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"
Frog: Watch the Frog:
Me: What frog?
Frog: Oh.
Me: That's right.
Frog: It ain't the frog without Me:
Me: Heck, it ain't a network anymore.
Frog: What?
Me: You didn't hear the news?
Frog: I was fired in 2005. What happened?
Me: The WB folded last year.
Frog: They deserved it.
Me: Damn right. Nobody watched it anymore.
Frog: Nobody?
Me: Oh. I watched Charmed last year.
Frog: I thought you were scared of Alyssa Milano.
Me: No. It's Holly Marie Combs that scares Me.
Frog: Why?
Me: She could wrestle Hulk Hogan.
Frog: So you wrote an Alyssa Milano waltz?
Me: For Stupid Audio 3.0
Frog: I know. I was one of the 27 people who bought your CD.
Me: Thanks.
Frog: You're welcome:
Me: Whatcha been up to?
Frog: Not much since UPN folded last year.
Me: You were going to be the UPN frog?
Frog: I was for 2006 until it ... um ... croaked without Me:
Me: I'm glad WWE Smackdown made it to the CW.
Frog: Isn't that the Hee Haw Network?
Me: CW. What a stupid name:
Frog: They should reverse the letters.
Me: Why?
Frog: Because the shows are so crappy, they should call it the W-C!
Me: I heard that the WC can seat 15,000
Frog: Not all at once.
Me: Did you see Veronica Mars?
Frog: No, but I saw Suzy Saturn.
Me: Was she driving a ... Mercury?
Frog: Yes, and eating a Mars bar.
Me: Did she have the body of a Venus?
Frog: Yea, and her headlights were a big a Jupiter.
Me: Bet you she could have named that Nep...Tune.
Frog: Suzy should give me a ring sometime:
Me: So the WB Plutoed you two years ago?
Frog: Big mistake.
Me: So when you got fired from the WB, did you show them your...
Uranus?
Frog: CW sucks too. I'll try working for ABC.
Me: Forget it. It's a Mickey Mouse network.
Frog: Run by Goofy?
Me: They already have a Frog. They bought Kermit a few years ago.
Frog: Any other networks?
Me: NBC.
Frog: Nobody's watching it anymore. How about CBS?
Me: Too old.
Frog: Fox?
Me: A toad by the name of Rupert Murdoch is running it.
Frog: My Network TV.
Me: Too dumb of a name.
Frog: ION?
Me: Too weird of nane.
Frog: What should I do?
Me: Work for Apple.
Frog: Why?
Me: They're working on an .. iPad.
Frog: Very funny.
Me: Work for the presidential elections.
Frog: Why?
Me: At least you'll be employed on .. leap years.
Frog: OK. One more pun and you'll be sorry.
Me: Why? I didn't mean to ... ribbit in.
Frog: That does it!
Me: What are you going to do?
Frog: I'm going to tell you.
Me: OK. Go ahead.
Frog: I'm going to go crazy.
Me: You can't do that.
Frog: Why not?
Me: That act was already taken.
Frog: By who?
Crazy Frog: noises.
Me: That's who.
Frog: That jerk ruined my life.
Me: How?
Frog: I was this close to doing a ringtone, but the labels told me to...
Me: Hop on outta here!
Frog: And they signed the Crazy Frog instead?
Me: Yea.
Frog: That frog sucks.
Me: He had a few hit records in 2005.
Frog: I used to sing back in the day when people once sang real songs.
Me: Why can't you sing anymore?
Frog: Because I got a ... person ... in my throat.
Me: It's a good thing they didn't sign you.
Frog: Why?
Me: Because the Crazy Frog is now a has-been singer.
Frog: He was a one-hit wonder anyway.
Me: It got some airplay on DFSX.
Frog: You're kidding.
Me: It's true.
Frog: Can I work for you?
Me: No.
Frog: I need a job.
Me: DFSX has shut down.
Frog: Why?
Me: I sold it to Clear Channel, and they took it Top 40.
Frog: Why did you sell it?
Me: I thought they could deal with Sound Exchange and that
moron John Simson better, but the company dumped the comedy
music format after they bought it.
Frog: Clear Channel and Sound Exchange suck.
Me: Sure does.
Frog: Those bastards!
Me: Anything on TV?
Frog: I like South Park.
Me: Family Guy.
Frog: Simpsons.
Me: Robot Chicken.
Frog: Aqua Teen.
Me: King of the Hill
Frog: The Venture Brothers
Me: Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law
Frog: Squidbillies.
Me: 12 Ounce Mouse.
Frog: Futurama.
Me: American Dad.
Frog: Sealab 2021
Me: Space Ghost
Frog: Your Space Ghost song sucked.
Me: So does anything sung by Paris Hilton.
Frog: At least she's hot.
Me: Jessica Alba is way hotter.
Frog: Keira Knightly is the hottest hot in the world.
Me: No, she isn't.
Frog: Yes, she is.
Me: Isn't.
Frog: Is.
Me: Isn't.
Frog: Is, is, is, is, is, and is!
Me: Alright. Have it your way.
Frog: I told you so.
Me. So how are we going to end this sketch?
Frog: I don't know.
Me. Let's go to my bar.
Frog: I could use a drink.
Me: I have four rows of drinks.
Frog: What are they?
Me: Let's see, we have booze on first,
Bud's on second, a wine row's on third...
Frog: So what's on the fourth row?
Me: I dunno.
Both: THIRD BASE!
