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"
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Lately every morning when I wake
Tired of lookin' at this lazy face
Sleepin' in the bed that I paid for
Used to have a job but he don't no more
Said that he got big plans for me
Can I move in till I get on my feet
But it's been a year and 3 months passed
Gotta show me somethin'
'cause I don't want to give up on you, man
I don't want to give up now (no no no no)
I don't want to throw the towel (no)
I don't want to waste all of this time
That we've been together now (together now)
I don't want to turn my back on you (my back on you)
Don't want to do what my girls say do (what my girls say do)
I don't want to
I don't want to (I don't wanna)
I don't want to (no)
Work all day then when I get home
I want to spend some time with my man alone
DVD or some BET
Dinner for two, just you and me
Honey's at the gym playing basketball
Cellphone rings now he's at the mall
Shoppin' is a must when the bills are paid
So I don't need to tell you baby just hear me when I say
I don't want to give up now (oh no I don't)
I don't want to throw the towel (man I don't)
I don't want to waste all of this time (this time)
That we've been together now (together now
I don't want to turn my back on you (on you)
Don't want to do what my girls say do
(don't want to do, don't want to do)
I don't want to (oh oh)
I don't want to (no)
I don't want to
Now baby you know that I love you
More than anything (you know I do baby)
And yes I know that in your heart
You love me just the same
And together we can do better
Just like we talked about (yes we talked about it)
But you need to keep the words that you said
Or I can do just as good by myself
I don't want to give up now (don't' want to give up on you)
I don't want to throw the towel (all I want is you)
I don't want to waste all of this time
That we've been together now (ain't nobody else for me)
I don't want to turn my back on you (oh no)
Don't want to do what my girls say do
(they don't know what we've been through baby)
I don't want to
I don't want to
I don't want to
(I ain't gon' give up on you)
I don't want to give up now
(oh no no no)
I don't want to throw the towel
(don't want to give up on you baby)
I don't want to waste all of this time
(don't want to waste)
That we've been together now
(so many good good times)
I don't want to turn my back on you
(always been together baby)
Don't want to do what my girls say do
(always stay together baby)
I don't want to
I don't want to
(and I want to stay together baby)
I don't want to
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Lately every morning when I wake
Tired of lookin' at this lazy face
Sleepin' in the bed that I paid for
Used to have a job but he don't no more
Said that he got big plans for me
Can I move in till I get on my feet
But it's been a year and 3 months passed
Gotta show me somethin'
'cause I don't want to give up on you, man
I don't want to give up now (no no no no)
I don't want to throw the towel (no)
I don't want to waste all of this time
That we've been together now (together now)
I don't want to turn my back on you (my back on you)
Don't want to do what my girls say do (what my girls say do)
I don't want to
I don't want to (I don't wanna)
I don't want to (no)
Work all day then when I get home
I want to spend some time with my man alone
DVD or some BET
Dinner for two, just you and me
Honey's at the gym playing basketball
Cellphone rings now he's at the mall
Shoppin' is a must when the bills are paid
So I don't need to tell you baby just hear me when I say
I don't want to give up now (oh no I don't)
I don't want to throw the towel (man I don't)
I don't want to waste all of this time (this time)
That we've been together now (together now
I don't want to turn my back on you (on you)
Don't want to do what my girls say do
(don't want to do, don't want to do)
I don't want to (oh oh)
I don't want to (no)
I don't want to
Now baby you know that I love you
More than anything (you know I do baby)
And yes I know that in your heart
You love me just the same
And together we can do better
Just like we talked about (yes we talked about it)
But you need to keep the words that you said
Or I can do just as good by myself
I don't want to give up now (don't' want to give up on you)
I don't want to throw the towel (all I want is you)
I don't want to waste all of this time
That we've been together now (ain't nobody else for me)
I don't want to turn my back on you (oh no)
Don't want to do what my girls say do
(they don't know what we've been through baby)
I don't want to
I don't want to
I don't want to
(I ain't gon' give up on you)
I don't want to give up now
(oh no no no)
I don't want to throw the towel
(don't want to give up on you baby)
I don't want to waste all of this time
(don't want to waste)
That we've been together now
(so many good good times)
I don't want to turn my back on you
(always been together baby)
Don't want to do what my girls say do
(always stay together baby)
I don't want to
I don't want to
(and I want to stay together baby)
I don't want to
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Lyrics submitted by sweetkris83
I Don't Wanna Lyrics as written by Stephen Edward Huff
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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