
Cause I won't let you down
I'm not the type to turn my back
Whenever you're in need
Cause I won't let you down
Never let you down
Never let you down, girl
Never let you down, down
I promise I won't let you down
Never let you down
Never let you down, girl
Never let you down, down
I promise I won't let you down
Girl, I know you've been through pain
And that you're used to game
But you know I'm not the same
So come on and ride with me
And girl, if you were mine you'd see
That I'm the man you need
Go ahead and let yourself be free
So come on and ride with me
You ain't never worry about a thing
Cause I got you, I got you, we gonna live life proper
If you ever need a cure for the blues
I'm the doctor, remedies, I gots lots of
Other impostors talk a real game
But you a cutie with a brain, so you see through that
I'm keep it real, baby, never keep it fake
Leave that for your ex 'cause he do that
I do things that'll lift your spirits
Like come home early, get all up in it
You Olive Oil and I'm Popeye
I'm a hit it like I'm on that spinach
Dig it, girl, if you wit it, feel it
Yeah, come ride with a thug
Come ride with a thug
I'm a realist, you can be my witness
Baby, just ride with my love
Come ride with my love
What's up, baby? Would you be my lady?
Baby girl, you should roll this way
You should already know this way is the only way
What's up, baby? Would you be my lady?
Baby girl, you should roll this way
You should already know this way is the only way
When you're down, girl
You know you count on me
Cause I won't let you down
I'm not the type to turn my back
Whenever you're in need
Cause I won't let you down
Never let you down
Never let you down, girl
Never let you down, down
I promise I won't let you down
Never let you down
Never let you down, girl
Never let you down, down
I promise I won't let you down
I will never let you down
For you I will be around
I will never let you down
For you I will 'cause I won't let you down
Always be your man, baby, yeah, yeah
I will never let you down
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