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"
The neighborhood dudes think I'm no go
But, they don't know
Girls at school think yous a fool
But, they don't know
I could be yours, but
They'll never know
They can think whatever they like
But I want you to know
You gotta tell me straight, are the rumors true?
Did you really do them things that you use to?
'Cause the girls at school say that I'm a fool
And they don't understand what I see in you
When I, don't know why they're bugging me
And they, always start tripping when you're hugging me
But I, really think you're lovely
And I guess they can't get enough of me
And I'm sick of she say, he say shit
What you done, where you been and who you with
These girls ain't my friends, they just like to shine
All of a sudden they jealous 'cause I made you mine
The neighborhood dudes think I'm no go
But, they don't know
Girls at school think yous a fool
But, they don't know
I could be yours, but
They'll never know
They can think whatever they like
But I want you to know
Now here goes Charlie talking shit
Telling all the boys you was all his chick
Now I don't wanna resort to this
If I have to Charlie will be falling quick
And I don't understand why they all keep bugging
I walk in the room nobody ain't say nothing
They always calling when they see you out clubbing
(Savage I think your girl was getting up to something)
Huh, yo that can't be true, now you wouldn't be lying
To my face now would you
Besides she was out with my sister
And they both told me you was tryna kick it with her
Friends how many of us have them
Right before the time when they start back stabbing, huh
Never mind ignore all of that
Now can you please, can you please give it up for Savage
The neighborhood dudes think I'm no go
But, they don't know
Girls at school think yous a fool
But, they don't know
I could be yours, but
They'll never know
They can think whatever they like
But I want you to know
They don't know (no, no, no)
They don't even know
We got this good thing goin' on
From the streets to the room
From the streets to the room
My steez is for you when that's
What I want you to know
They don't know (no, no, no)
They don't even know
We got this good thing goin' on
From the streets to the room
From the streets to the room
My steez is for you when that's
What I want you to know
The neighborhood dudes think I'm no go
But, they don't know
Girls at school think yous a fool
But, they don't know
I could be yours, but
They'll never know
They can think whatever they like
But I want you to know
Neighborhood dudes think I'm no go
But, they don't know
Girls at school think yous a fool
But, they don't know
I could be yours, but
They'll never know
They can think whatever they like
But I want you to know
But, they don't know
Girls at school think yous a fool
But, they don't know
I could be yours, but
They'll never know
They can think whatever they like
But I want you to know
You gotta tell me straight, are the rumors true?
Did you really do them things that you use to?
'Cause the girls at school say that I'm a fool
And they don't understand what I see in you
When I, don't know why they're bugging me
And they, always start tripping when you're hugging me
But I, really think you're lovely
And I guess they can't get enough of me
And I'm sick of she say, he say shit
What you done, where you been and who you with
These girls ain't my friends, they just like to shine
All of a sudden they jealous 'cause I made you mine
The neighborhood dudes think I'm no go
But, they don't know
Girls at school think yous a fool
But, they don't know
I could be yours, but
They'll never know
They can think whatever they like
But I want you to know
Now here goes Charlie talking shit
Telling all the boys you was all his chick
Now I don't wanna resort to this
If I have to Charlie will be falling quick
And I don't understand why they all keep bugging
I walk in the room nobody ain't say nothing
They always calling when they see you out clubbing
(Savage I think your girl was getting up to something)
Huh, yo that can't be true, now you wouldn't be lying
To my face now would you
Besides she was out with my sister
And they both told me you was tryna kick it with her
Friends how many of us have them
Right before the time when they start back stabbing, huh
Never mind ignore all of that
Now can you please, can you please give it up for Savage
The neighborhood dudes think I'm no go
But, they don't know
Girls at school think yous a fool
But, they don't know
I could be yours, but
They'll never know
They can think whatever they like
But I want you to know
They don't know (no, no, no)
They don't even know
We got this good thing goin' on
From the streets to the room
From the streets to the room
My steez is for you when that's
What I want you to know
They don't know (no, no, no)
They don't even know
We got this good thing goin' on
From the streets to the room
From the streets to the room
My steez is for you when that's
What I want you to know
The neighborhood dudes think I'm no go
But, they don't know
Girls at school think yous a fool
But, they don't know
I could be yours, but
They'll never know
They can think whatever they like
But I want you to know
Neighborhood dudes think I'm no go
But, they don't know
Girls at school think yous a fool
But, they don't know
I could be yours, but
They'll never know
They can think whatever they like
But I want you to know
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