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"
When I was a little girl, I had a rag doll
Only doll I've ever owned
Well, I love you just the way I loved that rag doll
Only now my love has grown
And it gets stronger stronger in every way yeah
And it gets deeper deeper everyday
And it gets higher higher day by day
Do I love you, my, oh, my
Ooo, baby
River deep, mountain high
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If I lost you, would I cry? Oh-ho
Oh, how I love you baby
Baby, baby
When you were a young girl
Did you have a puppy
That always followed you around?
Well, I'm gonna be as faithful as that puppy
You know I'll never let you down
'Cause it goes on an on
On an on
Like the river flows
And it gets deeper, baby
Deeper
Heaven knows
And it gets sweeter baby
Sweeter
As it flows
Do I love you, my, oh, my
River deep mountain high
'Cause it's so high
If I lost you, would I cry?
Oh, how I love you baby
I love you
Baby, baby
How I love you, baby
Like the flower loves the spring
And I love ya, baby
Like the robin loves to sing
Ooo hoo and I love you, baby
Like a school girl loves her pie, yeah
And I love baby
River deep and mountain high
I love ya baby
The mountain so high
And river deep
Woo, oh, baby, baby
I love ya baby, hoo
I bet ya do
I love you, baby
Do you love me?
Yes I do oh-ho
Do I love you, my, oh, my
Tell me, tell me, tell me
River deep mountain high
Oh, if I lost you
If I lost you
Would I cry
Would I cry baby?
I love you, baby, baby
Baby
Tell me do ya love me, baby?
I love you, yeah
River so deep (I love you, baby)
Mountain so high (river deep)
Oh-ho, yeah, baby (mountain high)
Oh-oh yeah (I love you, baby, river deep)
River deep, mountain high (mountain high)
River so deep mountain so so so so high (I love you, baby, river deep, mountain high)
Yes, I love you, baby (I love you, baby)
Ah ah ah ah ah ah yeah baby (river deep, mountain high)
(I love you, baby)
I love you (river deep, mountain high)
Yeah yeah, yes, I do
(I love you, baby, river deep)
Only doll I've ever owned
Well, I love you just the way I loved that rag doll
Only now my love has grown
And it gets stronger stronger in every way yeah
And it gets deeper deeper everyday
And it gets higher higher day by day
Do I love you, my, oh, my
Ooo, baby
River deep, mountain high
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If I lost you, would I cry? Oh-ho
Oh, how I love you baby
Baby, baby
When you were a young girl
Did you have a puppy
That always followed you around?
Well, I'm gonna be as faithful as that puppy
You know I'll never let you down
'Cause it goes on an on
On an on
Like the river flows
And it gets deeper, baby
Deeper
Heaven knows
And it gets sweeter baby
Sweeter
As it flows
Do I love you, my, oh, my
River deep mountain high
'Cause it's so high
If I lost you, would I cry?
Oh, how I love you baby
I love you
Baby, baby
How I love you, baby
Like the flower loves the spring
And I love ya, baby
Like the robin loves to sing
Ooo hoo and I love you, baby
Like a school girl loves her pie, yeah
And I love baby
River deep and mountain high
I love ya baby
The mountain so high
And river deep
Woo, oh, baby, baby
I love ya baby, hoo
I bet ya do
I love you, baby
Do you love me?
Yes I do oh-ho
Do I love you, my, oh, my
Tell me, tell me, tell me
River deep mountain high
Oh, if I lost you
If I lost you
Would I cry
Would I cry baby?
I love you, baby, baby
Baby
Tell me do ya love me, baby?
I love you, yeah
River so deep (I love you, baby)
Mountain so high (river deep)
Oh-ho, yeah, baby (mountain high)
Oh-oh yeah (I love you, baby, river deep)
River deep, mountain high (mountain high)
River so deep mountain so so so so high (I love you, baby, river deep, mountain high)
Yes, I love you, baby (I love you, baby)
Ah ah ah ah ah ah yeah baby (river deep, mountain high)
(I love you, baby)
I love you (river deep, mountain high)
Yeah yeah, yes, I do
(I love you, baby, river deep)
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