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"
I walked into my favorite place one night
I'd just gotten back from a lecture
And I was feeling kind of uptight
And at the edge of the bar there was this guy
And you know I wasn't really looking
But I caught him out of the corner of my eye
The next thing I know he was moving my way
I thought he wanted to talk
But this is what he had to say
I don't know your name babe
But I want to be your lover
Y'all sing it with me
I don't know your name babe
But I want to be your lover
Your lover your lover your lover
One time or another baby
I want to be your lover
I have to admit I was a little bit surprised
But I wasn't really scared 'cause I was twice his size
So I said to myself, "Okay, I'll play his game"
And when he turned to me
I gave him my name
I know your name babe
But I got to know your number
I know your name babe
But I got to know your number your number
I said one time or another baby
I'm gonna be your lover
Yeah I wanna be your lover
Well I said to myself "This guy is persistent
He's a little bit dumb but at least he's consistent"
I tried to talk cool but when we touched I went under
I made a quick decision and I gave him my number
I know your number
But I don't know what to say babe
That's OK
I know your number
Your number babe
But I don't know what to say to you
Say to you say to you say to you darling
Oh it don't matter anyway no
I don't talk when I make love to you babe
I don't talk when I make love
I wanna be you lover
I wanna be you lover
Lover lover
Lover lover
Lover lover
Well you probably won't believe this
But we got married one day
And I still don't know if he speaks English
'cause he doesn't have much to say
It's a damn good thing I like lying around
We don't make much conversation
But love makes sounds
You know what I'm talking about
Y'all know what I'm talking about
Well one thing I've learned from being in this state
There are other ways to communicate
I don't know your name babe
But I want to be your lover
Don't know your name babe
But I want to be your lover
Your lover your lover your lover
One time or another baby
I'm gonna be your lover
I'd just gotten back from a lecture
And I was feeling kind of uptight
And at the edge of the bar there was this guy
And you know I wasn't really looking
But I caught him out of the corner of my eye
The next thing I know he was moving my way
I thought he wanted to talk
But this is what he had to say
I don't know your name babe
But I want to be your lover
Y'all sing it with me
I don't know your name babe
But I want to be your lover
Your lover your lover your lover
One time or another baby
I want to be your lover
I have to admit I was a little bit surprised
But I wasn't really scared 'cause I was twice his size
So I said to myself, "Okay, I'll play his game"
And when he turned to me
I gave him my name
I know your name babe
But I got to know your number
I know your name babe
But I got to know your number your number
I said one time or another baby
I'm gonna be your lover
Yeah I wanna be your lover
Well I said to myself "This guy is persistent
He's a little bit dumb but at least he's consistent"
I tried to talk cool but when we touched I went under
I made a quick decision and I gave him my number
I know your number
But I don't know what to say babe
That's OK
I know your number
Your number babe
But I don't know what to say to you
Say to you say to you say to you darling
Oh it don't matter anyway no
I don't talk when I make love to you babe
I don't talk when I make love
I wanna be you lover
I wanna be you lover
Lover lover
Lover lover
Lover lover
Well you probably won't believe this
But we got married one day
And I still don't know if he speaks English
'cause he doesn't have much to say
It's a damn good thing I like lying around
We don't make much conversation
But love makes sounds
You know what I'm talking about
Y'all know what I'm talking about
Well one thing I've learned from being in this state
There are other ways to communicate
I don't know your name babe
But I want to be your lover
Don't know your name babe
But I want to be your lover
Your lover your lover your lover
One time or another baby
I'm gonna be your lover
Lyrics submitted by aur0ra
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