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"
Well I walked outside into a sunny day
Called some friends to back my play
Went downtown to taste a few
Then over to the coast
To see what kind of trouble we could get into
What trouble we could get into (3x)
In sweet home San Diego
Now over to p.b. the tanning ladies
San Diego girls they drive me crazy
Hooked up on a number or two
I'll call 'em later
To see what kind of trouble we could get into
What trouble we could get into (3x)
Now all of the bad times
Get 'em outta here
To the bum with the cheap wine
Get 'em outta here
To the perps of the hate crimes
Get 'em outta here
Because the owner of a calm hand he is the real man
Punks on the get low
Get 'em outta here
To the fools with their fake gold
Get 'em outta here
To the San Diego po po
Get 'em outta here (2x)
Now I called up zing to hit some spots
Bought a couple of beers to chase the shots
Pacers, platinum until two
Then over to the vu to see what kind of trouble we can get into
What trouble we could get into (3x)
To the nines in the front row
Get 'em outta here
To the swollen tongue coke ho
Get 'em outta here
To the watered down drinks low
Get 'em outta here
Because unless it is a stiff trip
You get no tip
Filly in the peep booth
Get 'em outta here
You got the tweeker with the one tooth
Get 'em outta here
Say poppa on the eighty proof
Get 'em outta here (2x)
Now back home to find my bed
I gotta cool buzz chillin' inside my head
But just before the sun breaks through
I choke a little laugh and think about
The trouble that we get into (4x)
To the busta with the hippy crack
Get 'em outta here
To the gold chain hair backs
Get 'em outta here
To the locs with the swag sacks
Get 'em outta here
Cause unless you got the kind nugs
You get no love
Wannabe pornstars
Get 'em outta here
To the toughs that are so hard
Get 'em outta here
Granny in her sports car
Get 'em outta here (2x)
To the label with the crook deals
Get 'em outta here
To the bands that play with no feel
Get 'em outta here
To the sailor in the high heels
Get 'em outta here
Got the stuffin' that bottleneck
Talk about shipwreck
Itchy faced crackheads
Get 'em outta here
You got the flatulating fat chicks
Get 'em outta here
You got to blast all hypocrites
Get 'em outta here (2x)
Called some friends to back my play
Went downtown to taste a few
Then over to the coast
To see what kind of trouble we could get into
What trouble we could get into (3x)
In sweet home San Diego
Now over to p.b. the tanning ladies
San Diego girls they drive me crazy
Hooked up on a number or two
I'll call 'em later
To see what kind of trouble we could get into
What trouble we could get into (3x)
Now all of the bad times
Get 'em outta here
To the bum with the cheap wine
Get 'em outta here
To the perps of the hate crimes
Get 'em outta here
Because the owner of a calm hand he is the real man
Punks on the get low
Get 'em outta here
To the fools with their fake gold
Get 'em outta here
To the San Diego po po
Get 'em outta here (2x)
Now I called up zing to hit some spots
Bought a couple of beers to chase the shots
Pacers, platinum until two
Then over to the vu to see what kind of trouble we can get into
What trouble we could get into (3x)
To the nines in the front row
Get 'em outta here
To the swollen tongue coke ho
Get 'em outta here
To the watered down drinks low
Get 'em outta here
Because unless it is a stiff trip
You get no tip
Filly in the peep booth
Get 'em outta here
You got the tweeker with the one tooth
Get 'em outta here
Say poppa on the eighty proof
Get 'em outta here (2x)
Now back home to find my bed
I gotta cool buzz chillin' inside my head
But just before the sun breaks through
I choke a little laugh and think about
The trouble that we get into (4x)
To the busta with the hippy crack
Get 'em outta here
To the gold chain hair backs
Get 'em outta here
To the locs with the swag sacks
Get 'em outta here
Cause unless you got the kind nugs
You get no love
Wannabe pornstars
Get 'em outta here
To the toughs that are so hard
Get 'em outta here
Granny in her sports car
Get 'em outta here (2x)
To the label with the crook deals
Get 'em outta here
To the bands that play with no feel
Get 'em outta here
To the sailor in the high heels
Get 'em outta here
Got the stuffin' that bottleneck
Talk about shipwreck
Itchy faced crackheads
Get 'em outta here
You got the flatulating fat chicks
Get 'em outta here
You got to blast all hypocrites
Get 'em outta here (2x)
Lyrics submitted by candy_otb
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