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"
(Gotta giddy up)
(Gotta giddy up)
Yeah, 'N sync, giddy up
(Gotta giddy up) like this, come on, just drop (gotta giddy up)
Tried to get a hold of you last night
(Called you on the phone)
Thinking to myself something ain't right
Girl were you alone?
Letting little things come between us
(All we do is fuss)
When all I want to do is show you love
So I say
(Hold up) I'm tired of all these lies, yeah yeah
(Hold up) and if you want to make things right, that's right
(Hold up) I'm tired of all these lies
(Hold up) 'cause if you want to make things right
You've got to giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up)
I gotta giddy up, giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now, yeah
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up)
Giddy up (giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up)
I gotta giddy up, giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now, oh
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up)
Remembering the way we used to be
(Everything was cool)
And now you've gone and done all this to me, babe (to me)
Maybe we can turn this love around
(Give it one more try)
You see, every time you're thinking about saying goodbye
I gotta say
(Hold up) I'm tired of all these lies
(Hold up) and if you want to make things right, that's right
(Hold up) I'm tired of all these lies
(Hold up) 'cause if you want to make things right
You've got to
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up)
I gotta giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up)
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up)
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up, now giddy up)
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up now) hey
(Giddy up, giddy up) you better giddy up
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up now)
(Giddy up, giddy up) you gotta giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up now) yeah, oh
(Giddy up, giddy up) yeah, oh
(Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up now)
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up)
Yeah, ride, ride, ride, ride
Ride, ride, giddy up, ha, giddy up
Ride it, ride it, ride it, ride it
Ride it, ride it, ride it
Giddy up, giddy up (oh yeah)
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up)
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up)
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up now)
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up)
You got to, you got to
You got to giddy giddy up
You got to, you got to
You got to giddy giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy giddy giddy giddy giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up) hey
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up)
I gotta giddy up, giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up) hey
Ride it, ride it, ride it
(We gon' get this crunk) giddy up
(Gotta giddy up)
Yeah, 'N sync, giddy up
(Gotta giddy up) like this, come on, just drop (gotta giddy up)
Tried to get a hold of you last night
(Called you on the phone)
Thinking to myself something ain't right
Girl were you alone?
Letting little things come between us
(All we do is fuss)
When all I want to do is show you love
So I say
(Hold up) I'm tired of all these lies, yeah yeah
(Hold up) and if you want to make things right, that's right
(Hold up) I'm tired of all these lies
(Hold up) 'cause if you want to make things right
You've got to giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up)
I gotta giddy up, giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now, yeah
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up)
Giddy up (giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up)
I gotta giddy up, giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now, oh
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up)
Remembering the way we used to be
(Everything was cool)
And now you've gone and done all this to me, babe (to me)
Maybe we can turn this love around
(Give it one more try)
You see, every time you're thinking about saying goodbye
I gotta say
(Hold up) I'm tired of all these lies
(Hold up) and if you want to make things right, that's right
(Hold up) I'm tired of all these lies
(Hold up) 'cause if you want to make things right
You've got to
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up)
I gotta giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up)
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up)
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up, now giddy up)
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up now) hey
(Giddy up, giddy up) you better giddy up
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up now)
(Giddy up, giddy up) you gotta giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up now) yeah, oh
(Giddy up, giddy up) yeah, oh
(Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up now)
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up)
Yeah, ride, ride, ride, ride
Ride, ride, giddy up, ha, giddy up
Ride it, ride it, ride it, ride it
Ride it, ride it, ride it
Giddy up, giddy up (oh yeah)
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up)
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up)
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up now)
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up)
You got to, you got to
You got to giddy giddy up
You got to, you got to
You got to giddy giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy giddy giddy giddy giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up) hey
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up)
I gotta giddy up, giddy up
(Giddy up, giddy up) giddy up now
(Giddy up, giddy up, gotta giddy up) hey
Ride it, ride it, ride it
(We gon' get this crunk) giddy up
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this song is about being ... giddy... This was , i believe, the only song on the first nsync album that they had any input on writing, and notice the lyrical content. This song is about, riding, and not horses as lance would say. To put it bluntly, it's about sex. And if it isn't its got a head start. -Brittney
Wow, this song is definately headed towards the sex area...the guy is saying that the girl has to f*&^ him to make things right?? Well that's what I think.
This song is NOT about riding horses, that's for sure...
OH MY GOD THIS IS A SONG? ALL I SEE IS THE WORD 'RIDE' AND 'GIDDY UP' COVERED WITH ABOUT 2/3 OTHER WORDS...
i think the retards learnt a new word.
And I think the only retard on this board is you suede. Learn english before you post shit. This song is hilarious and yes you are right, it's not about riding horses.