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"
Let's get it started in here
And the bass keeps runnin', runnin', and runnin', runnin'
And runnin', runnin', and runnin', runnin'
And runnin', runnin', and runnin', runnin'
And runnin', runnin', and runnin', runnin' and
In this context, there's no disrespect
So when I bust my rhyme, you break your necks
We got five minutes for us to disconnect
From all intellect and let the rhythm effect
To lose this inhibition, follow your intuition
Free your inner soul and break away from tradition
'Cause when we be out, girlies pull they weave out
You wouldn't believe how we wow shit out
Burn it 'til it's burned out, turn it 'til it's turned out
Act up from north, west, east, south
Everybody (yeah), everybody (yeah)
Let's get into it (yeah), get stupid (come on)
Get it started (come on), get it started (yeah)
Get it started
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here, yeah
Lose control of body and soul
Don't move too fast, people, just take it slow
Don't get ahead, just jump into it
Y'all hear about it, the Peas will do it
Get started, get stupid
Don't worry about it, people, we'll walk you through it
Step by step like an infant new kid
Inch by inch with the new solution
Transmit hits with no delusion
The feeling's irresistible and that's how we movin'
(Yo) Everybody (yeah), everybody (yeah)
Let's get into it (yeah) and get stupid (come on)
Get it started (come on), get it started (yeah)
Get it started
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here, yeah
(And the bass keeps runnin', runnin', and runnin', runnin')
Come on y'all, let's get coo-koo, uh-huh, let's get coo-koo in here
Wild out, get coo-koo, uh-huh, let's get coo-koo in here
Wild out, get coo-koo, uh-huh, let's get coo-koo in here (oh, oh, oh)
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Let's get ill, that's the deal
At the gate and we'll bring the bugged out drill
(Just) Lose your mind, this is the time
Y'all can't stand still, twist and bang your spine
(Just) Bob your head like me, apl.de
Up inside your club or in your Bentley
Get messy, loud and sick
Y'all mind pass normal on another head trip
(So) Come them now, do not correct it
Let's get ignant, let's get hectic
Everybody (yeah), everybody (yeah)
Let's get into it (yeah), get stupid (come on)
Get it started (come on), get it started
Get it started
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here, yeah (whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
Get coo-koo, uh-huh, we coo-koo in here
Let's get coo-koo (yeah, yeah), uh-huh, we coo-koo in here
Wild out, get coo-koo (yeah, yeah), uh-huh, we coo-koo in here (oh, oh, oh)
(Come on and say) Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
And runnin', runnin', and runnin', runnin'
And runnin', runnin', and runnin', runnin'
And the bass keeps runnin', runnin', and runnin', runnin'
And runnin', runnin', and runnin', runnin'
And runnin', runnin', and runnin', runnin'
And runnin', runnin', and runnin', runnin' and
In this context, there's no disrespect
So when I bust my rhyme, you break your necks
We got five minutes for us to disconnect
From all intellect and let the rhythm effect
To lose this inhibition, follow your intuition
Free your inner soul and break away from tradition
'Cause when we be out, girlies pull they weave out
You wouldn't believe how we wow shit out
Burn it 'til it's burned out, turn it 'til it's turned out
Act up from north, west, east, south
Everybody (yeah), everybody (yeah)
Let's get into it (yeah), get stupid (come on)
Get it started (come on), get it started (yeah)
Get it started
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here, yeah
Lose control of body and soul
Don't move too fast, people, just take it slow
Don't get ahead, just jump into it
Y'all hear about it, the Peas will do it
Get started, get stupid
Don't worry about it, people, we'll walk you through it
Step by step like an infant new kid
Inch by inch with the new solution
Transmit hits with no delusion
The feeling's irresistible and that's how we movin'
(Yo) Everybody (yeah), everybody (yeah)
Let's get into it (yeah) and get stupid (come on)
Get it started (come on), get it started (yeah)
Get it started
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here, yeah
(And the bass keeps runnin', runnin', and runnin', runnin')
Come on y'all, let's get coo-koo, uh-huh, let's get coo-koo in here
Wild out, get coo-koo, uh-huh, let's get coo-koo in here
Wild out, get coo-koo, uh-huh, let's get coo-koo in here (oh, oh, oh)
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Let's get ill, that's the deal
At the gate and we'll bring the bugged out drill
(Just) Lose your mind, this is the time
Y'all can't stand still, twist and bang your spine
(Just) Bob your head like me, apl.de
Up inside your club or in your Bentley
Get messy, loud and sick
Y'all mind pass normal on another head trip
(So) Come them now, do not correct it
Let's get ignant, let's get hectic
Everybody (yeah), everybody (yeah)
Let's get into it (yeah), get stupid (come on)
Get it started (come on), get it started
Get it started
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here
Let's get it started (ha)
Let's get it started in here, yeah (whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
Get coo-koo, uh-huh, we coo-koo in here
Let's get coo-koo (yeah, yeah), uh-huh, we coo-koo in here
Wild out, get coo-koo (yeah, yeah), uh-huh, we coo-koo in here (oh, oh, oh)
(Come on and say) Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
And runnin', runnin', and runnin', runnin'
And runnin', runnin', and runnin', runnin'
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I totally agree with you stoolhardy. I think the song is meant to just get the party started and get everybody dance how ever their style is even if it makes you look stupid. Most of their songs are dance/club oriented so their lyrics don't make too much sense because you are just supposed to get your groove on, not pay attention to the words.