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"
Verse 1 – Murs and [Slug]
[Hey Murs, why you always look mad at life?]
First, fuck you for asking, ‘cause you know that ain’t right
I just refuse to be plastic for these rappers I don’t like
[Well how do you manage to stay so polite?]
Anger management techniques developed out of spite
Rather kill you with kindness than kill you in a fight
[So why you wanna punch these other rappers in their face?]
‘Cause they fake as fuck, and a waste of space
Besides, fists, not guns, that’s a change of pace
[So who are you to judge who’s true these days?]
I been around the block, got a few dues paid
One of the few rappers left that’ll do what I say
[So is it Def Jux or the Living Legends that you’re reppin?]
Man I’m all about good music, people and progression
I got friends from different sections but the West is where I’m restin’
[Do you really think race is the reason you ain’t selling?]
What, you tryin’a piss me off and put a end to this session?
Man, you heard this is for, c’mon, next question
[Alright, alright…What was it like workin’ with Humpty Hump?]
One hell of a artist, but a fucking drunk
Though he did get the video crackin’, I won’t front
[You had a bunch of porn stars there, anything jump?]
Yeah, offered to my lap for some head just once
And I coulda got some pussy, but I was too fucked up
[After the first Felt, did you meet Christina?]
No, she never said thanks, my black ass never seen her
That’s why I moved on to my new real queen
[So what’s the definition of the 316?]
It’s my birthday fool, 316
Plus, the formula for every rap song that you sing…
Verse 2 – [Murs] and Slug
[Hey Slug, why you only make songs about women?]
Priorities man, naw, I’m kidding
I’m tryin’a build heaven while the world’s still spinnin’
[How big did you guess it would get in the beginning?]
This is still the beginning, still unraveling ribbon
The mission is to travel for as far as the vision
[Well how long do you think the success will last?]
Man for all I know, that shit already passed
It’s impossible to answer that question asked
[Then why’d Rhymesayers make a deal with Epitaph?]
We didn’t you dumbass, go read the mag
Me and Ant did one record for beats and laughs
[Anyway Sean, what happened to Spawn?]
Well things felt wrong so we both had to move on
No love gone, everyday holds a new dawn
[Business and friendship, where’s the line drawn?]
Family and friends make it past the front lawn
Business is done by the end of the last song
[Is it the caffeine, the nicotine, the milligrams of tar?]
No, it’s Selena, it’s Christina, it’s Serena in my car
It’s the thick line between being a genius and a star
[Are you rappin’, actin’, or kiddin’ a guitar?]
Man, fuck that shit I’m just sittin’ at the bar
Writing these hits about self-inflicted scars
[Are you in love with this game, completely and truly?]
From the music, to the bus, to the stage, to the groupies
I’m the same as I was back when nobody knew me
[Alright, who-is-Lucy?]
She’s the extra that gets to play the devil in my movies
She’s around, uptown, sipping a beer smoothie
[Hey Murs, why you always look mad at life?]
First, fuck you for asking, ‘cause you know that ain’t right
I just refuse to be plastic for these rappers I don’t like
[Well how do you manage to stay so polite?]
Anger management techniques developed out of spite
Rather kill you with kindness than kill you in a fight
[So why you wanna punch these other rappers in their face?]
‘Cause they fake as fuck, and a waste of space
Besides, fists, not guns, that’s a change of pace
[So who are you to judge who’s true these days?]
I been around the block, got a few dues paid
One of the few rappers left that’ll do what I say
[So is it Def Jux or the Living Legends that you’re reppin?]
Man I’m all about good music, people and progression
I got friends from different sections but the West is where I’m restin’
[Do you really think race is the reason you ain’t selling?]
What, you tryin’a piss me off and put a end to this session?
Man, you heard this is for, c’mon, next question
[Alright, alright…What was it like workin’ with Humpty Hump?]
One hell of a artist, but a fucking drunk
Though he did get the video crackin’, I won’t front
[You had a bunch of porn stars there, anything jump?]
Yeah, offered to my lap for some head just once
And I coulda got some pussy, but I was too fucked up
[After the first Felt, did you meet Christina?]
No, she never said thanks, my black ass never seen her
That’s why I moved on to my new real queen
[So what’s the definition of the 316?]
It’s my birthday fool, 316
Plus, the formula for every rap song that you sing…
Verse 2 – [Murs] and Slug
[Hey Slug, why you only make songs about women?]
Priorities man, naw, I’m kidding
I’m tryin’a build heaven while the world’s still spinnin’
[How big did you guess it would get in the beginning?]
This is still the beginning, still unraveling ribbon
The mission is to travel for as far as the vision
[Well how long do you think the success will last?]
Man for all I know, that shit already passed
It’s impossible to answer that question asked
[Then why’d Rhymesayers make a deal with Epitaph?]
We didn’t you dumbass, go read the mag
Me and Ant did one record for beats and laughs
[Anyway Sean, what happened to Spawn?]
Well things felt wrong so we both had to move on
No love gone, everyday holds a new dawn
[Business and friendship, where’s the line drawn?]
Family and friends make it past the front lawn
Business is done by the end of the last song
[Is it the caffeine, the nicotine, the milligrams of tar?]
No, it’s Selena, it’s Christina, it’s Serena in my car
It’s the thick line between being a genius and a star
[Are you rappin’, actin’, or kiddin’ a guitar?]
Man, fuck that shit I’m just sittin’ at the bar
Writing these hits about self-inflicted scars
[Are you in love with this game, completely and truly?]
From the music, to the bus, to the stage, to the groupies
I’m the same as I was back when nobody knew me
[Alright, who-is-Lucy?]
She’s the extra that gets to play the devil in my movies
She’s around, uptown, sipping a beer smoothie
Lyrics submitted by tupacalypse88
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