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"
You know if I say something I mean that
These things happen
Yeah
If I ever said I'm never scared
Just know I mean it
If I ever said I fucked your bitch
Just know I mean it
Ayy, and if I ever said I'm gettin' money
Just know I mean it
Ayy, and oh Lord, oh Lord knows
He knows I mean it
Yeah (yeah), you know I mean it
You know I mean it
Ayy, just know I mean it
Ayy, just know I mean it
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
If I say that shit then I mean it
She calls me, I screen it, I'm only fuckin' if it's convenient
You lie on pussy, that's weak shit, we pass pussy 'round, that's G shit
But you ain't fam, so what is this we shit?
You cuff yours and then leash it
Listen, I'm tellin' you, it's my world, I does what I wish to
If you're mad, well, too bad, sounds like a personal issue
I walk in, they all stare like who the fuck is this dude?
Kicks game is just rude, don't get jiu-jitsued
Tunnel visions, I get ahead, stayed solid I never fled
My haters feel like I'm better dead but I'm quite alive getting bread instead
With a better girl, with a better face, I'm in a better place gettin' better head
I just wanna stay broke forever, yeah, that's that shit no one ever said
Never scared
Just know I mean it
If I ever said I fucked your bitch
Just know I mean it
Ayy, and if I ever said I'm gettin' money
Just know I mean it
Ayy, and oh Lord, oh Lord knows
He knows I mean it
Yeah, you know I mean it
You know I mean it
Ayy, just know I mean it
Ayy, just know I mean it
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Signed Gerald, I'm sincere
This year I'm in here, I'll spell it out to make things clear
And meanwhile your end's near, I've got a lane and I'm in gear
You people wonder who's next up, that conversation really ends here
You rappers just talk a bunch, stress me out, I chop a dutch
Weak rappers tryna bite the sound, but my style is a lot to munch
I'm more like whiskey neat, and you're more like vodka punch
"G's dope, he might blow up," think I know, I've got a hunch
On my side it's authentic, you try to stunt but it's all rented
But you're dope you got a bad chick, yeah, cool, bro, we all get it
She wears a ring, came through without it
You really think she stay true? I doubt it
'Cause I'm fucking your girlfriend and there's nothing you can do about it
If I ever said I'm never scared
Just know I mean it
If I ever said I fucked your bitch
Just know I mean it
Ayy, and if I ever said I'm gettin' money
Just know I mean it
Ayy, and oh Lord, oh Lord knows
He knows I mean it
Yeah, you know I mean it
You know I mean it
Ayy, just know I mean it
Ayy, just know I mean it
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
You know I mean it
You know I mean it
These things happen
Yeah
If I ever said I'm never scared
Just know I mean it
If I ever said I fucked your bitch
Just know I mean it
Ayy, and if I ever said I'm gettin' money
Just know I mean it
Ayy, and oh Lord, oh Lord knows
He knows I mean it
Yeah (yeah), you know I mean it
You know I mean it
Ayy, just know I mean it
Ayy, just know I mean it
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
If I say that shit then I mean it
She calls me, I screen it, I'm only fuckin' if it's convenient
You lie on pussy, that's weak shit, we pass pussy 'round, that's G shit
But you ain't fam, so what is this we shit?
You cuff yours and then leash it
Listen, I'm tellin' you, it's my world, I does what I wish to
If you're mad, well, too bad, sounds like a personal issue
I walk in, they all stare like who the fuck is this dude?
Kicks game is just rude, don't get jiu-jitsued
Tunnel visions, I get ahead, stayed solid I never fled
My haters feel like I'm better dead but I'm quite alive getting bread instead
With a better girl, with a better face, I'm in a better place gettin' better head
I just wanna stay broke forever, yeah, that's that shit no one ever said
Never scared
Just know I mean it
If I ever said I fucked your bitch
Just know I mean it
Ayy, and if I ever said I'm gettin' money
Just know I mean it
Ayy, and oh Lord, oh Lord knows
He knows I mean it
Yeah, you know I mean it
You know I mean it
Ayy, just know I mean it
Ayy, just know I mean it
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Signed Gerald, I'm sincere
This year I'm in here, I'll spell it out to make things clear
And meanwhile your end's near, I've got a lane and I'm in gear
You people wonder who's next up, that conversation really ends here
You rappers just talk a bunch, stress me out, I chop a dutch
Weak rappers tryna bite the sound, but my style is a lot to munch
I'm more like whiskey neat, and you're more like vodka punch
"G's dope, he might blow up," think I know, I've got a hunch
On my side it's authentic, you try to stunt but it's all rented
But you're dope you got a bad chick, yeah, cool, bro, we all get it
She wears a ring, came through without it
You really think she stay true? I doubt it
'Cause I'm fucking your girlfriend and there's nothing you can do about it
If I ever said I'm never scared
Just know I mean it
If I ever said I fucked your bitch
Just know I mean it
Ayy, and if I ever said I'm gettin' money
Just know I mean it
Ayy, and oh Lord, oh Lord knows
He knows I mean it
Yeah, you know I mean it
You know I mean it
Ayy, just know I mean it
Ayy, just know I mean it
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
You know I mean it
You know I mean it
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
I Mean It Lyrics as written by Gerald Gillum Christoph Andersson
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.