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"
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I think I did it again
I made you believe we're more than just friends
Oh, baby
It might seem like a crush
But it doesn't mean that I'm serious
'Cause to lose all my senses
That is just so typically me
Oh, baby, baby
Oops, I did it again
I played with your heart
Got lost in the game
Oh, baby, baby
Oops, you think I'm in love
That I'm sent from above
I'm not that innocent
You see my problem is this
I'm dreaming away
Wishing that heroes, they truly exist
I cry watching the days
Can't you see I'm a fool in so many ways?
But to lose all my senses
That is just so typically me
Oh, baby, oh
Oops, I did it again
I played with your heart
Got lost in the game
Oh, baby, baby
Oops, you think I'm in love
That I'm sent from above
I'm not that innocent
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
All aboard
Britney, before you go, there's something I want you to have
Oh, it's beautiful, but wait a minute, isn't this?
Yeah, yes it is
But I thought the old lady dropped it into the ocean in the end
Well, baby, I went down and got it for ya
Aw, you shouldn't have
Oops, I did it again to your heart
Got lost in this game, oh, baby
Oops, you (oops, you) think that I'm sent from above
I'm not that innocent
Oops, I did it again
I played with your heart
Got lost in the game
Oh, baby, baby
Oops, you think I'm in love
That I'm sent from above
I'm not that innocent
Oops, I did it again
I played with your heart
Got lost in the game
Oh, baby, baby
Oops, you think I'm in love
That I'm sent from above
I'm not that innocent
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I think I did it again
I made you believe we're more than just friends
Oh, baby
It might seem like a crush
But it doesn't mean that I'm serious
'Cause to lose all my senses
That is just so typically me
Oh, baby, baby
Oops, I did it again
I played with your heart
Got lost in the game
Oh, baby, baby
Oops, you think I'm in love
That I'm sent from above
I'm not that innocent
You see my problem is this
I'm dreaming away
Wishing that heroes, they truly exist
I cry watching the days
Can't you see I'm a fool in so many ways?
But to lose all my senses
That is just so typically me
Oh, baby, oh
Oops, I did it again
I played with your heart
Got lost in the game
Oh, baby, baby
Oops, you think I'm in love
That I'm sent from above
I'm not that innocent
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
All aboard
Britney, before you go, there's something I want you to have
Oh, it's beautiful, but wait a minute, isn't this?
Yeah, yes it is
But I thought the old lady dropped it into the ocean in the end
Well, baby, I went down and got it for ya
Aw, you shouldn't have
Oops, I did it again to your heart
Got lost in this game, oh, baby
Oops, you (oops, you) think that I'm sent from above
I'm not that innocent
Oops, I did it again
I played with your heart
Got lost in the game
Oh, baby, baby
Oops, you think I'm in love
That I'm sent from above
I'm not that innocent
Oops, I did it again
I played with your heart
Got lost in the game
Oh, baby, baby
Oops, you think I'm in love
That I'm sent from above
I'm not that innocent
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You guys are complete idiots. If you hate Britney so much, then why do you spend so much time looking her up on this site? ..This makes me think that all of you are just afraid to admit that Britney is one of your guilty pleasures, someone who isn't a fan doesn't spend so much time talking about her.
I literally listen to every genre of music. I love it all, and that includes Britney. I admit, that she isn't the most talented artist out there, but her music is fun to listen to. So what if she doesn't write her own lyrics? She has her own style and she's talented in her own way, and thats what counts. I don't understand why people hate her so much, she seems like such a nice person, she's not even snobby. You guys are just jealous because Britney made it big and you didn't. Get a life!
oops britney fucked me again
The first time I heard the refrain I swore it was a cheap imitation of The Beatles' "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill". I now shudder at the comparison.
leave britney alone!!! it's just not fairrrrrrrrrr
no, but really.. i love her. i think she's great.
I'm on your side thesmallprint111
is there something messed up in your head? did you fall and hit it on a tree, cuz theres something truely wrong with you.<br /> <br /> EVANESCENCE AND FLYLEAF ROX!!!
you're in physics? no way me too!!!!
Your seriously having a conversation on this thing?
bells gonna ring ill talk to ya in a sec
i think that ya need to kno that britney is hoe n to get wit her all ya have to do is have dick
oh ilove britney spears's music so much she is a teen legend i wish everyone was as cool as britney she rocks (CAN YOU HEAR THAT THIS COMMENTIS LADENT WITH SARCASM!!!) hehe
good cause you scared me there a minute. hee hee, i woudnt want her to be a dolphin, cause i love dolphins, how about a mosquito, so that we can squash the money, dick sucking whore. hahaha
Oops, she did it again...she tried to sing...really big "OOPS"! doesnt she have any brains? (..I know...she doesn't)