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"
Do that dance
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I've got to admit I'm obsessed by tits
I've had this problem since I was a kid
I used to look up to my Auntie Marie
Because she had big tits hanging down to her knees
Her nipples were poking right out of her gown
If boobs could be wings she'd be flying around
As I grew older I made up my mind
I'd get me the biggest ones I could find
Do that dance
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
Do that dance
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
My ass just got bigger and my boobs stayed the same
I had to do something cause I was ashamed
I filled up my bra with melons and see
I looked like a faggot, a vamp in 3-D
The trick with the melons, a shot in the eye
Not long did I wait to catch the first guy
But of course I forgot that melons do rot
I smelled like garbage, shit warmed up
Do that dance
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I got a new plan, the idea is real cool
I decided to go to a gymnastics school
There I found out that I'm not alone
Suffering from this flat-chested syndrome
So when I wake up or go back into bed
I remember the wise words that my teacher said,
"If you want your man to drown in your lust,
You must, you must, increase your bust."
Do that dance
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
Do that dance
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I've got to admit I'm obsessed by tits
I've had this problem since I was a kid
I used to look up to my Auntie Marie
Because she had big tits hanging down to her knees
Her nipples were poking right out of her gown
If boobs could be wings she'd be flying around
As I grew older I made up my mind
I'd get me the biggest ones I could find
Do that dance
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
Do that dance
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
My ass just got bigger and my boobs stayed the same
I had to do something cause I was ashamed
I filled up my bra with melons and see
I looked like a faggot, a vamp in 3-D
The trick with the melons, a shot in the eye
Not long did I wait to catch the first guy
But of course I forgot that melons do rot
I smelled like garbage, shit warmed up
Do that dance
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I got a new plan, the idea is real cool
I decided to go to a gymnastics school
There I found out that I'm not alone
Suffering from this flat-chested syndrome
So when I wake up or go back into bed
I remember the wise words that my teacher said,
"If you want your man to drown in your lust,
You must, you must, increase your bust."
Do that dance
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
Do that dance
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
I must, I must, I must increase my bust
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Well obviously it's about a girl's dreams to have bigger, more voluptious breasts to catch a man, and her desperate ways to make it seem like she has bigger boobs.
Can anyone explain to me exactly what she means by "a vamp in 3-D?" I was always intrigued by that line.