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"
Lights on, stage set
I guess I gotta put on a show again
'Cause everyone's waiting
Females, fly jets
When I turn the radio on
I hear all my songs playing, yeah
Whatever money can buy
I probably got it
That's real talk, yeah
I see my name in the sky all over the world
And I just sit hear saying, lucky me
I gotta pose for the cameras
Even when my world's falling down
I still wear a smile
Lucky me
Even though I'm so damaged
I gotta pick myself up and perform for the crowd
Lucky me
Plenty of my loved ones wanna be stars
'Cause nobody said it would be so hard
Wouldn't put this on no one else
Yeah, lucky me
So exclusive
I don't have to wait in the line
It's like the club is mine now
If it was only that simple
Then what I'm saying is easy to do
And we know that's not true
Whatever money can buy
I probably got it
That's real talk, yeah
I see my name in the sky all over the world
And I just sit hear saying, lucky me
I gotta pose for the cameras
Even when my world's falling down
I still wear a smile
Lucky me
Even though I'm so damaged
I gotta pick myself up and perform for the crowd
Lucky me
Complaining to my loved ones I wanna be a star
But no one ever told me it would be so hard
I wouldn't put this on no one else
Yeah, lucky me
My dream and it's my heart
The life of being a star
You don't even know how hard it is, do you, yeah
Now I'm thankfully for everything
And I'm finally becoming a man
Now I gotta bigger a show to do
Lucky me
I gotta pose for the cameras
Even when my world's falling down
I still wear a smile
Lucky me
Even though I'm so damaged
I gotta pick myself up and perform for the crowd
Lucky me
Complaining to my loved ones I wanna be a star
But no one ever told me it would be so hard
I wouldn't put this on no one else
Yeah, lucky me
I guess I gotta put on a show again
'Cause everyone's waiting
Females, fly jets
When I turn the radio on
I hear all my songs playing, yeah
Whatever money can buy
I probably got it
That's real talk, yeah
I see my name in the sky all over the world
And I just sit hear saying, lucky me
I gotta pose for the cameras
Even when my world's falling down
I still wear a smile
Lucky me
Even though I'm so damaged
I gotta pick myself up and perform for the crowd
Lucky me
Plenty of my loved ones wanna be stars
'Cause nobody said it would be so hard
Wouldn't put this on no one else
Yeah, lucky me
So exclusive
I don't have to wait in the line
It's like the club is mine now
If it was only that simple
Then what I'm saying is easy to do
And we know that's not true
Whatever money can buy
I probably got it
That's real talk, yeah
I see my name in the sky all over the world
And I just sit hear saying, lucky me
I gotta pose for the cameras
Even when my world's falling down
I still wear a smile
Lucky me
Even though I'm so damaged
I gotta pick myself up and perform for the crowd
Lucky me
Complaining to my loved ones I wanna be a star
But no one ever told me it would be so hard
I wouldn't put this on no one else
Yeah, lucky me
My dream and it's my heart
The life of being a star
You don't even know how hard it is, do you, yeah
Now I'm thankfully for everything
And I'm finally becoming a man
Now I gotta bigger a show to do
Lucky me
I gotta pose for the cameras
Even when my world's falling down
I still wear a smile
Lucky me
Even though I'm so damaged
I gotta pick myself up and perform for the crowd
Lucky me
Complaining to my loved ones I wanna be a star
But no one ever told me it would be so hard
I wouldn't put this on no one else
Yeah, lucky me
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When I first heard this song, I haven't really sat down and actually LISTEN to he words. I just thought, "Oh greatttt, another slow love sappy song most likely talking about Rihanna." but in reality, it's such a beautiful song speaking about fame.
In this song, he's basically being sarcastic about how awesome being famous is while it also has it's down falls as well. He's talking about all the perks of being famous like the girls, the paparazzi, the big shows, the fans, the material things, the money, etc. However, even though he has "it all" that doesn't take away from the fact that he's hurting inside and goes through pain. No matter how rich or famous you are, money doesn't buy you happiness. He's saying "Lucky me" because that's how everyone on the outside see's his life as, everyone thinks he's so lucky to be famous and have the nice cars, clothes, and houses but Chris is responding by saying that "Yes, I am famous and I have everything you could ever wish for but that doesn't mean that I'm not human and I don't have feelings. I still go through pain just like everyone else."