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"
As soon as you came in, I offered you a drink
Better yet, there's a bar in my crib shawty
What you think?
You know I'm a stranger, so girl let me take you
To places that you don't even know
Oh, I wanted girls before but, never like this
And I know I can't have it all but, I'll settle for a kiss
I'm playin' unless you let me, 'cause damn you're so sexy
And it feels like I'm losin' control
Now I'm not fallin' in love with you
But I think that you're a hot shawty (hot shawty)
See all I wanna do, is let you know
From the moment I saw you, I knew that
You were all that I wanted in a woman
From your style to your walk, to your fragrance
Baby girl you got my heart ska-ska-skippin'
Just like, boom boom, ska-ska-skippin'
Ba ba boom, ba ba boom, ba ba boom, boom, ska-ska-skippin'
Ba ba boom, boom boom, boom boom, boom ska-ska-skippin', boom boom
Baby girl you got my heart ska-ska-ska skippin', just like
Got me in amazement and I can't believe
I never seen nothin' like you, ever step on the scene
Maybe you're just born with it, maybe it's Maybelline
But there's no way for me to surely know
Ain't tryna be forward but girl I wanna take you home
So for now, movin' forward girl, you know what I want
I wanna get you in closer, I love to hear when you whisper
All the things that you wanna hear
Now I'm not fallin' in love with you (you see)
I think that you're bad shawty (ha ha)
See all I wanna do, is let you know
From the moment I saw you, I knew that (hey)
You were all that I wanted in a woman (from your style to your walk)
From your style to your walk, to your fragrance
Babygirl you got my heart ska-ska-skippin'
Just like, boom boom, ska-ska-skippin'
Ba ba boom, ba ba boom, ba ba boom, boom, ska-ska-skippin' (oh baby)
Ba ba boom, boom boom, boom boom, boom ska-ska-skippin', boom boom
Baby girl you got my heart ska-ska-ska skippin', just like
Boom boom, damn baby
Just like, boom boom
You dunno what you do to me
Just like, boom boom
It feels kinda crazy but
(Just like, boom boom) Girl you got my heart ska-ska-skippin'
From the moment I saw you, I knew that (you were all that I wanted baby)
You were all that I wanted in a woman (from your style to your walk)
From your style to your walk, to your fragrance
Baby girl you got my heart ska-ska-skippin'
From the moment I saw you, I knew that (I knew that)
You were all that I wanted in a woman (you were all that I wanted in a woman baby)
From your style to your walk, to your fragrance
Baby girl you got my heart ska-ska-skippin'
Just like, boom boom, ska-ska-skippin' (aw yeah)
Ba ba boom, ba ba boom, ba ba boom, boom, ska-ska-skippin'
Ba ba boom, boom boom, boom boom ska-ska-skippin', boom boom
Baby girl you got my heart ska-ska-ska skippin', just like
Better yet, there's a bar in my crib shawty
What you think?
You know I'm a stranger, so girl let me take you
To places that you don't even know
Oh, I wanted girls before but, never like this
And I know I can't have it all but, I'll settle for a kiss
I'm playin' unless you let me, 'cause damn you're so sexy
And it feels like I'm losin' control
Now I'm not fallin' in love with you
But I think that you're a hot shawty (hot shawty)
See all I wanna do, is let you know
From the moment I saw you, I knew that
You were all that I wanted in a woman
From your style to your walk, to your fragrance
Baby girl you got my heart ska-ska-skippin'
Just like, boom boom, ska-ska-skippin'
Ba ba boom, ba ba boom, ba ba boom, boom, ska-ska-skippin'
Ba ba boom, boom boom, boom boom, boom ska-ska-skippin', boom boom
Baby girl you got my heart ska-ska-ska skippin', just like
Got me in amazement and I can't believe
I never seen nothin' like you, ever step on the scene
Maybe you're just born with it, maybe it's Maybelline
But there's no way for me to surely know
Ain't tryna be forward but girl I wanna take you home
So for now, movin' forward girl, you know what I want
I wanna get you in closer, I love to hear when you whisper
All the things that you wanna hear
Now I'm not fallin' in love with you (you see)
I think that you're bad shawty (ha ha)
See all I wanna do, is let you know
From the moment I saw you, I knew that (hey)
You were all that I wanted in a woman (from your style to your walk)
From your style to your walk, to your fragrance
Babygirl you got my heart ska-ska-skippin'
Just like, boom boom, ska-ska-skippin'
Ba ba boom, ba ba boom, ba ba boom, boom, ska-ska-skippin' (oh baby)
Ba ba boom, boom boom, boom boom, boom ska-ska-skippin', boom boom
Baby girl you got my heart ska-ska-ska skippin', just like
Boom boom, damn baby
Just like, boom boom
You dunno what you do to me
Just like, boom boom
It feels kinda crazy but
(Just like, boom boom) Girl you got my heart ska-ska-skippin'
From the moment I saw you, I knew that (you were all that I wanted baby)
You were all that I wanted in a woman (from your style to your walk)
From your style to your walk, to your fragrance
Baby girl you got my heart ska-ska-skippin'
From the moment I saw you, I knew that (I knew that)
You were all that I wanted in a woman (you were all that I wanted in a woman baby)
From your style to your walk, to your fragrance
Baby girl you got my heart ska-ska-skippin'
Just like, boom boom, ska-ska-skippin' (aw yeah)
Ba ba boom, ba ba boom, ba ba boom, boom, ska-ska-skippin'
Ba ba boom, boom boom, boom boom ska-ska-skippin', boom boom
Baby girl you got my heart ska-ska-ska skippin', just like
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