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"
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Oh, she found all the numbers I had in my car
Oh, she called all the ones I had marked with a star
Oh, I'm racing over to plead my case
Oh, saw it was me and slammed the door in my face
Fellas, tell me why how come we always doing wrong, doing wrong?
How come we can't keep it home, keep it home?
How come it always ends like this even though we know that
It ain't worth telling a lie
It ain't worth seein' ya cry
It ain't worth that's why I'm right here, begging you please don't go 'cause
It ain't worth killin' a home
It ain't worth being alone
It ain't worth that's why I'm right here, begging you please don't go, baby
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Oh, I jeopardized everything I love
Oh, what the hell could I have been thinking of?
Oh, oh, oh, I should've left you right when I had the chance
Yeah, now you out there looking for a better man
Tell me why how come we always doing wrong, how come?
How come we can't keep it home? I don't know, I don't know
How come it always ends like this even thought we know that
It ain't worth telling a lie
It ain't worth seein' ya cry
It ain't worth that's why I'm right here, begging you please don't go 'cause
It ain't worth killin' a home
It ain't worth being alone
It ain't worth that's why I'm right here, begging you please don't go, baby
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Oh, I didn't think it would get this bad
Never thought of losing you (now my heart is beating fast)
I'm trying to figure out in my mind what to do, find the words to say
Remember when you said that you'll never leave me?
I'm steady knocking on the door, but you don't hear me
I can't let this happen right now
Don't take your love
I know I'm in shock; it a doggone shame
How come we always doing wrong, how come?
How come we can't keep it home, how come?
How come it always ends like this even thought we know that
It ain't worth telling a lie
It ain't worth seein' ya cry
It ain't worth that's why I'm right here, begging you please don't go 'cause
It ain't worth killin' a home
It ain't worth being alone
It ain't worth that's why I'm right here, begging you please don't go, baby
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Oh, she found all the numbers I had in my car
Oh, she called all the ones I had marked with a star
Oh, I'm racing over to plead my case
Oh, saw it was me and slammed the door in my face
Fellas, tell me why how come we always doing wrong, doing wrong?
How come we can't keep it home, keep it home?
How come it always ends like this even though we know that
It ain't worth telling a lie
It ain't worth seein' ya cry
It ain't worth that's why I'm right here, begging you please don't go 'cause
It ain't worth killin' a home
It ain't worth being alone
It ain't worth that's why I'm right here, begging you please don't go, baby
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Oh, I jeopardized everything I love
Oh, what the hell could I have been thinking of?
Oh, oh, oh, I should've left you right when I had the chance
Yeah, now you out there looking for a better man
Tell me why how come we always doing wrong, how come?
How come we can't keep it home? I don't know, I don't know
How come it always ends like this even thought we know that
It ain't worth telling a lie
It ain't worth seein' ya cry
It ain't worth that's why I'm right here, begging you please don't go 'cause
It ain't worth killin' a home
It ain't worth being alone
It ain't worth that's why I'm right here, begging you please don't go, baby
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Oh, I didn't think it would get this bad
Never thought of losing you (now my heart is beating fast)
I'm trying to figure out in my mind what to do, find the words to say
Remember when you said that you'll never leave me?
I'm steady knocking on the door, but you don't hear me
I can't let this happen right now
Don't take your love
I know I'm in shock; it a doggone shame
How come we always doing wrong, how come?
How come we can't keep it home, how come?
How come it always ends like this even thought we know that
It ain't worth telling a lie
It ain't worth seein' ya cry
It ain't worth that's why I'm right here, begging you please don't go 'cause
It ain't worth killin' a home
It ain't worth being alone
It ain't worth that's why I'm right here, begging you please don't go, baby
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
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its a good song.. and good lyrics.. im shocked im the 1st to put this comment on.. i love this song. i cry everytime i listen to this song, i always hear it on the radio and its always after me and my boyfriend argue..i luv u sweetie
I think this is one of those good/sad songs. It's about him feeling bad for going behind his lady's back and feeling guilty for getting caught. Very typical....still a sweet song. I love the way he sings the chorus!
I can relate to this song 100%. I screwed my ex-gf over twice for reasons I'm not even sure of. In "Where I Wanna Be", Donell Jones says he is full of lust and I guess that's my only excuse. I love my girlfriend and I don't know why I did the things I did. I'm just hoping she gives me that one and final chance to show her how important and special she is to me. <br /> <br /> This song hits home.
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I can relate to this song 100%. I screwed my ex-gf over twice for reasons I'm not even sure of. In "Where I Wanna Be", Donell Jones says he is full of lust and I guess that's my only excuse. I love my girlfriend and I don't know why I did the things I did. I'm just hoping she gives me that one and final chance to show her how important and special she is to me.
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