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"
Theres nothing wrong with being queer
But youve been telling us youre straight for 20+ years
Me and the other guys, we all got to talkin
we dont understand the flip flops you walk in
You have sex with a chick, but talk with a lisp
Your shirt is so tight, it makes you limp in the wrist
So tell us is it really a woman you want to kiss?
Putting on your Kiwi Strawberry chap stick
Its not wrong, but it sure as hell isnt right
When you are at a Sports bar sipping Diet Sprite
Ordering a salad with the dressing on the side
like this one big marching parade of pride
To me thats GAY, spelled with a Capital G
When youre downloading the new Kelly Clarkson CD
Its so easy to see, you dont even need spectacles
Why we, secretly, think you teabag testicles
I think you might be gay if you are than thats ok
Even your parents knows deep inside theres a closet where you hide
Please excuse me if I am being a little blunt
But even your girlfriend knows that shes a front
And you cover it up worse than a Republican
or Anderson Cooper on C. N. N.
Im not trying to offend, rather truly be a friend
Youre at the tanning salon almost every weekend
and is just a little hard for us to comprehend
Why you separately shampoo and condition
Our suspicion is you want to ride the bone pony
But first you want to taste Man Bologna
Then go to Broadway, pick up a Tony
Then maybe your balloon knot wouldnt be so lonely
Not that anything would be wrong with that
When youre clearly gay, but straight is how you act
Wed still be your friend, even if you dont like vag
Youd prefer a meat whistle for your rusty sheriffs badge
I think you might be gay if you are than thats ok
Even your parents knows deep inside theres a closet where you hide
Its probably not a shock all your friends think you like cock
We just thought that you should know so you can find a man to blow
(Surprise) If you get your eyebrows waxed
(Youre Gay) You must want your fudge packed
(Surprise) If you polos collars popped
(Youre Gay) You must want your cornhole rocked
(Surprise) your new haircut suggests you crave wang
(Youre Gay) any man with bangs wants to get banged
(Surprise) My friend you are flaming out of control
(Youre Gay) So please just Stop, Drop and Roll
But youve been telling us youre straight for 20+ years
Me and the other guys, we all got to talkin
we dont understand the flip flops you walk in
You have sex with a chick, but talk with a lisp
Your shirt is so tight, it makes you limp in the wrist
So tell us is it really a woman you want to kiss?
Putting on your Kiwi Strawberry chap stick
Its not wrong, but it sure as hell isnt right
When you are at a Sports bar sipping Diet Sprite
Ordering a salad with the dressing on the side
like this one big marching parade of pride
To me thats GAY, spelled with a Capital G
When youre downloading the new Kelly Clarkson CD
Its so easy to see, you dont even need spectacles
Why we, secretly, think you teabag testicles
I think you might be gay if you are than thats ok
Even your parents knows deep inside theres a closet where you hide
Please excuse me if I am being a little blunt
But even your girlfriend knows that shes a front
And you cover it up worse than a Republican
or Anderson Cooper on C. N. N.
Im not trying to offend, rather truly be a friend
Youre at the tanning salon almost every weekend
and is just a little hard for us to comprehend
Why you separately shampoo and condition
Our suspicion is you want to ride the bone pony
But first you want to taste Man Bologna
Then go to Broadway, pick up a Tony
Then maybe your balloon knot wouldnt be so lonely
Not that anything would be wrong with that
When youre clearly gay, but straight is how you act
Wed still be your friend, even if you dont like vag
Youd prefer a meat whistle for your rusty sheriffs badge
I think you might be gay if you are than thats ok
Even your parents knows deep inside theres a closet where you hide
Its probably not a shock all your friends think you like cock
We just thought that you should know so you can find a man to blow
(Surprise) If you get your eyebrows waxed
(Youre Gay) You must want your fudge packed
(Surprise) If you polos collars popped
(Youre Gay) You must want your cornhole rocked
(Surprise) your new haircut suggests you crave wang
(Youre Gay) any man with bangs wants to get banged
(Surprise) My friend you are flaming out of control
(Youre Gay) So please just Stop, Drop and Roll
Lyrics submitted by EricTaylor
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