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"
(Pranksters, uh)
G's up, mm oh, haha, oh, ha
G's up, ha, oh (pop a collar to this)
Haha oh, ha (if you a player, pop a collar to this)
Yeah, yeah, come on (gangsters)
You know how we do (pop a bottle for this)
Uh, uh (if you pimpin', pop a bottle for this)
I'm the kind of brother
Who been doing it my way, getting my way for years
In my career, uh
And every lover, oh
In and out my life, I've hit, love, then left in tears
Without a care
Until I met this girl (met this girl) who turned (turned) the tables around
She caught me by surprise
And I, I never thought I'd be the one breaking down (oh)
I can't figure it out, why
I'm so (caught up)
Got me feeling it (caught up)
I don't know what it is
But it seems she's got me twisted (but she's got me twisted)
I'm so (caught up)
Got me feeling it (caught up)
I'm losing control
This girl's got a hold on me, yeah
Oh, now
Let me go, baby
Now, listen
My mama told me
Be careful who you do 'cause karma comes back around
Same old song, nah
But I was so sure
That it wouldn't happen to me 'cause I know how to put it down
But I was so wrong
This girl was mean (so mean), she really (she really) turned me out
Her body was so tight
I'm looking for her in the daytime with a flashlight, yeah
My homies say this girl is cramping my style (oh, she's cramping my style)
And I can't figure it out, but
I'm so (caught up)
Got me feeling it (caught up)
I don't know what it is
But it seems she's got me twisted
I'm so (caught up)
Got me feeling it (caught up)
I'm losing control
This girl's got a hold
I'm so (caught up)
Really feeling it (caught up)
(Hey) I don't know what it is
But it seems she's got me twisted
I'm so (caught up)
Really feeling it (caught up)
I'm losing control
This girl's got a hold on me
(Pop a collar to this)
And I think I like it, baby (if you a player, pop a collar to this, gangsters)
Oh no, oh no (pop a bottle for this, if you pimpin', pop a bottle to this)
Oh, yeah (pop a collar to this)
Oh my, oh my (if you a player, pop a collar to this, gangsters)
Oh (pop a collar to this, if you pimpin', pop a bottle to this)
This girl was mean, she really turned me out
Yeah, yeah, yeah, sugar
My homies say this girl is cramping my style, now
I'm so (caught up)
I'm feeling it, yeah (caught up)
I don't know what it is (what it is)
But it seems she's got me twisted (she really got me twisted)
I'm so (caught up)
Really feeling it (caught up)
I'm losing control
This girl's got a hold
I'm so (caught up)
I'm so (caught up)
I don't know what it is
But it seems she's got me twisted
I'm (caught up)
Really feeling it (caught up)
I'm losing control
This girl's got a hold on me
G's up, mm oh, haha, oh, ha
G's up, ha, oh (pop a collar to this)
Haha oh, ha (if you a player, pop a collar to this)
Yeah, yeah, come on (gangsters)
You know how we do (pop a bottle for this)
Uh, uh (if you pimpin', pop a bottle for this)
I'm the kind of brother
Who been doing it my way, getting my way for years
In my career, uh
And every lover, oh
In and out my life, I've hit, love, then left in tears
Without a care
Until I met this girl (met this girl) who turned (turned) the tables around
She caught me by surprise
And I, I never thought I'd be the one breaking down (oh)
I can't figure it out, why
I'm so (caught up)
Got me feeling it (caught up)
I don't know what it is
But it seems she's got me twisted (but she's got me twisted)
I'm so (caught up)
Got me feeling it (caught up)
I'm losing control
This girl's got a hold on me, yeah
Oh, now
Let me go, baby
Now, listen
My mama told me
Be careful who you do 'cause karma comes back around
Same old song, nah
But I was so sure
That it wouldn't happen to me 'cause I know how to put it down
But I was so wrong
This girl was mean (so mean), she really (she really) turned me out
Her body was so tight
I'm looking for her in the daytime with a flashlight, yeah
My homies say this girl is cramping my style (oh, she's cramping my style)
And I can't figure it out, but
I'm so (caught up)
Got me feeling it (caught up)
I don't know what it is
But it seems she's got me twisted
I'm so (caught up)
Got me feeling it (caught up)
I'm losing control
This girl's got a hold
I'm so (caught up)
Really feeling it (caught up)
(Hey) I don't know what it is
But it seems she's got me twisted
I'm so (caught up)
Really feeling it (caught up)
I'm losing control
This girl's got a hold on me
(Pop a collar to this)
And I think I like it, baby (if you a player, pop a collar to this, gangsters)
Oh no, oh no (pop a bottle for this, if you pimpin', pop a bottle to this)
Oh, yeah (pop a collar to this)
Oh my, oh my (if you a player, pop a collar to this, gangsters)
Oh (pop a collar to this, if you pimpin', pop a bottle to this)
This girl was mean, she really turned me out
Yeah, yeah, yeah, sugar
My homies say this girl is cramping my style, now
I'm so (caught up)
I'm feeling it, yeah (caught up)
I don't know what it is (what it is)
But it seems she's got me twisted (she really got me twisted)
I'm so (caught up)
Really feeling it (caught up)
I'm losing control
This girl's got a hold
I'm so (caught up)
I'm so (caught up)
I don't know what it is
But it seems she's got me twisted
I'm (caught up)
Really feeling it (caught up)
I'm losing control
This girl's got a hold on me
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This describes how my boyfriend had me when we first met. I never liked settling down with guys, and I always played them. Then he came and messed up my game. In a way it doesn't describe me though, because my boyfriend didn't give me a dose of my own medicine.
It's ok. It's not great.
My homies say this girl is crampin' my style. Y is he such a twatt?????????????
Umm....It`s not his best song
It's not his best song if you just look at the lyrics. It's the beat, the rythm, melody. I think it's great. It's actually my second favorite song on this CD. I can see Usher just dancing and floating around on his feet. The song is about a guy who's completely in love with someone. It's so simple but has that 80's type of groove to it.
he's sooo freakin hot when he nods in da video! argh sexy man!
i dont rele like this song...
it's SO damn catchy though
nothing, it sucks
One of the only songs i like by him. rest of his songs are so annoying.