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"
Future
Sex
Love
Sound
Yeah, huh, ooh
Hey
You know what you want, yeah
And that makes you just like me
See, everybody says you're hot, baby
But can you make it hot for me
Said, if you're thinking about holding back
Don't worry, girl
'Cause I'm gonna make it so easy
So slide a little bit closer to me, little girl
See, daddy's on a mission to please
Wait a second
She's hopped up for me
I've got her in my zone
Her body's pressed up on me
I think she's ready to blow
Must be my future
Sex, love, sound
And when it goes down
Baby, all you got to do is
Just tell me which way you like that
(All you gotta is) tell me which way you like that
Do you like it like this?
Do you like it like that?
Tell me which way you like that
Tell me which way you like that
You can't stop, baby
You can't stop once you've turned me on
And your enemies are your thoughts, baby
So just let 'em go
'Cause all I need is a moment alone
To give you my tongue
And put you outta control
And after you let it in, we'll be skin to skin
It's just so natural
Wait a second
She's hopped up for me
I've got her in my zone
Her body's pressed up on me
I think she's ready to blow
Must be my future
Sex, love, sound
And when it goes down
Baby, all you got to do is
Just tell me which way you like that
(All you gotta do is) tell me which way you like that
Do you like it like this?
Do you like it like that?
Tell me which way you like that
Tell me which way you like that
Future, sex, love, sound
Future, sex, love, sound
Future, sex, love, sound
Future, sex, love, sound
Wait a second
She's hopped up for me
I've got her in my zone
Her body's pressed up on me
I think she's ready to blow
Must be my future
Sex, love, sound
And when it goes down
Baby, all you got to do is
Just tell me which way you like that
(All you gotta do is) tell me which way you like that
Do you like it like that?
Tell me which way you like that
Tell me which way you like that
Sex
Love
Sound
Yeah, huh, ooh
Hey
You know what you want, yeah
And that makes you just like me
See, everybody says you're hot, baby
But can you make it hot for me
Said, if you're thinking about holding back
Don't worry, girl
'Cause I'm gonna make it so easy
So slide a little bit closer to me, little girl
See, daddy's on a mission to please
Wait a second
She's hopped up for me
I've got her in my zone
Her body's pressed up on me
I think she's ready to blow
Must be my future
Sex, love, sound
And when it goes down
Baby, all you got to do is
Just tell me which way you like that
(All you gotta is) tell me which way you like that
Do you like it like this?
Do you like it like that?
Tell me which way you like that
Tell me which way you like that
You can't stop, baby
You can't stop once you've turned me on
And your enemies are your thoughts, baby
So just let 'em go
'Cause all I need is a moment alone
To give you my tongue
And put you outta control
And after you let it in, we'll be skin to skin
It's just so natural
Wait a second
She's hopped up for me
I've got her in my zone
Her body's pressed up on me
I think she's ready to blow
Must be my future
Sex, love, sound
And when it goes down
Baby, all you got to do is
Just tell me which way you like that
(All you gotta do is) tell me which way you like that
Do you like it like this?
Do you like it like that?
Tell me which way you like that
Tell me which way you like that
Future, sex, love, sound
Future, sex, love, sound
Future, sex, love, sound
Future, sex, love, sound
Wait a second
She's hopped up for me
I've got her in my zone
Her body's pressed up on me
I think she's ready to blow
Must be my future
Sex, love, sound
And when it goes down
Baby, all you got to do is
Just tell me which way you like that
(All you gotta do is) tell me which way you like that
Do you like it like that?
Tell me which way you like that
Tell me which way you like that
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you cant stop baby you cant stop once you turn me on let me in on all your thoughts baby so just let em go cuz all i need is a moment alone to give you my tone and put you outta control
oh god this.. is amazing. the beat. justins voice.. .. perfect