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"
[Verse 1]
I was born naked just like every other kid
I grew up scared to death
I'd never quite fit in
Then I met you, it was golden
I was drinking way too much
But what else is there to do when everything around you sucks
Come on, come on
[Pre-Chorus]
Hands up, touch the sky
Everybody on your knees and testify
I was searching for the truth
I think they misunderstood
Yeah the truth is, honey, I just wanna feel good
[Chorus]
Oh, I'm tired of waking up alone
I just wanna feel good, feel, feel good
Stay, you and me, we can dance the night away
I wanna make you feel good, feel, feel good
[Verse 2]
Yeah, you were naked in my dream I had last night
Then things got wet and weird
And I woke up all paralyzed
I was shaken
I was nervous
Yeah, I'm way too old for this
You can go your way and I'll go mine
But it's us you're gonna miss
Come on, come on
[Pre-Chorus]
Hands up, touch the sky
Everybody on your knees and testify
I was searching for the truth
I think they misunderstood
Yeah the truth is, honey, I just wanna feel good
[Chorus]
Oh, I'm tired of waking up alone
I just wanna feel good, feel, feel good
Stay, you and me, we can dance the night away
I wanna make you feel good, feel, feel good
[Bridge]
Yeah, I'm anxious
A little depressed
Why do we make things so complicated?
Yeah, are you anxious?
A little depressed?
Let's feel good again, feel good again
[Chorus]
Oh, I'm tired of waking up alone
I just wanna feel good, feel, feel good
Stay, you and me, we can dance the night away
I wanna make you feel good, feel, feel good
[Pre-Chorus/Outro]
Hands up, touch the sky
Everybody on your knees and testify
I was searching for the truth
I think they misunderstood
Yeah the truth is, buddy, I just wanna feel good
I was born naked just like every other kid
I grew up scared to death
I'd never quite fit in
Then I met you, it was golden
I was drinking way too much
But what else is there to do when everything around you sucks
Come on, come on
[Pre-Chorus]
Hands up, touch the sky
Everybody on your knees and testify
I was searching for the truth
I think they misunderstood
Yeah the truth is, honey, I just wanna feel good
[Chorus]
Oh, I'm tired of waking up alone
I just wanna feel good, feel, feel good
Stay, you and me, we can dance the night away
I wanna make you feel good, feel, feel good
[Verse 2]
Yeah, you were naked in my dream I had last night
Then things got wet and weird
And I woke up all paralyzed
I was shaken
I was nervous
Yeah, I'm way too old for this
You can go your way and I'll go mine
But it's us you're gonna miss
Come on, come on
[Pre-Chorus]
Hands up, touch the sky
Everybody on your knees and testify
I was searching for the truth
I think they misunderstood
Yeah the truth is, honey, I just wanna feel good
[Chorus]
Oh, I'm tired of waking up alone
I just wanna feel good, feel, feel good
Stay, you and me, we can dance the night away
I wanna make you feel good, feel, feel good
[Bridge]
Yeah, I'm anxious
A little depressed
Why do we make things so complicated?
Yeah, are you anxious?
A little depressed?
Let's feel good again, feel good again
[Chorus]
Oh, I'm tired of waking up alone
I just wanna feel good, feel, feel good
Stay, you and me, we can dance the night away
I wanna make you feel good, feel, feel good
[Pre-Chorus/Outro]
Hands up, touch the sky
Everybody on your knees and testify
I was searching for the truth
I think they misunderstood
Yeah the truth is, buddy, I just wanna feel good
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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