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"
You can't stop it, you can't stop it, you can't stop it, the world is in my pocket
You can't stop it, you can't stop it, you can't stop it, I want to profit
You got what I want and I need it right now, give it to me baby, I don't care how
I hold my money with my left, got the world in my right pocket
Smoke a stoke in my right in between counting my profits
Poker face as I soak up the taste of display of women on my sofa
Doing the type of things I love so much
But so what, I'm sleazy it's not easy being Joe Smut
With more bucks than you can count, more than what's in your clutch
I could fund a small war and start a recession, the big dog, the boss hog
What I want is the question
I want it all, I want it all, I need it all right now, I want it all
I gotta get it, I gotta to get it, yo
I want it all, I want it all, I need it all right now
I want it all, I want it all and I want it now
You got what I want and I need it right now
Give it to me baby, I don't care how
I want it all, I want it all
I want it all, I want it all
If I don't get what I want then I'll take it in blood the queasy thug
Whose greed and lust just like cheap drugs that keep me buzzed
The heat and fuzz couldn't touch me I'm out of reach
Because I'm eating lunch with a shady bunch, about to meet the judge
When people see me, they point and whisper "He's corrupt"
He couldn't care less, he's fearless, he'll give the reaper hugs
And as a kid he never took crap from no one
Mud on his face, such a disgrace, cussin' at grown-ups
Buddy, you're a boy make a big noise
Playin' in the street gonna be a big man someday
You got mud on yo' face
You big disgrace
Kickin' your can all over the place
I want it all, I want it all, I need it all right now
I want it all, I gotta get it, I gotta to get it, yo
I want it all, I want it all, I need it all right now
I want it all, I want it all and I want it now
(Don't you know who I am?)
I'm a big boss with big balls, everybody knows me
I'm a big deal, you should kneel, and crawl when you approach me
I got big bucks, big cars, I'm bigger than all the universe and its stars
I could buy your life whatever it costs
Name your price, give me what I need then get lost
I could buy the blue from the sky I'm a rich hog
Give me it now, I'm not the guy you want to piss off
By any means, I get what I want and I want it all
Rock with me, guitar please
I'm egotistical, I'm a narcissist, I'm a big deal
Power and profit, yeah, power and profit
You got what I want and I need it right now
Give it to me baby, I don't care how
I got the world in my pocket and it's still not enough for me
I want it all and I want it right now
I want it all and I want it right now
I want it all and I want it right now
I want it all and I want it right now
I want it all and I want it right now
And I want it right now
I want it all, I need it and I don't care how
I gotta get it, I gotta to get it now
I could feel it coming, it's any moment now
I want it all and I want it now
It's so intense I'm breaking, you can't hold me down
I gotta get it, I gotta to get it now
I could feel it coming, it's any moment now
I want it all and I want it now
You can't stop it (I want it all) you can't stop it
I want to profit, the world is in my pocket (right now)
You can't stop it (I want it all) you can't stop it
You can't stop it, I want to profit
You can't stop it (I want it all) you can' stop it
I want to profit, the world is in my pocket (right now)
You can't stop it (I want it all) you can't stop it
I want it all, I want it all and I want it right now
You can't stop it, you can't stop it, you can't stop it, I want to profit
You got what I want and I need it right now, give it to me baby, I don't care how
I hold my money with my left, got the world in my right pocket
Smoke a stoke in my right in between counting my profits
Poker face as I soak up the taste of display of women on my sofa
Doing the type of things I love so much
But so what, I'm sleazy it's not easy being Joe Smut
With more bucks than you can count, more than what's in your clutch
I could fund a small war and start a recession, the big dog, the boss hog
What I want is the question
I want it all, I want it all, I need it all right now, I want it all
I gotta get it, I gotta to get it, yo
I want it all, I want it all, I need it all right now
I want it all, I want it all and I want it now
You got what I want and I need it right now
Give it to me baby, I don't care how
I want it all, I want it all
I want it all, I want it all
If I don't get what I want then I'll take it in blood the queasy thug
Whose greed and lust just like cheap drugs that keep me buzzed
The heat and fuzz couldn't touch me I'm out of reach
Because I'm eating lunch with a shady bunch, about to meet the judge
When people see me, they point and whisper "He's corrupt"
He couldn't care less, he's fearless, he'll give the reaper hugs
And as a kid he never took crap from no one
Mud on his face, such a disgrace, cussin' at grown-ups
Buddy, you're a boy make a big noise
Playin' in the street gonna be a big man someday
You got mud on yo' face
You big disgrace
Kickin' your can all over the place
I want it all, I want it all, I need it all right now
I want it all, I gotta get it, I gotta to get it, yo
I want it all, I want it all, I need it all right now
I want it all, I want it all and I want it now
(Don't you know who I am?)
I'm a big boss with big balls, everybody knows me
I'm a big deal, you should kneel, and crawl when you approach me
I got big bucks, big cars, I'm bigger than all the universe and its stars
I could buy your life whatever it costs
Name your price, give me what I need then get lost
I could buy the blue from the sky I'm a rich hog
Give me it now, I'm not the guy you want to piss off
By any means, I get what I want and I want it all
Rock with me, guitar please
I'm egotistical, I'm a narcissist, I'm a big deal
Power and profit, yeah, power and profit
You got what I want and I need it right now
Give it to me baby, I don't care how
I got the world in my pocket and it's still not enough for me
I want it all and I want it right now
I want it all and I want it right now
I want it all and I want it right now
I want it all and I want it right now
I want it all and I want it right now
And I want it right now
I want it all, I need it and I don't care how
I gotta get it, I gotta to get it now
I could feel it coming, it's any moment now
I want it all and I want it now
It's so intense I'm breaking, you can't hold me down
I gotta get it, I gotta to get it now
I could feel it coming, it's any moment now
I want it all and I want it now
You can't stop it (I want it all) you can't stop it
I want to profit, the world is in my pocket (right now)
You can't stop it (I want it all) you can't stop it
You can't stop it, I want to profit
You can't stop it (I want it all) you can' stop it
I want to profit, the world is in my pocket (right now)
You can't stop it (I want it all) you can't stop it
I want it all, I want it all and I want it right now
Lyrics submitted by mincepies686
I Want It All/We Will Rock You Mash-Up Lyrics as written by John Deacon Roger Taylor
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It's too bad that they didn't take this song to heart while recording Hot Space...
@Matheson this song was recorded on The Game haha not Hot Space but I do agree that they should have taken it more to heart