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"
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
It's the time
It's the right time
It's the time
(It's the time)
Yo, it's the perfect time
(It's the perfect time)
Yo, it's the time
(It's the time)
It's the right time
(This is my time)
It's the time
(It's the time)
Baby, baby, baby
I'm a single man
Now let's go out and hit the town and start the minglin'
I'll bag the baddest girl around and get her gigglin'
I'll take her out onto the floor and get her wigglin'
(And got me wigglin')
Cause I ain't got no girlfriend, got no obligation
Baby, I'm a single man, that's my situation
Let me put your number in my iPhone, baby
And when I call you later maybe I can see ya, lady
I'm finally free and I'ma get right tonight
I'm finally free and I'ma get right tonight
I'm so available, I'm so available
So come and get me
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
If you a single girl
Up in the club lookin' for love, come on and bring it, girl
This is a song, I'll turn it up, come on and sing it, girl
And if your man blow up your phone, turn off your ringer girl
Turn off your ringer
Cause I ain't got no girlfriend, you ain't got one either
If you got a girlfriend, baby, won't you bring her?
If you got a ex, leave your ex at home
And if he hits the message throw away your cell phone
I'm finally free and I'ma get right tonight
I'm finally free and I'ma get right tonight
I'm so available, I'm so available
So come and get me
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
I'm finally free, I'm finally free
I'm finally free, I'm finally free
It's the time, it's the right time
The perfect time, hey
Cause I ain't got no boyfriend, you ain't got no girlfriend
I ain't got no boyfriend, baby, we can be friends
And we can do it, yeah, we can do it, baby
We can do it, do it, do it
I'm finally free and I'ma get right tonight
I'm finally free and I'ma get right tonight
I'm finally free, I'm finally free
I'm finally free, I'm finally free
I'm finally free
All my ladies, single ladies make some noise
All my ladies, single ladies, single ladies, make some noise
All my ladies, single ladies, come and holla at ya, at ya boy
It's Will.i.am, y'all know me, I be, I be rockin' them beats
I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm so available, ain't got a girlfriend
Single man, we can do whatever tonight
Let's throw a party, I'm a bachelor, get lose if you like
So, so free I want to paint it on my Maybach light
Women that like, women excite, women my type
Women tell I want 'em in the mix, Patron and sliced lemons
Sure they get me right, tryin' to jam like Russ Simmons
Visit my website, turn on your Skype wit' me
Celebrate I'm feelin' my best
Surprise quickly get rid of my stress
Then I'm gon' move onto my next mission
Shawty hit me up, we can do it, it's all love
I'm ballin', it's all 'cause I'm finally free
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
It's the time
It's the right time
It's the time
(It's the time)
Yo, it's the perfect time
(It's the perfect time)
Yo, it's the time
(It's the time)
It's the right time
(This is my time)
It's the time
(It's the time)
Baby, baby, baby
I'm a single man
Now let's go out and hit the town and start the minglin'
I'll bag the baddest girl around and get her gigglin'
I'll take her out onto the floor and get her wigglin'
(And got me wigglin')
Cause I ain't got no girlfriend, got no obligation
Baby, I'm a single man, that's my situation
Let me put your number in my iPhone, baby
And when I call you later maybe I can see ya, lady
I'm finally free and I'ma get right tonight
I'm finally free and I'ma get right tonight
I'm so available, I'm so available
So come and get me
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
If you a single girl
Up in the club lookin' for love, come on and bring it, girl
This is a song, I'll turn it up, come on and sing it, girl
And if your man blow up your phone, turn off your ringer girl
Turn off your ringer
Cause I ain't got no girlfriend, you ain't got one either
If you got a girlfriend, baby, won't you bring her?
If you got a ex, leave your ex at home
And if he hits the message throw away your cell phone
I'm finally free and I'ma get right tonight
I'm finally free and I'ma get right tonight
I'm so available, I'm so available
So come and get me
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
I'm finally free, I'm finally free
I'm finally free, I'm finally free
It's the time, it's the right time
The perfect time, hey
Cause I ain't got no boyfriend, you ain't got no girlfriend
I ain't got no boyfriend, baby, we can be friends
And we can do it, yeah, we can do it, baby
We can do it, do it, do it
I'm finally free and I'ma get right tonight
I'm finally free and I'ma get right tonight
I'm finally free, I'm finally free
I'm finally free, I'm finally free
I'm finally free
All my ladies, single ladies make some noise
All my ladies, single ladies, single ladies, make some noise
All my ladies, single ladies, come and holla at ya, at ya boy
It's Will.i.am, y'all know me, I be, I be rockin' them beats
I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm so available, ain't got a girlfriend
Single man, we can do whatever tonight
Let's throw a party, I'm a bachelor, get lose if you like
So, so free I want to paint it on my Maybach light
Women that like, women excite, women my type
Women tell I want 'em in the mix, Patron and sliced lemons
Sure they get me right, tryin' to jam like Russ Simmons
Visit my website, turn on your Skype wit' me
Celebrate I'm feelin' my best
Surprise quickly get rid of my stress
Then I'm gon' move onto my next mission
Shawty hit me up, we can do it, it's all love
I'm ballin', it's all 'cause I'm finally free
Lyrics submitted by BleedorBreathe
Available Lyrics as written by Will Adams Aliaune Thiam
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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Page
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There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
I THINK it's about not having a girlfriend. And going out on the town. And dancing with girls. And telling said girls to throw away their mobile phones.
Flo Rida explained to Billboard magazine: "That's about letting the ladies know I'm single."
This samples "Boom Boom Pow" by Will.i.am's group, The Black Eyed Peas.
I wonder if it even matters if he's single. Musicians must have SO many women (men, too) willing to take 'em home (or at least to the nearest hotel:). Love Flo rida; crazy about his tattoos; but this song is definitely not his best.