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"
I know you come a long way, baby
But you don't need
That heart of stone, no
To prove that you can
Do it, do it, baby
You can make it on your own
But you can't keep
Running away from love
Cause the first one
Let you down, no, no, no
And though others
Try to satisfy you, baby
With me, true love
Can still be found
Love can still be found
(The second time around) ooh
The second time is
So much better, baby
(The second time around)
And I make it better
Than the first time
You know I really love you
And I paid for my mistakes
Yes, I did, girl
The more I try to
Hide my feelings, baby
This old heart gets in the way
And love won't let me wait
(The second time around)
Girl, believe me
It's better than the first time
(The second time around)
Let's do it one more time
Say it again
(The second time around)
All that I've been through
I'd do it again
Just as long as I'm with you
(The second time around)
Aah, the second time
I'll make it so good to you, baby
I'll make it so good to you
Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Talking bout the second time
Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Talking bout the second time
You can't keep running away from love
Cause the first one let you down
And though others try
To satisfy you, baby
With me, true love
Can still be found
(The second time around)
Gonna keep you mine
The second time, baby
(The second time around)
I'll know what to do just
As long as I'm with you
(The second time around)
Do it one more time, say it again
But you don't need
That heart of stone, no
To prove that you can
Do it, do it, baby
You can make it on your own
But you can't keep
Running away from love
Cause the first one
Let you down, no, no, no
And though others
Try to satisfy you, baby
With me, true love
Can still be found
Love can still be found
(The second time around) ooh
The second time is
So much better, baby
(The second time around)
And I make it better
Than the first time
You know I really love you
And I paid for my mistakes
Yes, I did, girl
The more I try to
Hide my feelings, baby
This old heart gets in the way
And love won't let me wait
(The second time around)
Girl, believe me
It's better than the first time
(The second time around)
Let's do it one more time
Say it again
(The second time around)
All that I've been through
I'd do it again
Just as long as I'm with you
(The second time around)
Aah, the second time
I'll make it so good to you, baby
I'll make it so good to you
Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Talking bout the second time
Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Not like the first time
(Not like the first time)
Talking bout the second time
You can't keep running away from love
Cause the first one let you down
And though others try
To satisfy you, baby
With me, true love
Can still be found
(The second time around)
Gonna keep you mine
The second time, baby
(The second time around)
I'll know what to do just
As long as I'm with you
(The second time around)
Do it one more time, say it again
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The Second Time Around Lyrics as written by William Shelby Leon Iii Sylvers
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