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"
What is this news you've got to tell me?
Girl, what has got you so excited?
Why would you call me on my job
When I'm right in the middle of writin??
See you've got this look upon your face
Spit it out girl I just cannot wait
To get whatever it is up out of you
So tell me girl, what it do?
I'll give you a hint, it crawls ?fore it walks
In a couple of years it begins to talk
And it makes us so happy
Girl, are you tellin' me?
I'm havin? a baby
Oh, I'm so happy
I'm havin? a baby
And I'm so glad to be that baby's daddy
I'm havin? a baby
A little girl, a little boy, a little you, a little me
I'm havin? a baby
Girl, it doesn't matter as long as it's healthy
While I can't believe I'm gonna be a father
In nine months a child will be born
Baby, you're pregnant in April
Which means we're havin? a Capricorn
I'm so glad to be a part of this
?Cause girl a child is heaven sent
This is a blessing to me
To have you with my seed
I'm havin? a baby
Girl, I'm so glad that
I'm havin? a baby
And I'm so proud to be that baby's daddy
I'm havin? a baby
A little girl, a little boy, a little you, a little me
I'm havin? a baby
Girl, it doesn't matter just as long as it's healthy
Girl, you got me starin? at you from head to toe
When I look at you, it's like you've got this glow
So much respect I've got for you
Girl, since you've told me this good news
Ever since you told me I love you more
Girl, what I feel is so spiritual
And baby our lives has been changed
Now I want you to have my last name!
I'm havin? a baby
Girl, I'm so glad
I'm havin? a baby
And I'm so proud to be that baby's daddy
I'm havin? a baby
Said, a little boy, a little girl, a little you, a little me
I'm havin? a baby
Girl, it doesn't matter
And now here it is nine months later
I'm havin? a baby
(Push)
I want you to
(Push)
I need ya to
(Push)
Come on baby
(Push)
Push!
I'm havin? a baby
(Push)
Push
(Push)
I'm right here
(Push)
Hold my hand
(Push)
I'm havin? a baby
(Push)
Baby push
(Push)
Breathe!
(Push)
You're almost there
(Push)
I'm havin? a baby
(Push)
I love ya
(Push)
Push
(Push)
Push
(Push)
I'm havin? a baby
(Push)
Hey! Girl, I can see it
(Push)
It's like a dream
(Push)
A miracle
(Push)
A child unto me
I'm havin? a baby
(Push)
A baby boy
(Push)
A Robert Jr.
(Push)
Thank you God
(Push)
I'm havin? a baby
Girl, what has got you so excited?
Why would you call me on my job
When I'm right in the middle of writin??
See you've got this look upon your face
Spit it out girl I just cannot wait
To get whatever it is up out of you
So tell me girl, what it do?
I'll give you a hint, it crawls ?fore it walks
In a couple of years it begins to talk
And it makes us so happy
Girl, are you tellin' me?
I'm havin? a baby
Oh, I'm so happy
I'm havin? a baby
And I'm so glad to be that baby's daddy
I'm havin? a baby
A little girl, a little boy, a little you, a little me
I'm havin? a baby
Girl, it doesn't matter as long as it's healthy
While I can't believe I'm gonna be a father
In nine months a child will be born
Baby, you're pregnant in April
Which means we're havin? a Capricorn
I'm so glad to be a part of this
?Cause girl a child is heaven sent
This is a blessing to me
To have you with my seed
I'm havin? a baby
Girl, I'm so glad that
I'm havin? a baby
And I'm so proud to be that baby's daddy
I'm havin? a baby
A little girl, a little boy, a little you, a little me
I'm havin? a baby
Girl, it doesn't matter just as long as it's healthy
Girl, you got me starin? at you from head to toe
When I look at you, it's like you've got this glow
So much respect I've got for you
Girl, since you've told me this good news
Ever since you told me I love you more
Girl, what I feel is so spiritual
And baby our lives has been changed
Now I want you to have my last name!
I'm havin? a baby
Girl, I'm so glad
I'm havin? a baby
And I'm so proud to be that baby's daddy
I'm havin? a baby
Said, a little boy, a little girl, a little you, a little me
I'm havin? a baby
Girl, it doesn't matter
And now here it is nine months later
I'm havin? a baby
(Push)
I want you to
(Push)
I need ya to
(Push)
Come on baby
(Push)
Push!
I'm havin? a baby
(Push)
Push
(Push)
I'm right here
(Push)
Hold my hand
(Push)
I'm havin? a baby
(Push)
Baby push
(Push)
Breathe!
(Push)
You're almost there
(Push)
I'm havin? a baby
(Push)
I love ya
(Push)
Push
(Push)
Push
(Push)
I'm havin? a baby
(Push)
Hey! Girl, I can see it
(Push)
It's like a dream
(Push)
A miracle
(Push)
A child unto me
I'm havin? a baby
(Push)
A baby boy
(Push)
A Robert Jr.
(Push)
Thank you God
(Push)
I'm havin? a baby
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