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"
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
Oh, baby, baby, have you seen Amy tonight?
Is she in the bathroom, is she smokin' up outside? (Oh)
Oh baby, baby, does she take a piece of lime
For the drink that I'ma buy her?
Do you know just what she likes? (Oh)
Oh, oh
Tell me have you seen her? 'Cause I'm so (oh)
I can't get her off of my brain
I just wanna go to the party she gon' go
Can't somebody take me home?
Haha, hehe, haha, ho
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
(Love me, hate me) la, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
Amy told me that she's gonna meet me up
I don't know where or when and now they're closin' up the club (oh)
I've seen her once or twice before, she knows my face
But it's hard to see with all the people standin' in the way (oh)
Oh, oh
Tell me have you seen her? 'Cause I'm so (oh)
I can't get her off of my brain
I just wanna go to the party she gon' go
Can't somebody take me home?
Haha, hehe, haha, ho
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
(Love me, hate me) oh, say what you want about me
Oh, but can't you see what I see?
(Love me, hate me) yeah, say what you want about me
(La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la)
So tell me if you see her
(Let me know what she was wearing and what she was like)
'Cause I've been waiting here forever
(Let me know where she was going, I don't mind)
Oh, baby, baby, if you seek Amy tonight (oh)
Oh, baby, baby, we'll do whatever you'll like
Oh, baby, baby, baby
Oh, baby, baby, baby
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me (yeah)
(La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la) yeah
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
(Love me, hate me) oh, say what you want about me
Oh, but can't you see what I see?
(Love me, hate me) yeah, say what you want about me
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
Oh, baby, baby, have you seen Amy tonight?
Is she in the bathroom, is she smokin' up outside? (Oh)
Oh baby, baby, does she take a piece of lime
For the drink that I'ma buy her?
Do you know just what she likes? (Oh)
Oh, oh
Tell me have you seen her? 'Cause I'm so (oh)
I can't get her off of my brain
I just wanna go to the party she gon' go
Can't somebody take me home?
Haha, hehe, haha, ho
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
(Love me, hate me) la, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
Amy told me that she's gonna meet me up
I don't know where or when and now they're closin' up the club (oh)
I've seen her once or twice before, she knows my face
But it's hard to see with all the people standin' in the way (oh)
Oh, oh
Tell me have you seen her? 'Cause I'm so (oh)
I can't get her off of my brain
I just wanna go to the party she gon' go
Can't somebody take me home?
Haha, hehe, haha, ho
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
(Love me, hate me) oh, say what you want about me
Oh, but can't you see what I see?
(Love me, hate me) yeah, say what you want about me
(La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la)
So tell me if you see her
(Let me know what she was wearing and what she was like)
'Cause I've been waiting here forever
(Let me know where she was going, I don't mind)
Oh, baby, baby, if you seek Amy tonight (oh)
Oh, baby, baby, we'll do whatever you'll like
Oh, baby, baby, baby
Oh, baby, baby, baby
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me (yeah)
(La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la) yeah
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
(Love me, hate me) oh, say what you want about me
Oh, but can't you see what I see?
(Love me, hate me) yeah, say what you want about me
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
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There is no hidden play on words. "If U Seek Amy" does not even remotely resemble the words "Fuck Me" .The only reason people came to that conclusion is because of the context in which it is being used....I like the tune but people shouldn't kid themselves that this is clever .
Of course it doesn't resemble "fuck me". She's spelling it out. Eff You See Kay Me. F U C K ME.
of course it's a play on words otherwise the line 'But all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if you seek Amy' wouldn't make any sense. Why else would all of the critics call this the most controversial song on the album? i think it's brilliant
it most definately means "fuck me"<br /> dont kid yourself.<br /> haha loves it.
It doesn't say fuck me. It says F-U-C-K me.<br /> <br /> "All the boys and all the girls are begging to if you seek Amy"<br /> <br /> then turns into,<br /> <br /> "All the boys and all the girls are begging to F U C K me."<br /> <br /> Makes much more sense, is much more like Britney, and it's obvious. So obvious, in fact, the they wouldn't have made this song if it didn't mean what everyone thinks it means, because they would have feared a big misunderstanding. :)<br /> <br /> They probably had to spell it out, instead of actually say it, so that this song could be played on the radio.
yeah, it's so obvious but people are so dense they think it should sound like FUCK ME, she spelling it out, F-U-C-K then the word ME. Just read the wikipedia article it will make sense en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Seek_Amy
to timesamyth....ha.smart alec..your wrong..its been pulled from radio station until after 6 oclock because its seen as offensive because of the play of words,<br /> so yeah there is a play of words
Your wrong though it is done quite deliberately and the technique was first used by The Script with thier song titled "If you see kay"<br /> <br /> This is just britneys take on the technique.<br /> <br /> I dont like britney and i think shes an idiot but i do like this song.