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"
My baby, there's something you should know
About me, before you propose
Although we have know each other for quite a while
Whenever you need me
I'm gonna try to make it through to you
But I'm not always ready to
When you are not watching
I prepare myself for you
But I worry that I might have been misunderstood
I gotta tell you
I wanna tell you
I can be lazy
but I'll try not to
Maybe I'm not a very honest person
Right now you're sure that you love me
But are you really sure that you know all about me
Up and down and down, down, down, down we go
My baby, a lot could happen before tomorrow
Think about the pain before you take another dose
Who knows if it could be good for you after all
Whatever you give me I'm gonna try to give you something new
Not something you've already chewed
When you are not watching
I prepare myself for you
Because this could be good
What's bugging you
I gotta tell you
I wanna tell you
I can be crazy when I don't want to, oh
Maybe I'm not a very honest person
What if I don't want a baby yet
Is it okay if I'm not cute and naive
Up and down and down, down, down, down we go
This could be good
So I gotta tell you
I wanna tell you
You can be shady
Whatcha goin' through?
Maybe you're not a very honest person
You say you're sure that you love me
How could that be when you keep so much from me
Turn the tables 'round,'round and 'round we go
Right now you're sure that you love me
But are you really ready to know more about me
Up and down and down
'Round and 'round and 'round where do we go
About me, before you propose
Although we have know each other for quite a while
Whenever you need me
I'm gonna try to make it through to you
But I'm not always ready to
When you are not watching
I prepare myself for you
But I worry that I might have been misunderstood
I gotta tell you
I wanna tell you
I can be lazy
but I'll try not to
Maybe I'm not a very honest person
Right now you're sure that you love me
But are you really sure that you know all about me
Up and down and down, down, down, down we go
My baby, a lot could happen before tomorrow
Think about the pain before you take another dose
Who knows if it could be good for you after all
Whatever you give me I'm gonna try to give you something new
Not something you've already chewed
When you are not watching
I prepare myself for you
Because this could be good
What's bugging you
I gotta tell you
I wanna tell you
I can be crazy when I don't want to, oh
Maybe I'm not a very honest person
What if I don't want a baby yet
Is it okay if I'm not cute and naive
Up and down and down, down, down, down we go
This could be good
So I gotta tell you
I wanna tell you
You can be shady
Whatcha goin' through?
Maybe you're not a very honest person
You say you're sure that you love me
How could that be when you keep so much from me
Turn the tables 'round,'round and 'round we go
Right now you're sure that you love me
But are you really ready to know more about me
Up and down and down
'Round and 'round and 'round where do we go
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About Me Lyrics as written by Hikaru Utada
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