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"
Hey love
You say you need someone
To be there for you
To love you all night long
It's kinda funny but
I don't think you have to look no further
Because I'm right here
And I'm ready
To do all the things your man won't do
Tell me what kind of man
Would treat his woman so cold
Treat you like you're nothin'
When you're worth more than gold
Girl to me you're like a diamond
I love the way you shine
A hundred million dollar treasure
I'll give the world to make you mine
(La, la, la, la, la)
I'll put a string a pearls right in your hand
Make love on a beach of jet black sand
Outside in the rain we can do it all night
Out to tour the places he would not
And some you never knew would get you hot
Nothin' is forbidden when we touch
Baby, I want to do
All of the things your man won't do
I'll do them for you (Whoa)
Baby, I want to do (Hey)
All of (All of) the things your man won't do (Every little thing)
I'll do them for you (Yeah)
I'll take you out on a night cruise
On a yacht, just can't lose
'Cause we got a lot to look forward to
1-2, what ya gonna do
What good is a diamond nobody can see
I hear he got you on lock down
But I got the master key
(La, la, la, la, la)
I'll light a thousand candles all around
Show me to the subway, I'll go down
Nothin' can be sweeter than the sound of makin' love
Baby, when I start I just can't stop
I'll love you from the bottom to the top
Nothin' is forbidden when we touch
Baby (Baby), I want to do (Hey)
All of the things your man won't do (Every little)
I'll do them for you (Oh)
Baby, I want to do (I want to do, yeah)
All of the things your man won't do (Oh)
I'll do them for you (Yeah)
And oh, oh, yeah, yeah, oh, yeah
Oh
(La, la, la, la, la)
I'll light a thousand candles all around
Show me to the subway, I'll go down
Nothin' can be sweeter than the sound of makin' love
Baby, when I start I just can't stop
I'll love you from the bottom to the top
Nothin' is forbidden when we touch, ooh, yeah
Baby, I want to do (Oh)
All of the things your man won't do (I'm gonna, I'm gonna, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
I'll do them for you (Ho)
Sweet baby (Baby), I want to do (I want to do)
All of the things your man won't do (And oh, yeah)
I'll do them for you
Ooh, I got a Jones in my bones for you
There ain't a damn thing that I won't do
I'll make your body cream with my sex machine
I won't stop until I hear your mother scream
Baby, I want to do (I want to do)
All of the things your man won't do (Whoa, oh, oh, ho, ah, yeah, yeah, hm)
I'll do them for you
Baby, I want to do (Wanna do)
All of the things your man won't do (Yeah, whoa, whoa)
I'll do them for you (I want to do it for you, baby)
Sweet baby, I want to do
All of the (Oh, whoa) things your man won't do
I'll do them for you
Baby I want to do (Oh, yeah)
All of the things your man won't do (Oh, yeah)
I'll do them for you
Sweet baby, I want to do
All of the things your man won't do
I'll do them for you
You say you need someone
To be there for you
To love you all night long
It's kinda funny but
I don't think you have to look no further
Because I'm right here
And I'm ready
To do all the things your man won't do
Tell me what kind of man
Would treat his woman so cold
Treat you like you're nothin'
When you're worth more than gold
Girl to me you're like a diamond
I love the way you shine
A hundred million dollar treasure
I'll give the world to make you mine
(La, la, la, la, la)
I'll put a string a pearls right in your hand
Make love on a beach of jet black sand
Outside in the rain we can do it all night
Out to tour the places he would not
And some you never knew would get you hot
Nothin' is forbidden when we touch
Baby, I want to do
All of the things your man won't do
I'll do them for you (Whoa)
Baby, I want to do (Hey)
All of (All of) the things your man won't do (Every little thing)
I'll do them for you (Yeah)
I'll take you out on a night cruise
On a yacht, just can't lose
'Cause we got a lot to look forward to
1-2, what ya gonna do
What good is a diamond nobody can see
I hear he got you on lock down
But I got the master key
(La, la, la, la, la)
I'll light a thousand candles all around
Show me to the subway, I'll go down
Nothin' can be sweeter than the sound of makin' love
Baby, when I start I just can't stop
I'll love you from the bottom to the top
Nothin' is forbidden when we touch
Baby (Baby), I want to do (Hey)
All of the things your man won't do (Every little)
I'll do them for you (Oh)
Baby, I want to do (I want to do, yeah)
All of the things your man won't do (Oh)
I'll do them for you (Yeah)
And oh, oh, yeah, yeah, oh, yeah
Oh
(La, la, la, la, la)
I'll light a thousand candles all around
Show me to the subway, I'll go down
Nothin' can be sweeter than the sound of makin' love
Baby, when I start I just can't stop
I'll love you from the bottom to the top
Nothin' is forbidden when we touch, ooh, yeah
Baby, I want to do (Oh)
All of the things your man won't do (I'm gonna, I'm gonna, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
I'll do them for you (Ho)
Sweet baby (Baby), I want to do (I want to do)
All of the things your man won't do (And oh, yeah)
I'll do them for you
Ooh, I got a Jones in my bones for you
There ain't a damn thing that I won't do
I'll make your body cream with my sex machine
I won't stop until I hear your mother scream
Baby, I want to do (I want to do)
All of the things your man won't do (Whoa, oh, oh, ho, ah, yeah, yeah, hm)
I'll do them for you
Baby, I want to do (Wanna do)
All of the things your man won't do (Yeah, whoa, whoa)
I'll do them for you (I want to do it for you, baby)
Sweet baby, I want to do
All of the (Oh, whoa) things your man won't do
I'll do them for you
Baby I want to do (Oh, yeah)
All of the things your man won't do (Oh, yeah)
I'll do them for you
Sweet baby, I want to do
All of the things your man won't do
I'll do them for you
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