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
One, two, three
Huh
I was born in a house with the television always on
Guess I grew up too fast
And I forgot my name
We're in cities at night and we got time on our hands
So leave the driving to us
And it's the real thing
And you're rolling
In the blender
With me
And I can love you
Like a color
TV
And now love is here
C'mon and try it
I got love for sale
Got love for sale
And now love is here
C'mon and try it
Got love for sale
Got love for sale
Huh, huh
You can put your lipstick all over my designer jeans
I'll be a video for you
If you turn my dial
You can cash my check
If you go down to the bank (down at the bank)
You get two for one
For a limited time (a limited time)
Push my button
The toast pops up
Love and money
Gettin' all mixed up, whoa
And now love is here
C'mon and try it
I got love for sale
Got love for sale
And now love is here
C'mon and try it
Love for sale
I got love for sale
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Now love is here
C'mon and try it
I got love for sale
Got love for sale
Now, now love is here
C'mon and try it
Got love for sale
Oh, got love for sale
Now love is here
C'mon and try it
I got love for sale
I got love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love
One, two, three
Huh
I was born in a house with the television always on
Guess I grew up too fast
And I forgot my name
We're in cities at night and we got time on our hands
So leave the driving to us
And it's the real thing
And you're rolling
In the blender
With me
And I can love you
Like a color
TV
And now love is here
C'mon and try it
I got love for sale
Got love for sale
And now love is here
C'mon and try it
Got love for sale
Got love for sale
Huh, huh
You can put your lipstick all over my designer jeans
I'll be a video for you
If you turn my dial
You can cash my check
If you go down to the bank (down at the bank)
You get two for one
For a limited time (a limited time)
Push my button
The toast pops up
Love and money
Gettin' all mixed up, whoa
And now love is here
C'mon and try it
I got love for sale
Got love for sale
And now love is here
C'mon and try it
Love for sale
I got love for sale
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Now love is here
C'mon and try it
I got love for sale
Got love for sale
Now, now love is here
C'mon and try it
Got love for sale
Oh, got love for sale
Now love is here
C'mon and try it
I got love for sale
I got love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love
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