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"
(I really can't stay)
Betty, it's cold outside
(I've got to go away)
Betty, it's cold out there
(This evening has been)
Been hoping that you'd drop in
(So very nice)
I'll hold your hand, they're just like ice
(My mother will start to worry)
Beautiful, what's you're hurry
(And father will be pacing the floor)
Listen to that fireplace roar
(So really I'd better scurry)
Beautiful, please don't hurry
(Well, maybe just a half a drink more)
Why don't you put some records on while I pour
(And the neighbors might think)
Betty, it's bad out there
(Say, what's in this drink?)
No cab's to be had out there
(I wish I knew how)
Your eyes are like starlight now
(To break the spell)
I'll take your hat, your hair looks swell
(I ought to say no, no, no, sir)
Mind if I move in closer?
(At least I'm gonna say that I tried)
What's the sense of hurtin' my pride?
(I really can't stay)
Baby, don't hold out
Ah, but it's cold outside
(I simply must go)
Betty, it's cold outside
(The answer is no)
I say, it's cold out there
(The welcome has been)
How lucky that you dropped in
(So nice and warm)
Look out that window, man that's hard
(My sister will be suspicious)
Gosh, your lips look delicious
(My brother will be there at the door)
Waves upon a tropical shore
(My maiden aunt's mind is vicious)
Gosh, your lips are delicious
(Well, maybe just a cigarette more)
Oh, never such a blizzard before
(I've got to go home)
Betty, you'd freeze out there
(Say, lend me your coat)
It's up to your knees out there
(You've really been grand)
I thrill when you touch my hand
(But don't you see)
How can you do this thing to me?
(There's bound to be talk tomorrow)
Think of my lifelong sorrow
(At least there will be plenty implied)
If you caught pneumonia and died
(I really can't stay)
Get over that old lie
Ah, but it's cold outside
Betty, it's cold outside
(I've got to go away)
Betty, it's cold out there
(This evening has been)
Been hoping that you'd drop in
(So very nice)
I'll hold your hand, they're just like ice
(My mother will start to worry)
Beautiful, what's you're hurry
(And father will be pacing the floor)
Listen to that fireplace roar
(So really I'd better scurry)
Beautiful, please don't hurry
(Well, maybe just a half a drink more)
Why don't you put some records on while I pour
(And the neighbors might think)
Betty, it's bad out there
(Say, what's in this drink?)
No cab's to be had out there
(I wish I knew how)
Your eyes are like starlight now
(To break the spell)
I'll take your hat, your hair looks swell
(I ought to say no, no, no, sir)
Mind if I move in closer?
(At least I'm gonna say that I tried)
What's the sense of hurtin' my pride?
(I really can't stay)
Baby, don't hold out
Ah, but it's cold outside
(I simply must go)
Betty, it's cold outside
(The answer is no)
I say, it's cold out there
(The welcome has been)
How lucky that you dropped in
(So nice and warm)
Look out that window, man that's hard
(My sister will be suspicious)
Gosh, your lips look delicious
(My brother will be there at the door)
Waves upon a tropical shore
(My maiden aunt's mind is vicious)
Gosh, your lips are delicious
(Well, maybe just a cigarette more)
Oh, never such a blizzard before
(I've got to go home)
Betty, you'd freeze out there
(Say, lend me your coat)
It's up to your knees out there
(You've really been grand)
I thrill when you touch my hand
(But don't you see)
How can you do this thing to me?
(There's bound to be talk tomorrow)
Think of my lifelong sorrow
(At least there will be plenty implied)
If you caught pneumonia and died
(I really can't stay)
Get over that old lie
Ah, but it's cold outside
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
Baby, It's Cold Outside Lyrics as written by Frank Loesser
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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