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"
Coolin' in Cali, goin' far
Introduction to a brand new star
Comin' from the west - Hollywood
Best believe, to go we're good
Baskin' in the sunshine, drink a little wine
A tender cutie, yo, you know I'm gonna find
Livin' on the beach underneath palm trees
Wear my shorts to show off the knees
That's the life, yo, you want to live it
Do what I do, anything, you would give it
Like Sinatra do it my way
Job is the work, gettin' paid the play
'Cause I'm
(Coolin' in Cali)
(Coolin' in Cali)
Want some of this, well, I have no crew
You want to do me harm, get the old (1-2)
Combination, makin' all bells ring
A fighter and a lover, yo, I'm good at everything
Geffentown, so watch what you see
My word is bond, and this is gonna be
A frenzy of fun, man, it's insanity
(Is he crazy?) Forget the vanity
I like the path, though the road is dark
Make you move and groove as I make my mark
In history, leavin' no mystery
Don't like defeat, goin' for victory
(Coolin')
(Coolin' in Cali)
(Coolin' in Cali)
Like a Snicker I satisfy
Overcome? Don't even try
Chillin' like a villain, but I live like a king
This is Cali (Cali) you know how I swing
Look around, take in the beauty
Not to mention all the fly cuties
Keep your arm pumpin' as the two break wild
Listen to the music, enjoy the style
I want to party, yes, have some fun
The night is young and we just begun
So come along upon a journey to a land unknown
Deliver you from evil and bring you home
(Coolin' in Cali)
(Coolin' in Cali)
(Clap your hands)
(To what he's doin')
(Clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap your hands)
(Clap your hands)
(Clap your hands)
Not a game, don't play me like Calico
I get punani because you love the dicko
Drink a Mai Thai, sit in the sand
Rock the house - you know I can
The energizer make you all go 'oy!'
I'm worth a million, you're just a toy
I buy my brew, yes, all year round
You're lookin' for what I have found
California girls - in bikinis
Make a wish, cause I'm your djini
The way I'm livin', you think it's a dream
Break your neck to be down with the scene
(Coolin' in)
(Coolin' in)
You and I (I, I...) what it is
Droppin' science, takin' care of biz
7A3 - immortal majesty
Here's the order, and it's gonna be
California boy raised in East New York
Gettin' paid top dollar for the way that I talk
Listen to my words, cause the teacher must teach
Take a sentence and rhythm, commence to speak
Native of Brooklyn, live in L.A.
Chill in the crib, write the rhymes to say
And when it's over, the pen is smokin and worn
Coolin' in Cali, peace - I'm gone
Introduction to a brand new star
Comin' from the west - Hollywood
Best believe, to go we're good
Baskin' in the sunshine, drink a little wine
A tender cutie, yo, you know I'm gonna find
Livin' on the beach underneath palm trees
Wear my shorts to show off the knees
That's the life, yo, you want to live it
Do what I do, anything, you would give it
Like Sinatra do it my way
Job is the work, gettin' paid the play
'Cause I'm
(Coolin' in Cali)
(Coolin' in Cali)
Want some of this, well, I have no crew
You want to do me harm, get the old (1-2)
Combination, makin' all bells ring
A fighter and a lover, yo, I'm good at everything
Geffentown, so watch what you see
My word is bond, and this is gonna be
A frenzy of fun, man, it's insanity
(Is he crazy?) Forget the vanity
I like the path, though the road is dark
Make you move and groove as I make my mark
In history, leavin' no mystery
Don't like defeat, goin' for victory
(Coolin')
(Coolin' in Cali)
(Coolin' in Cali)
Like a Snicker I satisfy
Overcome? Don't even try
Chillin' like a villain, but I live like a king
This is Cali (Cali) you know how I swing
Look around, take in the beauty
Not to mention all the fly cuties
Keep your arm pumpin' as the two break wild
Listen to the music, enjoy the style
I want to party, yes, have some fun
The night is young and we just begun
So come along upon a journey to a land unknown
Deliver you from evil and bring you home
(Coolin' in Cali)
(Coolin' in Cali)
(Clap your hands)
(To what he's doin')
(Clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap your hands)
(Clap your hands)
(Clap your hands)
Not a game, don't play me like Calico
I get punani because you love the dicko
Drink a Mai Thai, sit in the sand
Rock the house - you know I can
The energizer make you all go 'oy!'
I'm worth a million, you're just a toy
I buy my brew, yes, all year round
You're lookin' for what I have found
California girls - in bikinis
Make a wish, cause I'm your djini
The way I'm livin', you think it's a dream
Break your neck to be down with the scene
(Coolin' in)
(Coolin' in)
You and I (I, I...) what it is
Droppin' science, takin' care of biz
7A3 - immortal majesty
Here's the order, and it's gonna be
California boy raised in East New York
Gettin' paid top dollar for the way that I talk
Listen to my words, cause the teacher must teach
Take a sentence and rhythm, commence to speak
Native of Brooklyn, live in L.A.
Chill in the crib, write the rhymes to say
And when it's over, the pen is smokin and worn
Coolin' in Cali, peace - I'm gone
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