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"
Don’t know why we had an argument
All I know is that my baby left
Now I’m looking at a photograph
Thinking all about the time we spent
And I can't even begin to start
You’re not here, it tears me apart
But you gotta know that I need you
Girl I‘m lost and I don’t know where to go to
I need you
Girl I’m missing you
Need you in my life
Cause I thought we’d be in love
For a long time
Even if you’re gone
You’ll be on my mind
Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever
Forever girl
I don’t wanna hang up no more
Tell me what am I going for
If you ain’t been in love (you don’t understand)
And I don’t wanna see you with another man (another man)
This is crazy
All you gotta do is come back
Baby if you want the world, then I’ll get that
Girl you know that I need you (need you)
Please tell me what I need to do (tell me what I need to do x4)
Baby cause I miss you
Girl I’m missing you
Need you in my life
Cause I thought we’d be in love
For a long time
Even if you’re gone
You’ll be on my mind
Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever
Forever girl
I gotta keep going through changes
You’re the reason that I breathe
Every girl to me is nothing but a stranger
All I know is that you’re the one for me
Tell me what would I be without your love
To be your friend is not enough
Come on back to me (girl)
I’m missing you
Need you in my life
Cause I thought we’d be in love
For a long time
Even if you’re gone
You’ll be on my mind
Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever
Girl I’m missing you
Need you in my life
Cause I thought we’d be in love
For a long time
Even if you’re gone
You’ll be on my mind
Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever
All I know is that my baby left
Now I’m looking at a photograph
Thinking all about the time we spent
And I can't even begin to start
You’re not here, it tears me apart
But you gotta know that I need you
Girl I‘m lost and I don’t know where to go to
I need you
Girl I’m missing you
Need you in my life
Cause I thought we’d be in love
For a long time
Even if you’re gone
You’ll be on my mind
Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever
Forever girl
I don’t wanna hang up no more
Tell me what am I going for
If you ain’t been in love (you don’t understand)
And I don’t wanna see you with another man (another man)
This is crazy
All you gotta do is come back
Baby if you want the world, then I’ll get that
Girl you know that I need you (need you)
Please tell me what I need to do (tell me what I need to do x4)
Baby cause I miss you
Girl I’m missing you
Need you in my life
Cause I thought we’d be in love
For a long time
Even if you’re gone
You’ll be on my mind
Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever
Forever girl
I gotta keep going through changes
You’re the reason that I breathe
Every girl to me is nothing but a stranger
All I know is that you’re the one for me
Tell me what would I be without your love
To be your friend is not enough
Come on back to me (girl)
I’m missing you
Need you in my life
Cause I thought we’d be in love
For a long time
Even if you’re gone
You’ll be on my mind
Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever
Girl I’m missing you
Need you in my life
Cause I thought we’d be in love
For a long time
Even if you’re gone
You’ll be on my mind
Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever
Lyrics submitted by BasedDiosa
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