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"
Lonely Island, we got the whole family here
Time to meet the crew yall
My name is Worm, you could call me J August
Ride around town bumpin Fugees in a tortoise
Yo, I'm Artemus Prime, also known as young sandwich
The Lonely Island got amigos like my man John Lanis
Keith in the house but you can call me young dad
Rockin pick Adidas, never wear plad
I'm little Tony, I'm always playin with Max
Make you run out the room 'cause my booty's gang
I want the fat one, they call me Fat Bob
I get all the ladies even though I'm a slob
I'm Piccolo Pete, I'm a part of the crew
You'll know that it's me from the sound of my flute
Hell I'm Sick Eric, I'm always sick
You can catch me on the corner taking antibiotics
They call me Smooth Guy cuz I be drinkin mad smoothies
You think I got my name from my voice, that just ain't soochy
They call me Creepy Z, you know I do my own thing
My rhymes ain't good but I'm fun in small doses
They call me Boring Steven, I don't know why
My rhymes are dope and my whip is fly (it's fuckin awful)
I'm a rich guy, I'm doin this as a lark
My sense of humor is extremely dark
I'm new to the crew and no one trusts me at all
If they'd get to know me they'd see I'm a ball
People call me Tiny, my name is ironic
I'm 12 feet tall, my life is hard
I'm a little lost, is this the right studio?
I work for Rod Stewart, you know what? I'm gonna go
I wear stripes that match the wallpaper
I'm hiding now but I'll surprise you later
Well my name is Greg and I'm on the phone
It was my mom's birthday so I had to fly home
We're the Booty Twins, all we smoking Budapest
Never propses, Budapest is the best
Hey, I'm Rod Stewart, I'm lookin for my tech
He's always wondering off, what a pain in the neck
So there it is, 1/3 of the crew
The rest couldn't be here or phone in
But best believe they are amidst
Lonely Island, we out
Time to meet the crew yall
My name is Worm, you could call me J August
Ride around town bumpin Fugees in a tortoise
Yo, I'm Artemus Prime, also known as young sandwich
The Lonely Island got amigos like my man John Lanis
Keith in the house but you can call me young dad
Rockin pick Adidas, never wear plad
I'm little Tony, I'm always playin with Max
Make you run out the room 'cause my booty's gang
I want the fat one, they call me Fat Bob
I get all the ladies even though I'm a slob
I'm Piccolo Pete, I'm a part of the crew
You'll know that it's me from the sound of my flute
Hell I'm Sick Eric, I'm always sick
You can catch me on the corner taking antibiotics
They call me Smooth Guy cuz I be drinkin mad smoothies
You think I got my name from my voice, that just ain't soochy
They call me Creepy Z, you know I do my own thing
My rhymes ain't good but I'm fun in small doses
They call me Boring Steven, I don't know why
My rhymes are dope and my whip is fly (it's fuckin awful)
I'm a rich guy, I'm doin this as a lark
My sense of humor is extremely dark
I'm new to the crew and no one trusts me at all
If they'd get to know me they'd see I'm a ball
People call me Tiny, my name is ironic
I'm 12 feet tall, my life is hard
I'm a little lost, is this the right studio?
I work for Rod Stewart, you know what? I'm gonna go
I wear stripes that match the wallpaper
I'm hiding now but I'll surprise you later
Well my name is Greg and I'm on the phone
It was my mom's birthday so I had to fly home
We're the Booty Twins, all we smoking Budapest
Never propses, Budapest is the best
Hey, I'm Rod Stewart, I'm lookin for my tech
He's always wondering off, what a pain in the neck
So there it is, 1/3 of the crew
The rest couldn't be here or phone in
But best believe they are amidst
Lonely Island, we out
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Meet The Crew Lyrics as written by Andy Samberg Akiva Schaffer
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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