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"
Gone, she got me gone
Girl you know you got me gone
Nelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Boy you know you got me gone
Remember that chick that used to live right up the block from me
I seen her yesterday and she still fly
She still right, still tight, still fine
Yep I still wanna make her mine
And I, I want much more than just a moment
See I ain't tryna lease or tryin' to rent I'm tryna own it yeah
This time I'll make my move, this time I'll show improve
To prove that I'm really irreplaceable
Plus I don't know if she's ever been told
But I got whatever she needs, yeah
And whichever way we go
No one could ever take what we've got right here between one another
Don't care what they say, you gon' be my lover
And if its in love baby, I wanna fall
Just promise me baby you'll be here, through it all
I'll do it again if I have to
Throw this money at you
Girl you know you got me gone
I'll do it all again if I had to
You ain't gotta ask boo
Boy you know you got me gone
Kelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Girl you know you got me gone
Nelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Boy you know you got me gone
You know I still got the love for you baby (baby)
You still be driving me crazy (crazy)
And all of my heart will forever be yours
And no one could ever break what we've got right here between one another
Don't care what they say, you gon' be my lover
And if its in love baby I wanna fall
Just promise me baby, you'll be here through it all
I'll do it again if I have to
Throw this money at you
Girl you know you got me gone
I'll do it all again if I have to
You ain't gotta ask boo
Boy you know you got me gone
Kelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Girl you know you got me gone
Nelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Boy you know you got me gone
Look shawty I've done told you once
Pay attention I'mma tell you twice
I've been around the world but I've never met a girl like you in my whole life
There's some you need to know
You make me wanna get physical
You make me wanna get intimate, into it
I'm fixing the plug
All my heart and all my time
I give you everything that you wanted baby, just name your price
Mine is yours and yours is mine
Trust me that's a fact girl
You ain't gotta ask 'cause
I don't know if you've ever been told
But I've got whatever you need, girl
And whichever way we roll
No one could ever take what we've got right here between one another
Don't care what they say, you gon' be my lover
And if its in love baby, I wanna fall
Just promise me baby you'll be here through it all
I'll do it again if I have to
Throw this money at you
Girl you know you got me gone
I'll do it all again if I have to
You ain't gotta ask boo
Boy you know you got me gone
Kelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Girl you know you got me gone
Nelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Boy you know you got me gone
Boy you know you got me
Gone
You know I'll do it again if I have to
Throw this money at you
Girl you know you got me gone
I'll do it all again if I have to
You ain't gotta ask boo
Boy you know you got me gone
Kelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Girl you know you got me gone
Nelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Boy you know you got me gone
Girl you know you got me gone
Nelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Boy you know you got me gone
Remember that chick that used to live right up the block from me
I seen her yesterday and she still fly
She still right, still tight, still fine
Yep I still wanna make her mine
And I, I want much more than just a moment
See I ain't tryna lease or tryin' to rent I'm tryna own it yeah
This time I'll make my move, this time I'll show improve
To prove that I'm really irreplaceable
Plus I don't know if she's ever been told
But I got whatever she needs, yeah
And whichever way we go
No one could ever take what we've got right here between one another
Don't care what they say, you gon' be my lover
And if its in love baby, I wanna fall
Just promise me baby you'll be here, through it all
I'll do it again if I have to
Throw this money at you
Girl you know you got me gone
I'll do it all again if I had to
You ain't gotta ask boo
Boy you know you got me gone
Kelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Girl you know you got me gone
Nelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Boy you know you got me gone
You know I still got the love for you baby (baby)
You still be driving me crazy (crazy)
And all of my heart will forever be yours
And no one could ever break what we've got right here between one another
Don't care what they say, you gon' be my lover
And if its in love baby I wanna fall
Just promise me baby, you'll be here through it all
I'll do it again if I have to
Throw this money at you
Girl you know you got me gone
I'll do it all again if I have to
You ain't gotta ask boo
Boy you know you got me gone
Kelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Girl you know you got me gone
Nelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Boy you know you got me gone
Look shawty I've done told you once
Pay attention I'mma tell you twice
I've been around the world but I've never met a girl like you in my whole life
There's some you need to know
You make me wanna get physical
You make me wanna get intimate, into it
I'm fixing the plug
All my heart and all my time
I give you everything that you wanted baby, just name your price
Mine is yours and yours is mine
Trust me that's a fact girl
You ain't gotta ask 'cause
I don't know if you've ever been told
But I've got whatever you need, girl
And whichever way we roll
No one could ever take what we've got right here between one another
Don't care what they say, you gon' be my lover
And if its in love baby, I wanna fall
Just promise me baby you'll be here through it all
I'll do it again if I have to
Throw this money at you
Girl you know you got me gone
I'll do it all again if I have to
You ain't gotta ask boo
Boy you know you got me gone
Kelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Girl you know you got me gone
Nelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Boy you know you got me gone
Boy you know you got me
Gone
You know I'll do it again if I have to
Throw this money at you
Girl you know you got me gone
I'll do it all again if I have to
You ain't gotta ask boo
Boy you know you got me gone
Kelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Girl you know you got me gone
Nelly got me gone, gone, gone, gone
Boy you know you got me gone
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