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"
Well I hope this moment will never be over
'Cause that's when I know I'm gonna have to regret
All of the disgusting things that I said
Because I've got a dirty mind and I've got to get it off my chest
So I know I'm not making the best of impressions
That was a lie when I said I didn't know how I was dressing
And I guess love does that to us all
Well it's gonna be my ass if I ever have to fall, but right now it'll be love
And it's gonna push me up against the wall
But I'm gonna try so hard not to look like a drunken fool
But by the time I get the nerve up, you'll think that it's just the booze
And I know you're down and out I must be too if I am here with you
But I knew that I was Crazy alone and I'm just Crazy for you
Uh huh
Well I want to get with you and I am sure you will enjoy it
Well the next time I'm drinking that cheap, stale, red wine
Yeah it's when I know I'm gonna do it again
I'd take a vow of silence, but then
The next time I see you alone I probably won't be holding anything in.
But I'm gonna try so hard not to look like a drunken fool
But by the time I get the nerve up, you'll think that it's just the booze
And I know you're down and out I must be too if I am here with you
But I knew that I was Crazy alone and I'm just Crazy for you
So, be ready
Cause I know you're scared of me now
Honey wait till I get out
Be ready
'Cause I want you
Yes I do
So I hope this moment will never be over
'Cause honey I know you won't like to think about it later when you're sober
But I just cannot get you out of my head
Honey you should be like a dog at the foot of my bed
And you will never be lonely again, well you heard what I said
But I'm gonna try so hard not to look like a drunken fool
But we've been drinking together too long, so what should I do?
Now I know you're down and out, I must be out of my head to love you
But I do, and I knew that I was Crazy alone and I'm just Crazy for you
So be ready
'Cause I know you're scared of me
Maybe you should be baby
'Cause I'm Crazy
'Cause that's when I know I'm gonna have to regret
All of the disgusting things that I said
Because I've got a dirty mind and I've got to get it off my chest
So I know I'm not making the best of impressions
That was a lie when I said I didn't know how I was dressing
And I guess love does that to us all
Well it's gonna be my ass if I ever have to fall, but right now it'll be love
And it's gonna push me up against the wall
But I'm gonna try so hard not to look like a drunken fool
But by the time I get the nerve up, you'll think that it's just the booze
And I know you're down and out I must be too if I am here with you
But I knew that I was Crazy alone and I'm just Crazy for you
Uh huh
Well I want to get with you and I am sure you will enjoy it
Well the next time I'm drinking that cheap, stale, red wine
Yeah it's when I know I'm gonna do it again
I'd take a vow of silence, but then
The next time I see you alone I probably won't be holding anything in.
But I'm gonna try so hard not to look like a drunken fool
But by the time I get the nerve up, you'll think that it's just the booze
And I know you're down and out I must be too if I am here with you
But I knew that I was Crazy alone and I'm just Crazy for you
So, be ready
Cause I know you're scared of me now
Honey wait till I get out
Be ready
'Cause I want you
Yes I do
So I hope this moment will never be over
'Cause honey I know you won't like to think about it later when you're sober
But I just cannot get you out of my head
Honey you should be like a dog at the foot of my bed
And you will never be lonely again, well you heard what I said
But I'm gonna try so hard not to look like a drunken fool
But we've been drinking together too long, so what should I do?
Now I know you're down and out, I must be out of my head to love you
But I do, and I knew that I was Crazy alone and I'm just Crazy for you
So be ready
'Cause I know you're scared of me
Maybe you should be baby
'Cause I'm Crazy
Lyrics submitted by dmwhalen41, edited by dscarter7, tspalmer19
Crazy Lyrics as written by Willie Nelson
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, O/B/O DistroKid
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