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"
Throw yo' hands up in the air
If ya know he love ya
Tell the DJ play this song right here
If ya know he love ya
Let, let, let, let me see you two-step
If ya know he love ya
It don't matter if you by yourself
If ya know he love ya
If that boy don't love you by now
He will never ever, never ever love you
He will never ever, never ever love you
If that boy don't love you by now
He will never ever, never ever love you
He will never ever, never ever love you (oh-ooh)
I know you think that I just be trippin' on ya
Boy you see, this ain't how I normally be
But I can't help this jealousy
Ooh it's taking over me, ooh I'm fallin' way to deep
Without you by my side I feel like I can't eat or sleep
But I, gotta come down to earth, I don't wanna
But I, gotta let you go, but baby I don't wanna
And I, I gotta see, that you and me, ain't meant to be
That's why I tell myself
If that boy don't love you by now
He will never ever, never ever love you
He will never ever, never ever love you
If that boy don't love you by now
He will never ever, never ever love you
He will never ever, never ever love you (he will)
Baby, I can't help but fantasize
Wonderin' what it might be like
You and I sound so right
But I'ma let it go tonight
Ain't nothin' coverin' my eyes
Ain't gotta see it more than twice
I get it, I got it
Baby, baby
But I, gotta come down to earth, I don't wanna
But I, gotta let you go, but baby I don't wanna
And I, I gotta see, that you and me, ain't meant to be
That's why I tell myself
If that boy don't love you by now
He will never ever, never ever love you
He will never ever, never ever love you
If that boy don't love you by now
He will never ever, never ever love you
He will never ever, never ever love you (oh-ooh)
(Girl, you better listen)
(Let's go) alright, alright, alright, okay
I see ya point, I must admit
I grind, I grind, I grind all day
This paper's what I'm tryin' to get
Now normally when I'm paper chasin', I be having tunnel vision
And if it's really like that lady, just turn on ya television (ayy)
And there go Young (and there go Young)
I said there go Young (I said there go Young), you tryin' to get it did (did)
Just know I gets it done (done), she love the I cheat
She love the way I move (I move), I sh- I show up to her
Shows wit 'bout a hunnid goons (yeah)
Its black this, black that
Black card, black flags
I really hope that's money that y'all got up in them black bags (ha ha)
808's & heartbreaks (heartbreaks)
State troopers & interstates (interstates)
Givin' me a bad vibe (ooh-ooh, help me see)
Guess I'm just a bad guy (oh, yeah)
Throw yo' hands up in the air (ayy)
If ya know he love ya (ayy)
Tell the DJ play this song right here (ayy)
If ya know he love ya (ayy)
Let, let, let, let me see you two-step (ayy)
If ya know he love ya (ayy)
It don't matter if you by yourself (ayy)
If ya know he love ya (ayy)
Oh, oh, badadum, dum, dum
If you know he love ya
Let me see you two-step
If you know he love ya
Matter if you by yourself
If you know he love ya (oh)
If that boy don't love you by now
He will never ever, never ever love you
He will never ever, never ever love you (oh-ooh)
If that boy don't love you by now
If ya know he love ya
Tell the DJ play this song right here
If ya know he love ya
Let, let, let, let me see you two-step
If ya know he love ya
It don't matter if you by yourself
If ya know he love ya
If that boy don't love you by now
He will never ever, never ever love you
He will never ever, never ever love you
If that boy don't love you by now
He will never ever, never ever love you
He will never ever, never ever love you (oh-ooh)
I know you think that I just be trippin' on ya
Boy you see, this ain't how I normally be
But I can't help this jealousy
Ooh it's taking over me, ooh I'm fallin' way to deep
Without you by my side I feel like I can't eat or sleep
But I, gotta come down to earth, I don't wanna
But I, gotta let you go, but baby I don't wanna
And I, I gotta see, that you and me, ain't meant to be
That's why I tell myself
If that boy don't love you by now
He will never ever, never ever love you
He will never ever, never ever love you
If that boy don't love you by now
He will never ever, never ever love you
He will never ever, never ever love you (he will)
Baby, I can't help but fantasize
Wonderin' what it might be like
You and I sound so right
But I'ma let it go tonight
Ain't nothin' coverin' my eyes
Ain't gotta see it more than twice
I get it, I got it
Baby, baby
But I, gotta come down to earth, I don't wanna
But I, gotta let you go, but baby I don't wanna
And I, I gotta see, that you and me, ain't meant to be
That's why I tell myself
If that boy don't love you by now
He will never ever, never ever love you
He will never ever, never ever love you
If that boy don't love you by now
He will never ever, never ever love you
He will never ever, never ever love you (oh-ooh)
(Girl, you better listen)
(Let's go) alright, alright, alright, okay
I see ya point, I must admit
I grind, I grind, I grind all day
This paper's what I'm tryin' to get
Now normally when I'm paper chasin', I be having tunnel vision
And if it's really like that lady, just turn on ya television (ayy)
And there go Young (and there go Young)
I said there go Young (I said there go Young), you tryin' to get it did (did)
Just know I gets it done (done), she love the I cheat
She love the way I move (I move), I sh- I show up to her
Shows wit 'bout a hunnid goons (yeah)
Its black this, black that
Black card, black flags
I really hope that's money that y'all got up in them black bags (ha ha)
808's & heartbreaks (heartbreaks)
State troopers & interstates (interstates)
Givin' me a bad vibe (ooh-ooh, help me see)
Guess I'm just a bad guy (oh, yeah)
Throw yo' hands up in the air (ayy)
If ya know he love ya (ayy)
Tell the DJ play this song right here (ayy)
If ya know he love ya (ayy)
Let, let, let, let me see you two-step (ayy)
If ya know he love ya (ayy)
It don't matter if you by yourself (ayy)
If ya know he love ya (ayy)
Oh, oh, badadum, dum, dum
If you know he love ya
Let me see you two-step
If you know he love ya
Matter if you by yourself
If you know he love ya (oh)
If that boy don't love you by now
He will never ever, never ever love you
He will never ever, never ever love you (oh-ooh)
If that boy don't love you by now
Lyrics submitted by rockwitchu
Never Ever Lyrics as written by Kasseem Dean Derek Antonio Jones
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, O/B/O DistroKid, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Wow, this is a really late post but I came across this song since it's so relevant to me. The lyrics are pretty straight forward, there isn't much more to explain. You can't make someone love you, and you eventually have to get to the stage where you just let go of the person even if it hurts.