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"
Why?
Why?
Why?
Living on the edge, out of control
And the world just won't let me slow down
But in my biggest picture
Was a photo of you and me
Girl, you know I try
I work hard to provide all the material things
That I thought would make you happy
I'm confused, can you make me understand?
'Cause I tried to give you the best of me
I thought we were cool, maybe I was blind
But never took time to see
Will you help me?
Tell me what you want from me
Can you help me?
Tell me why you wanna leave
Baby, help me
Without you, my whole world is falling apart
And I'm going crazy
Life's a prison when you're in love alone
(Ooh, girl, I love you) I need you to come back home
(You know I need you) I don't wanna be alone
Why?
Girl, I put your love up on a shelf
And I guess I just left it to die
Now we're not together
'Cause I hurt you too many times
And now you're not around
I wish for every moment of time that got wasted
We used it to make sweet love
Baby, be my guide, please take my hand
Want you to know that I got you if you need it
Don't wanna be on the outside looking in
I gotta have you girl, can't you see?
Will you help me? (Will you help me?)
Tell me what you want from me
Can you help me?
Tell me why you want to leave
Baby, help me
'Cause without you, my whole world is falling apart
And without you, I think I'll go crazy
Life's a prison when you're in love alone
(Ooh, girl, I love you) I need you to come back home
(You know I need you) I don't wanna be alone
Baby, would you please?
Please say to me
Oh, please stay, don't go
I don't want it to be over
Give me another chance, I wanna be your man
Girl, you got me down here on my knees
Crying, begging, pleading
I'll do anything for your love, whoa-oh
Would you help me? (Help me)
Tell me what you want from me (whoa-oh, oh-oh, help me)
Can you help me?
Tell me why you want to leave (I don't understand, girl, I'm just a man, help me)
Baby, help me
Without you, my whole world is falling apart
And without you, girl, I'm going crazy
Life's a prison without your love
Can you help me?
Tell me why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why
Can you help me?
Girl, I'll never stop 'cause you're all I got, baby (please stay, don't go, don't wanna be alone)
Can you help me?
Help me understand, I can't be your man
It's driving me crazy (crazy, crazy, crazy)
Oh, baby (ooh-oh, no, no)
Ooh, girl, I love you (said I love you, girl)
You know I need you (ooh, I need you)
I can't live without you (I can't go one day without you)
Ooh, girl, I love you (ooh, girl, I need you)
You know I need you (ooh)
I can't live without you (can I have you?)
Ooh, girl, I love you (na-na, na, na-na-na-na)
You know I need you (na-na, na, na-na-na-na)
I can't live without you
Ooh, girl, I love you
If you understand, can you help me now? (You know I need you)
Sing along
I can't live without you (yeah, baby)
You know I need you (hey baby, baby)
Why?
Why?
Living on the edge, out of control
And the world just won't let me slow down
But in my biggest picture
Was a photo of you and me
Girl, you know I try
I work hard to provide all the material things
That I thought would make you happy
I'm confused, can you make me understand?
'Cause I tried to give you the best of me
I thought we were cool, maybe I was blind
But never took time to see
Will you help me?
Tell me what you want from me
Can you help me?
Tell me why you wanna leave
Baby, help me
Without you, my whole world is falling apart
And I'm going crazy
Life's a prison when you're in love alone
(Ooh, girl, I love you) I need you to come back home
(You know I need you) I don't wanna be alone
Why?
Girl, I put your love up on a shelf
And I guess I just left it to die
Now we're not together
'Cause I hurt you too many times
And now you're not around
I wish for every moment of time that got wasted
We used it to make sweet love
Baby, be my guide, please take my hand
Want you to know that I got you if you need it
Don't wanna be on the outside looking in
I gotta have you girl, can't you see?
Will you help me? (Will you help me?)
Tell me what you want from me
Can you help me?
Tell me why you want to leave
Baby, help me
'Cause without you, my whole world is falling apart
And without you, I think I'll go crazy
Life's a prison when you're in love alone
(Ooh, girl, I love you) I need you to come back home
(You know I need you) I don't wanna be alone
Baby, would you please?
Please say to me
Oh, please stay, don't go
I don't want it to be over
Give me another chance, I wanna be your man
Girl, you got me down here on my knees
Crying, begging, pleading
I'll do anything for your love, whoa-oh
Would you help me? (Help me)
Tell me what you want from me (whoa-oh, oh-oh, help me)
Can you help me?
Tell me why you want to leave (I don't understand, girl, I'm just a man, help me)
Baby, help me
Without you, my whole world is falling apart
And without you, girl, I'm going crazy
Life's a prison without your love
Can you help me?
Tell me why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why
Can you help me?
Girl, I'll never stop 'cause you're all I got, baby (please stay, don't go, don't wanna be alone)
Can you help me?
Help me understand, I can't be your man
It's driving me crazy (crazy, crazy, crazy)
Oh, baby (ooh-oh, no, no)
Ooh, girl, I love you (said I love you, girl)
You know I need you (ooh, I need you)
I can't live without you (I can't go one day without you)
Ooh, girl, I love you (ooh, girl, I need you)
You know I need you (ooh)
I can't live without you (can I have you?)
Ooh, girl, I love you (na-na, na, na-na-na-na)
You know I need you (na-na, na, na-na-na-na)
I can't live without you
Ooh, girl, I love you
If you understand, can you help me now? (You know I need you)
Sing along
I can't live without you (yeah, baby)
You know I need you (hey baby, baby)
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