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"
Hwe. Huh. huh. Huh. Alegazewawazoo...
Hey!
(background noises)
I'm trying to think of something...
I got it!
Dentists
Don't have
Best friends.
Dentists
Collect
Tooth Brushes. Stuff
Sometimes
They make
Little kids cry
Sometimes
they make
Ladies wear braces
Dentists!
You're not my friend!
All that is!
You're making my gums bleed!
Auuuuuuuuugh!
Dentists
Don't got best friends
And I'm
Not
Cross
In floss (???)
I
Think
Mine
Is a homosexual
Because he
Wears
Yellow ties
Sometimes
I
Love
When
You're gonna put me under
I
Think
It's nice.
To get those pills
Conditionally
Dentists
Don't make friends
With their patients
Open
Your mouth
Real wide
Dentists
Say "Floss
Every chance you get"
It's just so
They can sell you
More cans of floss
I eat,
Pancakes
For breakfast
Every day!
And I don't floss!
No cavities!
You're wrong!
So dentist
don't make friends
in the (unintelligible)
And they say "I don't like you muffin
I don't like you muffin
I don't like you muffin
you're bad"
(Uninteligable)!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Dental Hygienists!
I smell meat!
A lot!
The nice people in the waiting room!
They're all scared!
Please go,
to hurt their gums!
Our patient,
has a patient,
In the dentists chair.
Oh no don't be scared.
He's just gonna touch your mouth a little, don't be scared.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
oh. *cough*
He'll give me,
A filling
It's time
To give me
A filling
Breath in
The Nitrous
Oxide
I need
Novocaine
On my tongue
Pump in
The Nitrous
Oxide
I'm feeling alright
Alright
Alright
Alright
Beautiful
Dental
Hygienist
I know you're stealing Percoset
For your cramps
From the office
I know you give 'em to your boyfriend,
Who doesn't care about you that much.
I know you give it to your best friend
Who loves Percoset
The Dental Hygienist
Got pierced nipples
She's a bad girl
Who likes a good fucking
Dentists
don't got
best friends
Because they're busy
Always
Scrapping cavities
They know it
When it happens
Because it bleeds
And they tell you
to make sure
to brush six times a day
Alright alright alright!
You're never gonna get clean!
You're never gonna get clean gums!
I
Forgot
Money
no...
ooooooh. oooooooh.
Plastic
Rings and
Things that go on the tips of your pencils
They're useless
when you aint
got no teeth
I ate some
Birthday cake
for breakfast!
I smile
with the sprinkles
in my mouth!
and he took one look
and screamed
"What have you done!?"
It's all gonna rot!
It's all gonna rot!
It's all gonna rot!
Make sure you get your free sample of mouth wash!
It's all gonna rot!
Make sure you get your astronaut toothbrush!
It's all gonna rot!
What's your favorite color?
Is it green? Is it blue? Is it pink!? *laughter*
You're never gonna get clean!
Hey!
Open up! Open up!
*laughter*
Open wide!
Don't bite my finger!
Oh, Don't bite my finger it's in a plastic glove!
I'll touch you all over!
Let's take an x-ray.
Put this in your mouth,
And keep your head still.
Keep it as still as you can!
I'm gonna look at your insides!
Right!
Smile for the camera, Jimmy!
Smile for the camera!
Now keep that lead belt over your waist.
I'm gonna take a picture!
To tell you which tooth if fucked
And how much toothpaste you need.
Don't forget to take a plastic treat from the bin.
Because you've been good.
You've been goooooooooooood!
Your plastic vampire fangs
Or plastic ring
Or temporary tattoo
Maybe a pencil
Maybe a calculator watch
Something with sprinkles.
Maybe fake earrings.
Look at all the ones you got.
You've been so good for me
Smile real nice
And you opened your mouth real wide
I'm gonna tell your daddy you've been real good!
You've been brushing just like I told you you should!
AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH! Keep.
Keep it real clean.
I said keep it!
Keep it reeeeeeaaaaaaaaal clean.
Hey!Hey!
Come back next month!
For a check up.
And I'll see if you've been brushiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Come back next week!
And I'll tell your sister she needs her braces off!
And tell your daddy I said hi.
And tell him I need his money!
His money!
Before I see you again!
Before I see you agaaaaaain!
Make sure you take your plastic treat from the bin!
Because you've been real good.
I know it's hard to sit still like that long
While I touch your tongue.
With my finger.
You've been a good boy or girl.
So reward yourself,
With a Dora the Explorer
toothbrush.
Suck it!
Maybe a plastic green toy army soldier!
With a parachute that pulls!
Make sure you stay away from candy!
