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"
What in the world happened to you?
Before you started tokin', you used to have a brain (hey)
But now you don't get even the simplest of things (hey)
I can draw a little picture or even use my hands (hey)
I try to explain but you just don't understand, oh
(Hey) man, you're really losin' it
(Hey) and you've really done a lot of junk now
(Hey) but you keep on abusin' it
What in the world happened to you?
It's bad enough you do it to yourself (hey)
But taking someone with you, well, you know that's something else (hey)
I say I'm not that kind of person, I'm not that kind of man (hey)
I try to explain but you just don't understand, oh
(Hey) oh man, you're really losin' it
(Hey) and you've really done a lot of junk now
(Hey) but you keep on abusin' it
What in the world happened to you?
(Hey) man, you're really losin' it
(Hey) and you've really done a lot of junk now
(Hey) but you keep on abusin' it
What in the world happened to you?
I might be sympathetic or cut a little slack (hey)
If I thought that you were willing to give a little back (hey)
But you do it in the morning, you do it in the night (hey)
You lie to refrain from just facing your life
So I'll see you man tomorrow, you'll be gackin' up again (hey)
I'll see you in a coffin by the time your wad is spent (hey)
I think of all the times that I tried to lend a hand (hey)
I try to explain but you just don't understand, oh
(Hey) man, you're really losin' it
(Hey) and you've really done a lot of junk now
(Hey) but you keep on abusin' it
What in the world happened to
What in the world happened to
What in the world happened to you?
Before you started tokin', you used to have a brain (hey)
But now you don't get even the simplest of things (hey)
I can draw a little picture or even use my hands (hey)
I try to explain but you just don't understand, oh
(Hey) man, you're really losin' it
(Hey) and you've really done a lot of junk now
(Hey) but you keep on abusin' it
What in the world happened to you?
It's bad enough you do it to yourself (hey)
But taking someone with you, well, you know that's something else (hey)
I say I'm not that kind of person, I'm not that kind of man (hey)
I try to explain but you just don't understand, oh
(Hey) oh man, you're really losin' it
(Hey) and you've really done a lot of junk now
(Hey) but you keep on abusin' it
What in the world happened to you?
(Hey) man, you're really losin' it
(Hey) and you've really done a lot of junk now
(Hey) but you keep on abusin' it
What in the world happened to you?
I might be sympathetic or cut a little slack (hey)
If I thought that you were willing to give a little back (hey)
But you do it in the morning, you do it in the night (hey)
You lie to refrain from just facing your life
So I'll see you man tomorrow, you'll be gackin' up again (hey)
I'll see you in a coffin by the time your wad is spent (hey)
I think of all the times that I tried to lend a hand (hey)
I try to explain but you just don't understand, oh
(Hey) man, you're really losin' it
(Hey) and you've really done a lot of junk now
(Hey) but you keep on abusin' it
What in the world happened to
What in the world happened to
What in the world happened to you?
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What Happened to You? Lyrics as written by Bryan Holland
Lyrics © ROUND HILL CARLIN, LLC
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