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"
One, two, three, four
Hey, hey, forever
Hey, hey, forever
It's you and me
Movin' at the speed of light into eternity, yeah
Tonight is the night
To join me in the middle of ecstasy
Feel the melody and the rhythm of the music around you, around you (ohh)
I'ma take you there, I'ma take you there (ayy)
So don't be scared, I'm right here, baby
We can go anywhere, go anywhere (yeah)
But first, it's your chance, take my hand, come with me
It's like I waited my whole life (oh)
For this one night (oh)
It's gon' be me, you and the dance floor
'Cause we only got one night (oh)
Double your pleasure (oh)
Double your fun
And dance forever, ever, ever (oh)
Forever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, ever
(Forever)
Forever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, ever (ayy)
Forever on the dance floor
Feels like we're on another level, oh
Feels like our love's intertwined
We can be two rebels
Breaking the rules, me and you, you and I
All you gotta do is watch me (watch me)
Look what I can do with my feet (my feet)
Baby, feel the beat inside (forever)
I'm driving, you can take the front seat (front seat)
Just need you to trust me (trust me)
Oh (girl), ah (girl), ah (girl)
It's like I've
It's like I waited my whole life (oh)
For this one night (oh) (one night)
It's gon' be me, you and the dance floor (dance floor)
'Cause we only got one night (oh) (one night)
Double your pleasure (oh)
Double your fun (yeah)
And dance forever, ever, ever (oh)
Forever, ever, ever (ever)
Forever, ever, ever (ever)
(Forever)
Forever, ever, ever (ever)
Forever, ever, ever (ever)
Forever, ever, ever (ever)
Forever on the dance floor
It's a long way down
We so high off the ground
Sendin' for an angel to bring me your heart
Girl, where did you come from?
Got me so undone
Gaze in your eyes, got me sayin'
"What a beautiful lady"
No if, ands or maybes
I'm releasin' my heart
And it's feelin' amazing
There's no one else that matters
You love me
And I won't let you fall, girl (fall, girl)
Let you fall girl, oh
Oh, oh, yeah
Yeah, I won't let you fall
Let you fall
Let you fall
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
It's like
It's like I waited my whole life (oh, a whole life) (oh)
For this one night (one night)
It's gon' be me, you and the dance floor (me, you and the dance floor)
'Cause we only got one night (oh)
Double your pleasure (oh)
Double your fun
And dance forever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, ever
(Forever)
Forever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, ever
Forever on the dance floor
Oh! Oh! Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh
Oh, yeah
Forever, ever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, oh
Hey, hey, forever
Hey, hey, forever
It's you and me
Movin' at the speed of light into eternity, yeah
Tonight is the night
To join me in the middle of ecstasy
Feel the melody and the rhythm of the music around you, around you (ohh)
I'ma take you there, I'ma take you there (ayy)
So don't be scared, I'm right here, baby
We can go anywhere, go anywhere (yeah)
But first, it's your chance, take my hand, come with me
It's like I waited my whole life (oh)
For this one night (oh)
It's gon' be me, you and the dance floor
'Cause we only got one night (oh)
Double your pleasure (oh)
Double your fun
And dance forever, ever, ever (oh)
Forever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, ever
(Forever)
Forever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, ever (ayy)
Forever on the dance floor
Feels like we're on another level, oh
Feels like our love's intertwined
We can be two rebels
Breaking the rules, me and you, you and I
All you gotta do is watch me (watch me)
Look what I can do with my feet (my feet)
Baby, feel the beat inside (forever)
I'm driving, you can take the front seat (front seat)
Just need you to trust me (trust me)
Oh (girl), ah (girl), ah (girl)
It's like I've
It's like I waited my whole life (oh)
For this one night (oh) (one night)
It's gon' be me, you and the dance floor (dance floor)
'Cause we only got one night (oh) (one night)
Double your pleasure (oh)
Double your fun (yeah)
And dance forever, ever, ever (oh)
Forever, ever, ever (ever)
Forever, ever, ever (ever)
(Forever)
Forever, ever, ever (ever)
Forever, ever, ever (ever)
Forever, ever, ever (ever)
Forever on the dance floor
It's a long way down
We so high off the ground
Sendin' for an angel to bring me your heart
Girl, where did you come from?
Got me so undone
Gaze in your eyes, got me sayin'
"What a beautiful lady"
No if, ands or maybes
I'm releasin' my heart
And it's feelin' amazing
There's no one else that matters
You love me
And I won't let you fall, girl (fall, girl)
Let you fall girl, oh
Oh, oh, yeah
Yeah, I won't let you fall
Let you fall
Let you fall
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
It's like
It's like I waited my whole life (oh, a whole life) (oh)
For this one night (one night)
It's gon' be me, you and the dance floor (me, you and the dance floor)
'Cause we only got one night (oh)
Double your pleasure (oh)
Double your fun
And dance forever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, ever
(Forever)
Forever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, ever
Forever on the dance floor
Oh! Oh! Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh
Oh, yeah
Forever, ever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, oh
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Forever Lyrics as written by Brian Kennedy Seals Andre Darrell Merritt
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