(background talking)
Hey!
(background noises)
I'm trying to think of something...
I got it!
Dentists
Don't have
Best friends.
Dentists
Collect
Tooth Brushes. Stuff
Sometimes
They make
Little kids cry
Sometimes
they make
Ladies wear braces
Dentists!
You're not my friend!
All that is!
You're making my gums bleed!
Auuuuuuuuugh!
Dentists
Don't got best friends
And I'm
Not
Cross
In floss (???)
I
Think
Mine
Is a homosexual
Because he
Wears
Yellow ties
Sometimes
I
Love
When
You're gonna put me under
I
Think
It's nice.
To get those pills
Conditionally
Dentists
Don't make friends
With their patients
Open
Your mouth
Real wide
Dentists
Say "Floss
Every chance you get"
It's just so
They can sell you
More cans of floss
I eat,
Pancakes
For breakfast
Every day!
And I don't floss!
No cavities!
You're wrong!
So dentist
don't make friends
in the (unintelligible)
And they say "I don't like you muffin
I don't like you muffin
I don't like you muffin
you're bad"
(Uninteligable)!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Dental Hygienists!
I smell meat!
A lot!
The nice people in the waiting room!
They're all scared!
Please go,
to hurt their gums!
Our patient,
has a patient,
In the dentists chair.
Oh no don't be scared.
He's just gonna touch your mouth a little, don't be scared.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
oh. *cough*
He'll give me,
A filling
It's time
To give me
A filling
Breath in
The Nitrous
Oxide
I need
Novocaine
On my tongue
Pump in
The Nitrous
Oxide
I'm feeling alright
Alright
Alright
Alright
Beautiful
Dental
Hygienist
I know you're stealing Percoset
For your cramps
From the office
I know you give 'em to your boyfriend,
Who doesn't care about you that much.
I know you give it to your best friend
Who loves Percoset
The Dental Hygienist
Got pierced nipples
She's a bad girl
Who likes a good fucking
Dentists
don't got
best friends
Because they're busy
Always
Scrapping cavities
They know it
When it happens
Because it bleeds
And they tell you
to make sure
to brush six times a day
Alright alright alright!
You're never gonna get clean!
You're never gonna get clean gums!
I
Forgot
Money
no...
ooooooh. oooooooh.
Plastic
Rings and
Things that go on the tips of your pencils
They're useless
when you aint
got no teeth
I ate some
Birthday cake
for breakfast!
I smile
with the sprinkles
in my mouth!
and he took one look
and screamed
"What have you done!?"
It's all gonna rot!
It's all gonna rot!
It's all gonna rot!
Make sure you get your free sample of mouth wash!
It's all gonna rot!
Make sure you get your astronaut toothbrush!
It's all gonna rot!
What's your favorite color?
Is it green? Is it blue? Is it pink!? *laughter*
You're never gonna get clean!
Hey!
Open up! Open up!
*laughter*
Open wide!
Don't bite my finger!
Oh, Don't bite my finger it's in a plastic glove!
I'll touch you all over!
Let's take an x-ray.
Put this in your mouth,
And keep your head still.
Keep it as still as you can!
I'm gonna look at your insides!
Right!
Smile for the camera, Jimmy!
Smile for the camera!
Now keep that lead belt over your waist.
I'm gonna take a picture!
To tell you which tooth if fucked
And how much toothpaste you need.
Don't forget to take a plastic treat from the bin.
Because you've been good.
You've been goooooooooooood!
Your plastic vampire fangs
Or plastic ring
Or temporary tattoo
Maybe a pencil
Maybe a calculator watch
Something with sprinkles.
Maybe fake earrings.
Look at all the ones you got.
You've been so good for me
Smile real nice
And you opened your mouth real wide
I'm gonna tell your daddy you've been real good!
You've been brushing just like I told you you should!
AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH! Keep.
Keep it real clean.
I said keep it!
Keep it reeeeeeaaaaaaaaal clean.
Hey!Hey!
Come back next month!
For a check up.
And I'll see if you've been brushiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Come back next week!
And I'll tell your sister she needs her braces off!
And tell your daddy I said hi.
And tell him I need his money!
His money!
Before I see you again!
Before I see you agaaaaaain!
Make sure you take your plastic treat from the bin!
Because you've been real good.
I know it's hard to sit still like that long
While I touch your tongue.
With my finger.
You've been a good boy or girl.
So reward yourself,
With a Dora the Explorer
toothbrush.
Suck it!
Maybe a plastic green toy army soldier!
With a parachute that pulls!
Make sure you stay away from candy!
(background talking)
Lyrics submitted by krikitarmy
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