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"
Oh, oh
Oh
I can't get it back
But I don't want it back
I realized that she don't know how to act
Never been a dumb dude, no, I'm not dense
I just had a slight lack of common sense
I was the good guy
She was the bad girl
I'm thinking one girl
She thinking me, Earl, James, and Jimmy
Yep, she had plenty
But love for me, she didn't have any
I was inviting (her into my heart)
Hmm, but she was out riding (in some other man's car, yeah)
She was my night time (thought I was her star)
Guess I was wrong, but see, I'm strong
Won't take long for me to move on
Oh, please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine
(Please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine)
Only gonna play the fool one time
(Only gonna play the fool one time)
Trust me when I say that I'll be okay
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl
I can't get it back
But I don't want it back
I realized that she don't know how to act
Tried to settle down and look what I get
Thought it was my time, but I guess not yet
She at the bar getting drinks from many men
I'm in the house, thinking she's with her girlfriends
Just not knowin', truly not knowin'
I look back now like, "Man, I was open"
I was inviting (her into my heart), hey
But she was out riding (in some other man's car), ooh
She was my night time (thought I was her star), hey
Guess I was wrong, but see, I'm strong
Won't take long for me to move on
Oh, please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine
(Please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine) hey
Only gonna play the fool one time
(Only gonna play the fool one time) ayy
Trust me when I say that I'll be okay
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl
Ooh, the mistake I made was clear
(We never should've been together) ooh
That's the reason you're not here
(I know that I can do much better)
Hey, not a single salty tear
Not a feelin' in my chest
Baby, I'm feelin' no stress
I'm too fly to be depressed
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Mmm
Go on, girl, go on, girl
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Hey, ooh
Please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine
(Please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine), hey
Only gonna play the fool one time
(Only gonna play the fool one time)
Trust me when I say that I'll be okay
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl
Oh, please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine
(Please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine)
Only gonna play the fool one time
(Only gonna play the fool one time)
Trust me when I say that I'll be okay
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl
Mmm, go on, girl, go on, girl, go on, girl
I'll be fine
Oh
I can't get it back
But I don't want it back
I realized that she don't know how to act
Never been a dumb dude, no, I'm not dense
I just had a slight lack of common sense
I was the good guy
She was the bad girl
I'm thinking one girl
She thinking me, Earl, James, and Jimmy
Yep, she had plenty
But love for me, she didn't have any
I was inviting (her into my heart)
Hmm, but she was out riding (in some other man's car, yeah)
She was my night time (thought I was her star)
Guess I was wrong, but see, I'm strong
Won't take long for me to move on
Oh, please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine
(Please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine)
Only gonna play the fool one time
(Only gonna play the fool one time)
Trust me when I say that I'll be okay
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl
I can't get it back
But I don't want it back
I realized that she don't know how to act
Tried to settle down and look what I get
Thought it was my time, but I guess not yet
She at the bar getting drinks from many men
I'm in the house, thinking she's with her girlfriends
Just not knowin', truly not knowin'
I look back now like, "Man, I was open"
I was inviting (her into my heart), hey
But she was out riding (in some other man's car), ooh
She was my night time (thought I was her star), hey
Guess I was wrong, but see, I'm strong
Won't take long for me to move on
Oh, please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine
(Please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine) hey
Only gonna play the fool one time
(Only gonna play the fool one time) ayy
Trust me when I say that I'll be okay
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl
Ooh, the mistake I made was clear
(We never should've been together) ooh
That's the reason you're not here
(I know that I can do much better)
Hey, not a single salty tear
Not a feelin' in my chest
Baby, I'm feelin' no stress
I'm too fly to be depressed
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Mmm
Go on, girl, go on, girl
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Hey, ooh
Please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine
(Please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine), hey
Only gonna play the fool one time
(Only gonna play the fool one time)
Trust me when I say that I'll be okay
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl
Oh, please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine
(Please, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine)
Only gonna play the fool one time
(Only gonna play the fool one time)
Trust me when I say that I'll be okay
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl (go on, girl)
Go on, girl
Mmm, go on, girl, go on, girl, go on, girl
I'll be fine
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WHAT? No comments on this song?
It's obviously about a guy who found out that his girl has been cheating on him. Obviously, the girl's trying to repent for what she's done wrong but this guy has had enough of her and is telling her to go fuck off in a nice way. :)
This is such a sad song. I wish I wouldn't take this song to heart so much.
bad hot girl played the guys heart.now the man is tryna forget her but seems a bit hard
although not my top favorite, i feel this is ne-yo best song on the album, lyrically, musically etc. he gave his all into his relationship only to find out he was being played. now the girl is trying to act concerned and he's telling her to "please don't worry 'bout me i'm fine." a sad song but powerful.
although not my top favorite, i feel this is ne-yo best song on the album, lyrically, musically etc. he gave his all into his relationship only to find out he was being played. now the girl is trying to act concerned and he's telling her to "please don't worry 'bout me i'm fine." a sad song but powerful.
The only Ne-Yo song I like.
How many hits is Ne-Yo behind:approx every new song out there How many songs I like of his: 1
The one song I like is this song, and I dont even know why. Its very good!
its crystal clear! the girl cheated. hmmm. this songs awesome! honestly, i can relate myself in this stupid love song.haha. kidding. anybody here knows the best deceptions of dashboard confessional?
lol...
it's better....
but the lyrics only..lol
great...yea... great
but i dont like the music.....
but its ly rics is great indeed...
This is a my favourite song by Ne-Yo.
It is about a guy (assuming it was Ne-Yo since he refers to himself as I) who thought he was in love with a girl. However, the girl was promiscuous and had cheated on him several times with "Earl, James & Jimmy".
The chorus describes how he does not want sympathy and in fact, he is glad that he became aware of her promiscuous ways.
Ne-Yo then notices that he should not be upset since he did everything he could and that in the end, it was her promiscuous ways which damaged the relationship (this is evident in the middle and last verse). In the end, he comes to the conclusion that he is "too fly to be depressed", a moment of realisation that he can do better and that this experience has not affected him significantly.