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"
First off I ain't mad at you,
So don't take this the wrong way,
Just wanna put you up on some truth, if that's cool?
You know that new man you've got coming through
He's was into me way before he was into you
You ain't know so I ain't blaming you (no no)
Have you ever been in love and
Thought you had your husband
Then you know what I'm going through yeah
All that playing don't mean nothing, doing him for nothing
Can you do me a favor?
I know that
Candles lit and he's on his way
Probably got your sexy dress on
Waiting all day for him
Girl don't stop what you got goin'
But when he gets there
Tell him that I love him, ooh
Tell him that I'm missing him real bad
So tell him just chill, I'll
See him in the morning, oh
Tell him that I love him
Now we been talking about gettin' that house
Got me picking out everything
With his and hers in the driveway
I know you wouldn't purposely get in my way
Know you heard all about to each its own
I know you don't wanna break up a happy home
I hear him knocking won't you let him in
And tell me this
Have you ever been in love with
Thought you had you had your husband
Then you know what I'm going through yeah
All that playing don't mean nothing
Doing him for nothing
Can you do me a favor?
I know that
Candles lit and hes on his way,
Probably got your sexy dress on,
Waiting all day for him
Girl don't stop what you got goin'
But when he gets there
Tell him that I love him
Tell him that I'm missing him real bad
Tell him just chill, I'll
See him in the morning, oh
Before he gets there hear me out
I ain't tryin' to burst your bubble
Let him know he got a baby comin'
We've been planning on it (ain't gon' give that up)
Girl you ain't got that long
'Cause pretty soon you'll be gone
Remind him we got church all in the morning
Better not make me call him
I know that
Candles lit and he's on his way
Probably got your sexy dress on
Waiting all day for him
So girl don't stop what you got goin'
But when he gets there
Tell him that I love him, yeah
Tell him that I'm missing him real bad
Tell him just chill, I'll
See him in the morning, yeah
Just tell him that I love him yeah
Tell him that I miss him
Tell him just to chill, oh yeah
Oh, tell him that I love him, oh, oh yeah
Tell him that I need him
I'll see him in the morning
So don't take this the wrong way,
Just wanna put you up on some truth, if that's cool?
You know that new man you've got coming through
He's was into me way before he was into you
You ain't know so I ain't blaming you (no no)
Have you ever been in love and
Thought you had your husband
Then you know what I'm going through yeah
All that playing don't mean nothing, doing him for nothing
Can you do me a favor?
I know that
Candles lit and he's on his way
Probably got your sexy dress on
Waiting all day for him
Girl don't stop what you got goin'
But when he gets there
Tell him that I love him, ooh
Tell him that I'm missing him real bad
So tell him just chill, I'll
See him in the morning, oh
Tell him that I love him
Now we been talking about gettin' that house
Got me picking out everything
With his and hers in the driveway
I know you wouldn't purposely get in my way
Know you heard all about to each its own
I know you don't wanna break up a happy home
I hear him knocking won't you let him in
And tell me this
Have you ever been in love with
Thought you had you had your husband
Then you know what I'm going through yeah
All that playing don't mean nothing
Doing him for nothing
Can you do me a favor?
I know that
Candles lit and hes on his way,
Probably got your sexy dress on,
Waiting all day for him
Girl don't stop what you got goin'
But when he gets there
Tell him that I love him
Tell him that I'm missing him real bad
Tell him just chill, I'll
See him in the morning, oh
Before he gets there hear me out
I ain't tryin' to burst your bubble
Let him know he got a baby comin'
We've been planning on it (ain't gon' give that up)
Girl you ain't got that long
'Cause pretty soon you'll be gone
Remind him we got church all in the morning
Better not make me call him
I know that
Candles lit and he's on his way
Probably got your sexy dress on
Waiting all day for him
So girl don't stop what you got goin'
But when he gets there
Tell him that I love him, yeah
Tell him that I'm missing him real bad
Tell him just chill, I'll
See him in the morning, yeah
Just tell him that I love him yeah
Tell him that I miss him
Tell him just to chill, oh yeah
Oh, tell him that I love him, oh, oh yeah
Tell him that I need him
I'll see him in the morning
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