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"
Every time I try to leave
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back
Telling me I need you in my life (JD, what's good?)
Every time I try to go (uh)
Somethin' keeps tellin' me that, me that
Everything gon' be alright (Slide Alot in the building, uh)
Every time I try to leave
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back
Telling me I need you in my life (So So Def in the building)
It was meant to be (uh-huh)
You were meant for me (y'all know what this is)
So that means we gotta make it work (what up? Oh)
It was all good at first, spendin' money, goin' shoppin'
Eatin' at the finest restaurants and if I'm club hoppin'
She was right there with me bottle poppin'
Livin' that life (livin' that life)
She just didn't understand my lifestyle
And that I ain't like (and that I ain't like)
We didn't have a worry in the world, got you diamonds got you pearls
But can't help it if Ching-a-ling be attracting all the girls (say what?)
Baby, I'm a superstar, and that come wit' it (uh-huh)
Gotta good nigga on your side, you better run wit' it (whoa)
Even though I'm on the road doin' shows
I made time for me and her, relationship to grow (grow)
They tell me don't trust a woman in this industry
But she not any woman, more like a sacred friend to me (uh-huh)
Plus, when I'm outta town, always think of her (always think of her)
Might conversate with some chicks, but no one come above her (uh)
I thought I was your man, guess you ain't understand
And now I'm sittin' here lookin' crazy like, "Damn" (every time, I)
Every time I try to leave
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back
Telling me I need you in my life
Every time I try to go
Somethin' keeps tellin' me that, me that
Everything gon' be alright
Every time I try to leave
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back
Telling me I need you in my life
It was meant to be (uh)
You were meant for me (uh)
So that means we gotta make it work (hey)
Walk in the house from hard work, my head hurt
Instead of arguin', can I have dinner with some dessert? (Uh-uh)
She talkin' 'bout this phone number she found (man, what you talkin' 'bout?)
Didn't give me time to put my bags down
She straight up, clowned, ha (she straight up, clowned)
Before we end up fightin', let me leave (leave)
I'm exhausted and this herre, I don't need (I don't need)
Now I'm wit' the fellas, ridin' and drinkin' (ridin' and drinkin')
She blowin' my two way up, but I need some time for thinkin' (time for thinkin')
Yeah, I wanna go back, but something sayin' nah (nah)
Let me give her some space and the next day I might call (call)
What should I do? Look, let me ask y'all ( y'all)
Should I stay and talk or let this relationship fall? (Fall)
I ain't down wit' having my feelings crushed (everything gpn' be alright)
But it happens some times, either love it or give it up (hey)
I thought I was your man, guess you ain't understand
And now I'm sittin' here lookin' crazy like, "Damn" (every time, I)
Every time I try to leave
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back (every time, I)
Telling me I need you in my life
Every time I try to go
Somethin' keeps tellin' me that, me that (gotta pick up my things)
Everything gon' be alright
Every time I try to leave ('fore she realize)
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back (she messed up)
Telling me I need you in my life (and you ain't never comin' back)
It was meant to be (it was a good thing while it lasted, though)
You were meant for me (what?)
So that means we gotta make it work (Chingy, holla at 'em again)
To all the fellas know you feel me (feel me)
If you ever had a woman
Good times led to bad times and you ain't see it coming (uh-huh)
Try your best to make her happy (happy)
But it wasn't enough (it wasn't enough)
'Cause mama told me in relationships the road get tough (road get tough)
And I don't wanna have my head down, weepin', stressed out
As bad as it hurts, I gotta move to the next route (yeah)
I thought I was her man (uh), guess she ain't understand
And now she sittin' there lookin' crazy like, "Damn" (every time, I)
Every time I try to leave
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back
(Something keeps pullin' me back, baby)
Telling me I need you in my life
Every time I try to go
Somethin' keeps tellin' me that, me that
Everything gon' be alright (Tyerese, sing that)
Every time I try to leave
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back
Telling me I need you in my life
It was meant to be
You were meant for me
So that means we gotta make it work
Oh why? Oh why?
Said we gotta make it work, baby, ooh
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back
Telling me I need you in my life (JD, what's good?)
