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, here we go
Here we go
Here we go again
We're putting on a show
And you wanna get in
Do you got the right look
Do you got the right style
And on your face
We want a big old smile
Nah, we ain't particular
About your dress
'Cause tonight
You're gonna be out guest
We wanna put
A little fun in your day
We're a bunch of believers
We got something to say
(chorus)
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
I gotta dance when I hear that beat
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
With a joyful heart and happy feet
Some people think
You gotta be depressed to be cool
I don't buy that
I'd rather dance like a fool
God works for me
Why don't you give it a twirl
He changed my heart
And He can change the world
Africa, Russia, Australia, London, Peru, and American
Japan, Germany and Czeckoslovak
All around the world
They want the ska rock
(chorus)
It's a ska, ska, ska ska world
I gotta dance when I hear that beat
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
With a joyful heart and happy feet
It's a ska, ska, ska ska world
Put that guitar on the upbeat
It's a ska, ska, ska ska world
Where rock and punk and reggae meet
(chorus)
It's a ska, ska, ska ska world
I gotta dance when I hear that beat
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
With a joyful heart and happy feet
It's a ska, ska, ska ska world
Put that guitar on the upbeat
It's a ska, ska, ska ska world
Where rock and punk and reggae meet
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
Totally skankin' with The Supertones
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
Five Iron Frenzy can't leave it alone
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
Put on The Insyderz
Now you're talkin'
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
Bunch of Believers ska rockin'
Here we go
Here we go again
We're putting on a show
And you wanna get in
Do you got the right look
Do you got the right style
And on your face
We want a big old smile
Nah, we ain't particular
About your dress
'Cause tonight
You're gonna be out guest
We wanna put
A little fun in your day
We're a bunch of believers
We got something to say
(chorus)
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
I gotta dance when I hear that beat
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
With a joyful heart and happy feet
Some people think
You gotta be depressed to be cool
I don't buy that
I'd rather dance like a fool
God works for me
Why don't you give it a twirl
He changed my heart
And He can change the world
Africa, Russia, Australia, London, Peru, and American
Japan, Germany and Czeckoslovak
All around the world
They want the ska rock
(chorus)
It's a ska, ska, ska ska world
I gotta dance when I hear that beat
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
With a joyful heart and happy feet
It's a ska, ska, ska ska world
Put that guitar on the upbeat
It's a ska, ska, ska ska world
Where rock and punk and reggae meet
(chorus)
It's a ska, ska, ska ska world
I gotta dance when I hear that beat
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
With a joyful heart and happy feet
It's a ska, ska, ska ska world
Put that guitar on the upbeat
It's a ska, ska, ska ska world
Where rock and punk and reggae meet
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
Totally skankin' with The Supertones
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
Five Iron Frenzy can't leave it alone
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
Put on The Insyderz
Now you're talkin'
It's a ska, ska, ska, ska world
Bunch of Believers ska rockin'
Lyrics submitted by krynge
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