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"
callin' out around the world
are you ready for a brand new beat?
summer's here and the time is right
for dancing in the streets
they're dancing in chicago
down in new orleans
in new york city, dancing in the street
all we need is music, sweet music (sweet music)
there'll be music everywhere (everywhere)
there'll be swinging, swaying and records playing
and dancing in the streets
oh, it doesn't matter what you wear
just as long as you are there
so come on, every guy grab a girl
everywhere around the world
there'll be dancing
they're dancing in the street
this is an invitation across the nation
a chance for folks to meet
there'll be laughing and singing and music swinging
dancing in the streets
philadelphia, pa (dancing in the street)
baltimore and dc now (dancing in the street)
yeah don't forget the motor city (dancing in the street)
all we need is music, sweet music (sweet music)
there'll be music everywhere (everywhere)
there'll be swinging, swaying and records playing
and dancing in the street
oh, it doesn't matter what you wear
just as long as you are there
so come on, every guy grab a girl
everywhere around the world
there'll be dancing (dancing in the street)
they're dancing in the streets (dancing in the street)
ooh
dancing in the street
ooh
dancing in the street
all we need is music, sweet music (sweet music)
there'll be music everywhere (everywhere)
there'll be swinging, swaying and records playing
and dancing in the street
oh, it doesn't matter what you wear
just as long as you are there
so come on, every guy grab a girl
everywhere around the world
there'll be dancing (dancing in the street)
they're dancing in the streets (dancing in the street)
we're down in la everyday, we're dancing in the street
let's form a big strong line, get in time
we're dancing in the street
across the ocean blue, me and you
we're dancing in the street
are you ready for a brand new beat?
summer's here and the time is right
for dancing in the streets
they're dancing in chicago
down in new orleans
in new york city, dancing in the street
all we need is music, sweet music (sweet music)
there'll be music everywhere (everywhere)
there'll be swinging, swaying and records playing
and dancing in the streets
oh, it doesn't matter what you wear
just as long as you are there
so come on, every guy grab a girl
everywhere around the world
there'll be dancing
they're dancing in the street
this is an invitation across the nation
a chance for folks to meet
there'll be laughing and singing and music swinging
dancing in the streets
philadelphia, pa (dancing in the street)
baltimore and dc now (dancing in the street)
yeah don't forget the motor city (dancing in the street)
all we need is music, sweet music (sweet music)
there'll be music everywhere (everywhere)
there'll be swinging, swaying and records playing
and dancing in the street
oh, it doesn't matter what you wear
just as long as you are there
so come on, every guy grab a girl
everywhere around the world
there'll be dancing (dancing in the street)
they're dancing in the streets (dancing in the street)
ooh
dancing in the street
ooh
dancing in the street
all we need is music, sweet music (sweet music)
there'll be music everywhere (everywhere)
there'll be swinging, swaying and records playing
and dancing in the street
oh, it doesn't matter what you wear
just as long as you are there
so come on, every guy grab a girl
everywhere around the world
there'll be dancing (dancing in the street)
they're dancing in the streets (dancing in the street)
we're down in la everyday, we're dancing in the street
let's form a big strong line, get in time
we're dancing in the street
across the ocean blue, me and you
we're dancing in the street
Lyrics submitted by Shoot_Me
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