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"
What if I kissed you right now?
How would we explain it?
Trying to imagine how it might sound if I just yelled out
What if I kissed you right now?
Would it bring us any closer?
Take the weight off of our shoulder
Take me I'm yours
And I don't really care who knows it
Can we afford to, that open with all these emotions
If we were a secret, how long could you keep it?
Keep it to yourself, don't tell nobody else
Something away, away
With you, you
And you just be mine (just be mine)
And you just be mine, all mine
And you'd just be mine (just, just be mine)
And you just be mine, all mine
What if I kissed you right now?
Would it bring us any closer
Take the weight off of our shoulder
Tell on me
I don't mind cause if they ask me about it, I won't lie
Admit that I'm yours
I don't really care who knows it
But can we afford to be that open with all of these emotions
If we were a secret, tell me, could you keep it?
Keep it to yourself, don't tell nobody else
Never around, something away, away
With you, you
Just be mine (just be mine)
And you just be mine, all mine
And you just be mine (just, just be mine)
And you'd just be mine, all mine
What if I kissed you right now?
What if I kissed you right now?
Just be mine
And you just be mine, all mine
And you just be mine
And you just be mine, oh
Just be mine
And you just be mine, all mine
And you just be mine
And you just be mine, oh, yeah
If we were a secret, tell me, could you keep it?
Keep it to yourself, don't tell nobody else
Let them all think
Something I've been
And I've been only with you, you, you
Just be mine (just be mine)
And you just be mine, all mine
And you just be mine (just, just be mine)
And you just be mine, all mine, yeah
What if I kissed you right now?
How would we explain it?
Trying to imagine how it might sound if I just yelled out
What if I kissed you right now?
Would it bring us any closer?
Take the weight off of our shoulder
Take me I'm yours
And I don't really care who knows it
Can we afford to, that open with all these emotions
If we were a secret, how long could you keep it?
Keep it to yourself, don't tell nobody else
Something away, away
With you, you
And you just be mine (just be mine)
And you just be mine, all mine
And you'd just be mine (just, just be mine)
And you just be mine, all mine
What if I kissed you right now?
Would it bring us any closer
Take the weight off of our shoulder
Tell on me
I don't mind cause if they ask me about it, I won't lie
Admit that I'm yours
I don't really care who knows it
But can we afford to be that open with all of these emotions
If we were a secret, tell me, could you keep it?
Keep it to yourself, don't tell nobody else
Never around, something away, away
With you, you
Just be mine (just be mine)
And you just be mine, all mine
And you just be mine (just, just be mine)
And you'd just be mine, all mine
What if I kissed you right now?
What if I kissed you right now?
Just be mine
And you just be mine, all mine
And you just be mine
And you just be mine, oh
Just be mine
And you just be mine, all mine
And you just be mine
And you just be mine, oh, yeah
If we were a secret, tell me, could you keep it?
Keep it to yourself, don't tell nobody else
Let them all think
Something I've been
And I've been only with you, you, you
Just be mine (just be mine)
And you just be mine, all mine
And you just be mine (just, just be mine)
And you just be mine, all mine, yeah
What if I kissed you right now?
Lyrics submitted by Keykeykinszx3
What If I Kissed You Lyrics as written by Aubrey Drake Graham
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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