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"
Did me wrong and baby that's ok
But you didn't have to lie to me
If there's anything you have to say
Then tell me straight to my face
That was when you made your big mistake
Thinkin' I would want to play your games
If there's anything you have to say
Just tell me straight to my face
Looked into your eyes and I knew from the start
Baby, I could tell
Something you're hiding
Some friends of mine told me they saw you in the park
With somebody else
Is there something you're holding from me
I don't really need more proof
But I want to hear it from you
So I'm asking for the last time tell me baby
Did me wrong and baby that's ok
But you didn't have to lie to me
If there's anything you have to say
Then tell me straight to my face
That was when you made your big mistake
Thinkin' I would want to play your games
If there's anything you have to say
Just tell me straight to my face
You cheated and now you can't look me in the eyes
Couldn't keep it real
And it hurts
Did you really think I was too dumb to realize
I know you far too well
Boy, you risked it all and now you lost
If you only could have told me
Than it wouldn't have to be this way
So why can't you just tell me straight to my face
Did me wrong and baby that's ok
But you didn't have to lie to me
If there's anything you have to say
Then tell me straight to my face
That was when you made your big mistake
Thinkin' I would want to play your games
If there's anything you have to say
Just tell me straight to my face
Did me wrong and baby that's ok
But you didn't have to lie to me
If there's anything you have to say
Then tell me straight to my face
That was when you made your big mistake
Thinkin' I would want to play your games
If there's anything you have to say
Just tell me straight to my face
Tears me apart
So hard to leave
But how can love go on
Without honesty
You had my heart
You should have been straight
And just tell me straight to my face
Did me wrong and baby that's ok
But you didn't have to lie to me
If there's anything you have to say
Then tell me straight to my face
That was when you made your big mistake
Thinkin' I would want to play your games
If there's anything you have to say
Just tell me straight to my face
Did me wrong and baby that's ok
But you didn't have to lie to me
If there's anything you have to say
Then tell me straight to my face
That was when you made your big mistake
Thinkin' I would want to play your games
If there's anything you have to say
Just tell me straight to my face
But you didn't have to lie to me
If there's anything you have to say
Then tell me straight to my face
That was when you made your big mistake
Thinkin' I would want to play your games
If there's anything you have to say
Just tell me straight to my face
Looked into your eyes and I knew from the start
Baby, I could tell
Something you're hiding
Some friends of mine told me they saw you in the park
With somebody else
Is there something you're holding from me
I don't really need more proof
But I want to hear it from you
So I'm asking for the last time tell me baby
Did me wrong and baby that's ok
But you didn't have to lie to me
If there's anything you have to say
Then tell me straight to my face
That was when you made your big mistake
Thinkin' I would want to play your games
If there's anything you have to say
Just tell me straight to my face
You cheated and now you can't look me in the eyes
Couldn't keep it real
And it hurts
Did you really think I was too dumb to realize
I know you far too well
Boy, you risked it all and now you lost
If you only could have told me
Than it wouldn't have to be this way
So why can't you just tell me straight to my face
Did me wrong and baby that's ok
But you didn't have to lie to me
If there's anything you have to say
Then tell me straight to my face
That was when you made your big mistake
Thinkin' I would want to play your games
If there's anything you have to say
Just tell me straight to my face
Did me wrong and baby that's ok
But you didn't have to lie to me
If there's anything you have to say
Then tell me straight to my face
That was when you made your big mistake
Thinkin' I would want to play your games
If there's anything you have to say
Just tell me straight to my face
Tears me apart
So hard to leave
But how can love go on
Without honesty
You had my heart
You should have been straight
And just tell me straight to my face
Did me wrong and baby that's ok
But you didn't have to lie to me
If there's anything you have to say
Then tell me straight to my face
That was when you made your big mistake
Thinkin' I would want to play your games
If there's anything you have to say
Just tell me straight to my face
Did me wrong and baby that's ok
But you didn't have to lie to me
If there's anything you have to say
Then tell me straight to my face
That was when you made your big mistake
Thinkin' I would want to play your games
If there's anything you have to say
Just tell me straight to my face
Lyrics submitted by SMUSER17185761
Straight to My Face Lyrics as written by Arnthor Birgisson Anders Bagge
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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