Me: What frog?
Frog: Oh.
Me: That's right.
Frog: It ain't the frog without Me:
Me: Heck, it ain't a network anymore.
Frog: What?
Me: You didn't hear the news?
Frog: I was fired in 2005. What happened?
Me: The WB folded last year.
Frog: They deserved it.
Me: Damn right. Nobody watched it anymore.
Frog: Nobody?
Me: Oh. I watched Charmed last year.
Frog: I thought you were scared of Alyssa Milano.
Me: No. It's Holly Marie Combs that scares Me.
Frog: Why?
Me: She could wrestle Hulk Hogan.
Frog: So you wrote an Alyssa Milano waltz?
Me: For Stupid Audio 3.0
Frog: I know. I was one of the 27 people who bought your CD.
Me: Thanks.
Frog: You're welcome:
Me: Whatcha been up to?
Frog: Not much since UPN folded last year.
Me: You were going to be the UPN frog?
Frog: I was for 2006 until it ... um ... croaked without Me:
Me: I'm glad WWE Smackdown made it to the CW.
Frog: Isn't that the Hee Haw Network?
Me: CW. What a stupid name:
Frog: They should reverse the letters.
Me: Why?
Frog: Because the shows are so crappy, they should call it the W-C!
Me: I heard that the WC can seat 15,000
Frog: Not all at once.
Me: Did you see Veronica Mars?
Frog: No, but I saw Suzy Saturn.
Me: Was she driving a ... Mercury?
Frog: Yes, and eating a Mars bar.
Me: Did she have the body of a Venus?
Frog: Yea, and her headlights were a big a Jupiter.
Me: Bet you she could have named that Nep...Tune.
Frog: Suzy should give me a ring sometime:
Me: So the WB Plutoed you two years ago?
Frog: Big mistake.
Me: So when you got fired from the WB, did you show them your...
Uranus?
Frog: CW sucks too. I'll try working for ABC.
Me: Forget it. It's a Mickey Mouse network.
Frog: Run by Goofy?
Me: They already have a Frog. They bought Kermit a few years ago.
Frog: Any other networks?
Me: NBC.
Frog: Nobody's watching it anymore. How about CBS?
Me: Too old.
Frog: Fox?
Me: A toad by the name of Rupert Murdoch is running it.
Frog: My Network TV.
Me: Too dumb of a name.
Frog: ION?
Me: Too weird of nane.
Frog: What should I do?
Me: Work for Apple.
Frog: Why?
Me: They're working on an .. iPad.
Frog: Very funny.
Me: Work for the presidential elections.
Frog: Why?
Me: At least you'll be employed on .. leap years.
Frog: OK. One more pun and you'll be sorry.
Me: Why? I didn't mean to ... ribbit in.
Frog: That does it!
Me: What are you going to do?
Frog: I'm going to tell you.
Me: OK. Go ahead.
Frog: I'm going to go crazy.
Me: You can't do that.
Frog: Why not?
Me: That act was already taken.
Frog: By who?
Crazy Frog: noises.
Me: That's who.
Frog: That jerk ruined my life.
Me: How?
Frog: I was this close to doing a ringtone, but the labels told me to...
Me: Hop on outta here!
Frog: And they signed the Crazy Frog instead?
Me: Yea.
Frog: That frog sucks.
Me: He had a few hit records in 2005.
Frog: I used to sing back in the day when people once sang real songs.
Me: Why can't you sing anymore?
Frog: Because I got a ... person ... in my throat.
Me: It's a good thing they didn't sign you.
Frog: Why?
Me: Because the Crazy Frog is now a has-been singer.
Frog: He was a one-hit wonder anyway.
Me: It got some airplay on DFSX.
Frog: You're kidding.
Me: It's true.
Frog: Can I work for you?
Me: No.
Frog: I need a job.
Me: DFSX has shut down.
Frog: Why?
Me: I sold it to Clear Channel, and they took it Top 40.
Frog: Why did you sell it?
Me: I thought they could deal with Sound Exchange and that
moron John Simson better, but the company dumped the comedy
music format after they bought it.
Frog: Clear Channel and Sound Exchange suck.
Me: Sure does.
Frog: Those bastards!
Me: Anything on TV?
Frog: I like South Park.
Me: Family Guy.
Frog: Simpsons.
Me: Robot Chicken.
Frog: Aqua Teen.
Me: King of the Hill
Frog: The Venture Brothers
Me: Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law
Frog: Squidbillies.
Me: 12 Ounce Mouse.
Frog: Futurama.
Me: American Dad.
Frog: Sealab 2021
Me: Space Ghost
Frog: Your Space Ghost song sucked.
Me: So does anything sung by Paris Hilton.
Frog: At least she's hot.
Me: Jessica Alba is way hotter.
Frog: Keira Knightly is the hottest hot in the world.
Me: No, she isn't.
Frog: Yes, she is.
Me: Isn't.
Frog: Is.
Me: Isn't.
Frog: Is, is, is, is, is, and is!
Me: Alright. Have it your way.
Frog: I told you so.
Me. So how are we going to end this sketch?
Frog: I don't know.
Me. Let's go to my bar.
Frog: I could use a drink.
Me: I have four rows of drinks.
Frog: What are they?
Me: Let's see, we have booze on first,
Bud's on second, a wine row's on third...
Frog: So what's on the fourth row?
Me: I dunno.
Both: THIRD BASE!
Lyrics submitted by JohnnyLurg
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