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"
We always rock around
We always rock arou-
We gonna rock around
We always rock around
I was so happy 'bout the love I found
'Til I went to the library and I saw him, oh oh
Sayin', "Oh yeah, oh yeah, I want that man"
He stole my heart and he's killing me softly (uh huh)
He stole my heart and he's killing me softly
She said, "Oh, if he's stealin' and killing
Then he must be a black man" (a black man)
He's my brand new Ferrari, he's my piece of cake
My personal President of the United States
Hey baby, hey daddy, hey sugar
You sure are a looker in your bling-bling chain and your Gucci shades
He got the custom Range Rover
I think I'm comin' over
Saying, "Oh yeah, oh yeah, I want that man"
I'm gonna say it loud, I'm gonna say it loud
I was so happy 'bout the love I found
See, I went to the museum (uh huh) and I saw him, oh oh
Oh yeah, oh yeah, I want that man
He wrote me poetry and bought me a car (uh huh)
He wrote me poetry and bought me a car
She said, "Oh, if he wrote you poetry
And bought you a car, he must be a nice man" (uh huh)
He's my brand new Mercedes
He's my piece of pie
He's my very own personal Jesus Christ
Hey baby, hey daddy, hey sugar
You sure are a looker in your bling-bling chain and your Gucci shades
You got the custom Range Rover
I think I'm comin' over
Saying, "Oh yeah, oh yeah, I want that man" (that man)
Hey baby, baby, I've been lookin' all over the world
You be my man, I will be your girl
I think together we could go real far
Especially if we had a jet, private
You can get it, you bet it
Hey baby, baby, I've been lookin' all over the world
You be my man, I will be your girl
Extraordinary (that man)
I wanna marry (that man)
Hey daddy, hey sugar (that man)
Yeah, you sure are a looker (that man)
When I look at you, all I have to say is, "That man"
We always rock arou-
We gonna rock around
We always rock around
I was so happy 'bout the love I found
'Til I went to the library and I saw him, oh oh
Sayin', "Oh yeah, oh yeah, I want that man"
He stole my heart and he's killing me softly (uh huh)
He stole my heart and he's killing me softly
She said, "Oh, if he's stealin' and killing
Then he must be a black man" (a black man)
He's my brand new Ferrari, he's my piece of cake
My personal President of the United States
Hey baby, hey daddy, hey sugar
You sure are a looker in your bling-bling chain and your Gucci shades
He got the custom Range Rover
I think I'm comin' over
Saying, "Oh yeah, oh yeah, I want that man"
I'm gonna say it loud, I'm gonna say it loud
I was so happy 'bout the love I found
See, I went to the museum (uh huh) and I saw him, oh oh
Oh yeah, oh yeah, I want that man
He wrote me poetry and bought me a car (uh huh)
He wrote me poetry and bought me a car
She said, "Oh, if he wrote you poetry
And bought you a car, he must be a nice man" (uh huh)
He's my brand new Mercedes
He's my piece of pie
He's my very own personal Jesus Christ
Hey baby, hey daddy, hey sugar
You sure are a looker in your bling-bling chain and your Gucci shades
You got the custom Range Rover
I think I'm comin' over
Saying, "Oh yeah, oh yeah, I want that man" (that man)
Hey baby, baby, I've been lookin' all over the world
You be my man, I will be your girl
I think together we could go real far
Especially if we had a jet, private
You can get it, you bet it
Hey baby, baby, I've been lookin' all over the world
You be my man, I will be your girl
Extraordinary (that man)
I wanna marry (that man)
Hey daddy, hey sugar (that man)
Yeah, you sure are a looker (that man)
When I look at you, all I have to say is, "That man"
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That Man Lyrics as written by Mel Hinds Natalie Mcintyre
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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