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"
When you find yourself alone
And when going out is coming home
You can count on the kid
'Cause there's nobody waiting around
Oh, oh, if you're not an easy mark
It's a shot in the dark that hits the heart
And I know, I know when it's coming
I thought so anyway
Somethings stay the same
And some are due for a change
I thought I had them all nailed down
But you turned it around, boy
You did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
I know, I know, I know, I know
You did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
Well, I still can't say I know
When a love is real or touch and go
And if two can be one
Who is the one two becomes
Oh, oh, am I quick enough to see
When I'm ready and it's right for me
I say, I say, I say, I say
That I want it, I think so anyway
Everybody always laughs at love
But what they want is to be proven wrong
Then you came along
Oh, you did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
I know, I know, I know, I know
Oh, you did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it, yeah
I know, I know, I know, I know
You did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
I didn't it really plan it
But you did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
I know, I know, I know, I know
Oh, you did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
I want someone that proves I am wrong
You did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
I know, I know, I know, I know
You did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
You're messing with my love life
You did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
I know, I know, I know, I know
You did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
And when going out is coming home
You can count on the kid
'Cause there's nobody waiting around
Oh, oh, if you're not an easy mark
It's a shot in the dark that hits the heart
And I know, I know when it's coming
I thought so anyway
Somethings stay the same
And some are due for a change
I thought I had them all nailed down
But you turned it around, boy
You did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
I know, I know, I know, I know
You did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
Well, I still can't say I know
When a love is real or touch and go
And if two can be one
Who is the one two becomes
Oh, oh, am I quick enough to see
When I'm ready and it's right for me
I say, I say, I say, I say
That I want it, I think so anyway
Everybody always laughs at love
But what they want is to be proven wrong
Then you came along
Oh, you did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
I know, I know, I know, I know
Oh, you did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it, yeah
I know, I know, I know, I know
You did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
I didn't it really plan it
But you did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
I know, I know, I know, I know
Oh, you did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
I want someone that proves I am wrong
You did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
I know, I know, I know, I know
You did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
You're messing with my love life
You did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
I know, I know, I know, I know
You did it, you did it
You did it, you did it
You did it in a minute
You did it
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Did It in a Minute Lyrics as written by Janna M. Allen Daryl Hall
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