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"
[Ooh...]
Yo', baby, you ready to let the games begin
(Uh...uh...huh...)
[Ooh, baby]
Huh, 'cause I'm ready
(Yeah...hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, mmm)
Well, then mark, get set, here we go
Check it
Girl, I want you do stay
So we can play this little game we play
You go hide and I will seek
Let me be the one to make you weak [Yeah, baby]
Boy, I really want to stay
And play that little game you play [Come on]
But you go hide and let me seek
Let me be the one to make you weak
Ah, yeah
First verse
I'm thinkin' about you
Everyday
Got me feelin' kinda freaky
Girl, why you want to leave me that way
Boy, I don't want to leave you
So I'll stay for a little while
But we play by my rules
'Cause bein' loose just ain't my style, no, no, no, no
Girl, I want you do stay
So we can play this little game we play
You go hide and I will seek
Let me be the one to make you weak
Boy, I really want to stay
And play that little game you play
But you go hide and let me seek
Let me be the one to make you weak
Oh, so you know ride things (Mmm, hmm)
Well, that's cool with me
You better know what you're doin' (I know)
Girl, now my heart wants to believe (Woo...), come on
Talk is cheap [Yeah], let's get right to it [Ooh, baby]
Let the fun and games begin
Boy, I'm ready to do it
Girl, I want you do stay (I want to stay)
So we can play this little game we play (But we must play it my way)
You go hide and I will seek
Let me be the one to make you weak
Boy, I really want to stay
And play that little game you play
But you go hide and let me seek
Let me be the one to make you weak
It's your move, baby [It's your move, baby]
So show me what you got [Show me what you got]
'Cause when it's my turn [?Cause when it's my turn]
The game is gonna get hot
I like what you're sayin'
Boy, it sounds real good, real good
But are you ready for a real woman
To test your manhood
This little game that we play [Yeah, baby, it's my game]
This little game that we play [But you gotta play by my rules]
This little game that we play [Come on]
It's just a little game that we play [Just one lil' game real quick, let's go]
Baby, don't start if you think you can't finish
'Cause you're bad if you think you're gonna win this
Give it your best shot [Yeah], give me all you've got [Oh]
Guarantee to make you hot [Make me hot, baby, oh]
I want to play this game with you [I want to play this game with you]
But don't be no fool [Yes, I do]
You've gotta play by my rules
Girl, I hope you do stay
So we can play this little game we play
You go hide and I will seek
Let me be the one to make you weak
Girl, I hope you do stay
So we can play this little game we play
You go hide and I will seek
Let me be the one to make you weak
Yo', baby, you ready to let the games begin
(Uh...uh...huh...)
[Ooh, baby]
Huh, 'cause I'm ready
(Yeah...hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, mmm)
Well, then mark, get set, here we go
Check it
Girl, I want you do stay
So we can play this little game we play
You go hide and I will seek
Let me be the one to make you weak [Yeah, baby]
Boy, I really want to stay
And play that little game you play [Come on]
But you go hide and let me seek
Let me be the one to make you weak
Ah, yeah
First verse
I'm thinkin' about you
Everyday
Got me feelin' kinda freaky
Girl, why you want to leave me that way
Boy, I don't want to leave you
So I'll stay for a little while
But we play by my rules
'Cause bein' loose just ain't my style, no, no, no, no
Girl, I want you do stay
So we can play this little game we play
You go hide and I will seek
Let me be the one to make you weak
Boy, I really want to stay
And play that little game you play
But you go hide and let me seek
Let me be the one to make you weak
Oh, so you know ride things (Mmm, hmm)
Well, that's cool with me
You better know what you're doin' (I know)
Girl, now my heart wants to believe (Woo...), come on
Talk is cheap [Yeah], let's get right to it [Ooh, baby]
Let the fun and games begin
Boy, I'm ready to do it
Girl, I want you do stay (I want to stay)
So we can play this little game we play (But we must play it my way)
You go hide and I will seek
Let me be the one to make you weak
Boy, I really want to stay
And play that little game you play
But you go hide and let me seek
Let me be the one to make you weak
It's your move, baby [It's your move, baby]
So show me what you got [Show me what you got]
'Cause when it's my turn [?Cause when it's my turn]
The game is gonna get hot
I like what you're sayin'
Boy, it sounds real good, real good
But are you ready for a real woman
To test your manhood
This little game that we play [Yeah, baby, it's my game]
This little game that we play [But you gotta play by my rules]
This little game that we play [Come on]
It's just a little game that we play [Just one lil' game real quick, let's go]
Baby, don't start if you think you can't finish
'Cause you're bad if you think you're gonna win this
Give it your best shot [Yeah], give me all you've got [Oh]
Guarantee to make you hot [Make me hot, baby, oh]
I want to play this game with you [I want to play this game with you]
But don't be no fool [Yes, I do]
You've gotta play by my rules
Girl, I hope you do stay
So we can play this little game we play
You go hide and I will seek
Let me be the one to make you weak
Girl, I hope you do stay
So we can play this little game we play
You go hide and I will seek
Let me be the one to make you weak
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This Lil' Game We Play Lyrics as written by Edwin Lamar Nicholas Gerald Edward Levert
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