Every time I try to go (uh)
Somethin' keeps tellin' me that, me that
Everything gon' be alright (Slide Alot in the building, uh)
Every time I try to leave
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back
Telling me I need you in my life (So So Def in the building)
It was meant to be (uh-huh)
You were meant for me (y'all know what this is)
So that means we gotta make it work (what up? Oh)
It was all good at first, spendin' money, goin' shoppin'
Eatin' at the finest restaurants and if I'm club hoppin'
She was right there with me bottle poppin'
Livin' that life (livin' that life)
She just didn't understand my lifestyle
And that I ain't like (and that I ain't like)
We didn't have a worry in the world, got you diamonds got you pearls
But can't help it if Ching-a-ling be attracting all the girls (say what?)
Baby, I'm a superstar, and that come wit' it (uh-huh)
Gotta good nigga on your side, you better run wit' it (whoa)
Even though I'm on the road doin' shows
I made time for me and her, relationship to grow (grow)
They tell me don't trust a woman in this industry
But she not any woman, more like a sacred friend to me (uh-huh)
Plus, when I'm outta town, always think of her (always think of her)
Might conversate with some chicks, but no one come above her (uh)
I thought I was your man, guess you ain't understand
And now I'm sittin' here lookin' crazy like, "Damn" (every time, I)
Every time I try to leave
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back
Telling me I need you in my life
Every time I try to go
Somethin' keeps tellin' me that, me that
Everything gon' be alright
Every time I try to leave
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back
Telling me I need you in my life
It was meant to be (uh)
You were meant for me (uh)
So that means we gotta make it work (hey)
Walk in the house from hard work, my head hurt
Instead of arguin', can I have dinner with some dessert? (Uh-uh)
She talkin' 'bout this phone number she found (man, what you talkin' 'bout?)
Didn't give me time to put my bags down
She straight up, clowned, ha (she straight up, clowned)
Before we end up fightin', let me leave (leave)
I'm exhausted and this herre, I don't need (I don't need)
Now I'm wit' the fellas, ridin' and drinkin' (ridin' and drinkin')
She blowin' my two way up, but I need some time for thinkin' (time for thinkin')
Yeah, I wanna go back, but something sayin' nah (nah)
Let me give her some space and the next day I might call (call)
What should I do? Look, let me ask y'all ( y'all)
Should I stay and talk or let this relationship fall? (Fall)
I ain't down wit' having my feelings crushed (everything gpn' be alright)
But it happens some times, either love it or give it up (hey)
I thought I was your man, guess you ain't understand
And now I'm sittin' here lookin' crazy like, "Damn" (every time, I)
Every time I try to leave
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back (every time, I)
Telling me I need you in my life
Every time I try to go
Somethin' keeps tellin' me that, me that (gotta pick up my things)
Everything gon' be alright
Every time I try to leave ('fore she realize)
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back (she messed up)
Telling me I need you in my life (and you ain't never comin' back)
It was meant to be (it was a good thing while it lasted, though)
You were meant for me (what?)
So that means we gotta make it work (Chingy, holla at 'em again)
To all the fellas know you feel me (feel me)
If you ever had a woman
Good times led to bad times and you ain't see it coming (uh-huh)
Try your best to make her happy (happy)
But it wasn't enough (it wasn't enough)
'Cause mama told me in relationships the road get tough (road get tough)
And I don't wanna have my head down, weepin', stressed out
As bad as it hurts, I gotta move to the next route (yeah)
I thought I was her man (uh), guess she ain't understand
And now she sittin' there lookin' crazy like, "Damn" (every time, I)
Every time I try to leave
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back
(Something keeps pullin' me back, baby)
Telling me I need you in my life
Every time I try to go
Somethin' keeps tellin' me that, me that
Everything gon' be alright (Tyerese, sing that)
Every time I try to leave
Something keeps pullin' me back, me back
Telling me I need you in my life
It was meant to be
You were meant for me
So that means we gotta make it work
Oh why? Oh why?
Said we gotta make it work, baby, ooh
Lyrics submitted by little_miss_failure
Pullin' Me Back Lyrics as written by Jermaine Dupri Howard Bailey
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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