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"
Yo, yo
Yo, this song, yo (yo, yo, yo)
This song is for all the women out there (yo, yo, yo, yo, yo)
That have been lied to by their men
And I know y'all been lied to
Over and over again, this is for y'all
Yo, maybe you didn't break the way you shoulda broke, yo
But I break, know what I'm saying, so
This is how it goes, yo
Psss, damn
Yo
Last year, Valentine's Day
You would spoil me and say
"Babe, I love you, love you, babe, I swear" (yo, he's lying)
Held you when you were sick, even
The whole time I think to myself, "This isn't fair"
What is this I see (no)
You don't come home to me (oh, no)
When you don't come home to me (man)
Can't deal, can't bear
You keep tellin' me lies
But to your surprise
Look, I found her red coat
And you're caught out there
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
So sick of your games, I'll set your truck to flames
And watch it blow up, blow up, tell me (hahaha)
How you gonna see it now
So far from sincere (I love you)
Fabrications in my ear
Drive me so far up the wall
I come slidin' down
What is this I see (I don't believe this)
You don't come home to me
When you don't come home to me
I can't deal, can't bear (I won't)
You keep tellin' me lies
But to your surprise
Look, I hope you're happy
Since you're caught out there (yeah, you've been caught)
Yo, yo (yo, come on)
Yo, yo, yo
Yo, yo (come on)
Yo, yo, yo
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
(She's so)
Raunchy, so vulgar, not me, why the hell her?
Look, she dresses (look at her)
A mess, what do you see? (I don't know)
It's not all about cash (hell, no)
Not how much you flash
How I dress is a reflection of me
What is this I see
You don't come home to me (uh-uh)
When you don't come home to me
Can't deal, can't bear (told you I won't)
You keep tellin' me lies
But to your surprise
Look, I got somethin' for y'all
Since you're caught out there
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
Yo, yo
Yo, yo, yo
Yo, yo
Yo, yo, yo
Yo, this song, yo (yo, yo, yo)
This song is for all the women out there (yo, yo, yo, yo, yo)
That have been lied to by their men
And I know y'all been lied to
Over and over again, this is for y'all
Yo, maybe you didn't break the way you shoulda broke, yo
But I break, know what I'm saying, so
This is how it goes, yo
Psss, damn
Yo
Last year, Valentine's Day
You would spoil me and say
"Babe, I love you, love you, babe, I swear" (yo, he's lying)
Held you when you were sick, even
The whole time I think to myself, "This isn't fair"
What is this I see (no)
You don't come home to me (oh, no)
When you don't come home to me (man)
Can't deal, can't bear
You keep tellin' me lies
But to your surprise
Look, I found her red coat
And you're caught out there
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
So sick of your games, I'll set your truck to flames
And watch it blow up, blow up, tell me (hahaha)
How you gonna see it now
So far from sincere (I love you)
Fabrications in my ear
Drive me so far up the wall
I come slidin' down
What is this I see (I don't believe this)
You don't come home to me
When you don't come home to me
I can't deal, can't bear (I won't)
You keep tellin' me lies
But to your surprise
Look, I hope you're happy
Since you're caught out there (yeah, you've been caught)
Yo, yo (yo, come on)
Yo, yo, yo
Yo, yo (come on)
Yo, yo, yo
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
(She's so)
Raunchy, so vulgar, not me, why the hell her?
Look, she dresses (look at her)
A mess, what do you see? (I don't know)
It's not all about cash (hell, no)
Not how much you flash
How I dress is a reflection of me
What is this I see
You don't come home to me (uh-uh)
When you don't come home to me
Can't deal, can't bear (told you I won't)
You keep tellin' me lies
But to your surprise
Look, I got somethin' for y'all
Since you're caught out there
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ah
I hate you so much right now
Yo, yo
Yo, yo, yo
Yo, yo
Yo, yo, yo
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um, this song was taught to a bunch of seventh graders, my class, and our parents threatened to sue the music teacher. Really bad.
@CaramelFudge You guys had the greatest music teacher ever fyi