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 I
Girl, I've been in love, many times before
So many times it left me so broken hearted,
So I turned my back on love
And then you turned it all around
(Much to my surprise, girl I cannot lie)
Baby it's you that made me realize
That love was all I ever really wanted
And now I'm thinking that I never really felt it
Chorus
Baby it's you, couldn't ask for nothing more
Girl it's you that I adore
And there's nothing that could change the way I feel
I'm in it for the long run,
I wanna be here with you forever
And only you can make me feel like I do
I wouldn't trade this for the world
Can't believe you're my girl
Say you'll stay happily ever after...
Verse II
And ever since I've had, had you here with me
It's impossible to see my life without you
Cause I need you, girl
And I want you to share my world
(When I'm in your arms, you can feel my heart beat)
To the metronome that's beating
To the melody in your heart
And no matter where you are,
Baby you can count on my love
Chorus
Baby it's you, couldn't ask for nothing more
Girl it's you that I adore
And there's nothing that could change the way I feel
I'm in it for the long run,
I wanna be here with you forever
And only you can make me feel like I do
I wouldn't trade this for the world
Can't believe you're my girl
Say you'll stay happily ever after...
Bridge
I guess I never really knew how love could feel
Cause you make my heart skip a beat
Girl you know, like I know, that this is for real
No we can't deny it
Give me your hand so we can plant this seed
Cause all we need is love to grow this family tree
My baby, be forever my lady...
Girl it's you...
Chorus
Baby it's you, couldn't ask for nothing more
Girl it's you that I adore
And there's nothing that could change the way I feel
I'm in it for the long run,
I wanna be here with you forever
And only you can make me feel like I do
I wouldn't trade this for the world
Can't believe you're my girl
Say you'll stay happily ever after...
Girl, I've been in love, many times before
So many times it left me so broken hearted,
So I turned my back on love
And then you turned it all around
(Much to my surprise, girl I cannot lie)
Baby it's you that made me realize
That love was all I ever really wanted
And now I'm thinking that I never really felt it
Chorus
Baby it's you, couldn't ask for nothing more
Girl it's you that I adore
And there's nothing that could change the way I feel
I'm in it for the long run,
I wanna be here with you forever
And only you can make me feel like I do
I wouldn't trade this for the world
Can't believe you're my girl
Say you'll stay happily ever after...
Verse II
And ever since I've had, had you here with me
It's impossible to see my life without you
Cause I need you, girl
And I want you to share my world
(When I'm in your arms, you can feel my heart beat)
To the metronome that's beating
To the melody in your heart
And no matter where you are,
Baby you can count on my love
Chorus
Baby it's you, couldn't ask for nothing more
Girl it's you that I adore
And there's nothing that could change the way I feel
I'm in it for the long run,
I wanna be here with you forever
And only you can make me feel like I do
I wouldn't trade this for the world
Can't believe you're my girl
Say you'll stay happily ever after...
Bridge
I guess I never really knew how love could feel
Cause you make my heart skip a beat
Girl you know, like I know, that this is for real
No we can't deny it
Give me your hand so we can plant this seed
Cause all we need is love to grow this family tree
My baby, be forever my lady...
Girl it's you...
Chorus
Baby it's you, couldn't ask for nothing more
Girl it's you that I adore
And there's nothing that could change the way I feel
I'm in it for the long run,
I wanna be here with you forever
And only you can make me feel like I do
I wouldn't trade this for the world
Can't believe you're my girl
Say you'll stay happily ever after...
Lyrics submitted by wlphung
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