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"
Hello hello, baby
You called, I can't hear a thing
I have got no service in the club you see-see
What-what-wha-a-at did you say, huh?
You're you breaking up on me
Sorry I cannot hear you, I'm kinda busy
K-kinda busy
K-kinda busy
Sorry I cannot hear you, I'm kinda busy
Just a second it's my favorite song they're gonna play
And I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh?
You should've made some plans with me
You knew that I was free
And now you won't stop calling me
I'm kinda busy
[CHORUS]
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna think anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna talk anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop telephonin' me
I'm busy
Stop telephonin' me
You can call all you want, but there's no-one home
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone [x2]
[Beyonce]
Boy, the way you're blowin' up my phone
Won't make me leave no faster
Put my coat on faster
Leave my girls no faster
I should've left my phone at home
'cause this is a disaster
Calling like a collector
Sorry I cannot answer
It's not that I don't like you, I'm just at a party
And I am sick and tired of my phone ri-ri-n-ging
Sometimes I feel like I live in Grand Central Station
Tonight I'm not takin' no calls
'cause I'll be dancing
Tonight I'm not takin' no calls
'cause I'll be dancing
[CHORUS]
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna think anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna talk anymore
I got my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna think anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna talk anymore
I got my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop telephonin' me
I'm busy
Stop telephonin' me
You can call if you want but there's no-one home
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
My telephone
My-my-my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
My telephone
My-my-my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
We're sorry
We're sorry
The number you have reached
Is not in service at this time
Please check the number, or try your call again
You called, I can't hear a thing
I have got no service in the club you see-see
What-what-wha-a-at did you say, huh?
You're you breaking up on me
Sorry I cannot hear you, I'm kinda busy
K-kinda busy
K-kinda busy
Sorry I cannot hear you, I'm kinda busy
Just a second it's my favorite song they're gonna play
And I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh?
You should've made some plans with me
You knew that I was free
And now you won't stop calling me
I'm kinda busy
[CHORUS]
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna think anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna talk anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop telephonin' me
I'm busy
Stop telephonin' me
You can call all you want, but there's no-one home
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone [x2]
[Beyonce]
Boy, the way you're blowin' up my phone
Won't make me leave no faster
Put my coat on faster
Leave my girls no faster
I should've left my phone at home
'cause this is a disaster
Calling like a collector
Sorry I cannot answer
It's not that I don't like you, I'm just at a party
And I am sick and tired of my phone ri-ri-n-ging
Sometimes I feel like I live in Grand Central Station
Tonight I'm not takin' no calls
'cause I'll be dancing
Tonight I'm not takin' no calls
'cause I'll be dancing
[CHORUS]
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna think anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna talk anymore
I got my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna think anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna talk anymore
I got my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop telephonin' me
I'm busy
Stop telephonin' me
You can call if you want but there's no-one home
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
My telephone
My-my-my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
My telephone
My-my-my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
We're sorry
We're sorry
The number you have reached
Is not in service at this time
Please check the number, or try your call again
Lyrics submitted by Cerulean_Blu, edited by Loranys
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It's the "Fear of Suffocation", she's so busy with "work" she feels suffocated from all the phone calls and things she has to do. She cannot go out and have a good time without someone calling her or having to do work. "Stop calling, I don't wanna think anymore. I left my hand and my heart on the dancefloor." So basically she's not answering her phone cause she wants one night of peace to have fun without any interruptions...sadly this was the only song off the Fame Monster that she didn't perform live during her concert, yet.
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Sorry if that bit didn't make any sense. I'm not too good at explaining my thoughts. lol
Great song!
Not sure if it's intended or not - but in the middle of it, "I'm busy" almost sounds like "I'm Beyoncé" - LOVE it
this song is amazzzzzzing! very dancey and a great mix of talented ladies.
I think this is her replacement of "Dirty Ice Cream" or a "Dirty Ice Cream part. 2" coz again, she wants him to stop calling but it's like it's happening again after the first time (the first time was "Dirty Ice Cream")
ha. i think u may be right...
the lyric is actually "I got my head and my heart on the dance floor"
but i like this song alot, it's grown on me alot.
I see it as showing the bad side of fame/exposure. Being so caught up in having a good time in the limelight, that you forget about your loved ones.
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dude i love this song! like omg im sooooo playing this song at my future wedding!
that'll be one catchy wedding!! i'm sure lady gaga would be thrilled to know!! :)
She won't answer her phone.
I believe that in this song the "Telephone" she keeps mentioning in her thoughts is her conscience. They're her thoughts constantly reminding her to work and work because she's a person that is always working and it's a daily routine for her and when she finally decides to get off her daily routine she can't enjoy it. She tries to go out to party for once but that ringing of the telephone just won't leave her alone and it keeps remaining her, almost suffocating her. She feels suffocated from all the phone calls and things she has to do that she cannot go out and have good times without someone calling her or having to do work.