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"
Baby break it down
Baby break it down
We've got a long way to go
Baby break it down
Baby break it down
We've got a long way to go
You're standing on your side
I'm standing on mine
It only needs one step
And we could be crossing the line
There's nothing between us
Or maybe too much
Whatever it is, it's too fragile to touch
Baby break it down
Baby break it down
We got a long way to go
Baby break it down
Wrap your love around
Babe, you've got a long way to go
And who jumps the fences
And who builds the walls
Whoever takes chances must surely fall
Baby break it down
Baby break it down
Babe, you've got a long way to go
Baby break it down
You'll be safe and sound
You've got a long way to go
Baby, too far to go (yes)
Too far to go (too far, yeah)
There's no river running
That we can't cross
Does one or the other of us
Have to be the boss
Yeah, I'm sayin'
Baby break it down
Baby break it down
Babe, you've got a long way to go
Baby break it down
Wrap your love around
Long way to go (come on)
Baby break it down
Wrap your love around
Babe, you've got a long way to go
Baby break it down
Baby break it down
Long way to go (come on, you've gotta long)
Long way to go
You've got a long way to go
Long, long way (yeah)
Too far to go (oh baby)
Long, long way
Too far to go (yes, too far to go)
Long, long way
Too far to go
Baby break it down
We've got a long way to go
Baby break it down
Baby break it down
We've got a long way to go
You're standing on your side
I'm standing on mine
It only needs one step
And we could be crossing the line
There's nothing between us
Or maybe too much
Whatever it is, it's too fragile to touch
Baby break it down
Baby break it down
We got a long way to go
Baby break it down
Wrap your love around
Babe, you've got a long way to go
And who jumps the fences
And who builds the walls
Whoever takes chances must surely fall
Baby break it down
Baby break it down
Babe, you've got a long way to go
Baby break it down
You'll be safe and sound
You've got a long way to go
Baby, too far to go (yes)
Too far to go (too far, yeah)
There's no river running
That we can't cross
Does one or the other of us
Have to be the boss
Yeah, I'm sayin'
Baby break it down
Baby break it down
Babe, you've got a long way to go
Baby break it down
Wrap your love around
Long way to go (come on)
Baby break it down
Wrap your love around
Babe, you've got a long way to go
Baby break it down
Baby break it down
Long way to go (come on, you've gotta long)
Long way to go
You've got a long way to go
Long, long way (yeah)
Too far to go (oh baby)
Long, long way
Too far to go (yes, too far to go)
Long, long way
Too far to go
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Baby Break It Down Lyrics as written by Mick Jagger Keith Richards
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This is about a relationship gone wrong. Mick pretty much places the blame on the other person. "And who jumps the fences? And who builds the walls?" sums it all up. In Mick's mind, he's going out of his way and 'jumping fences' for this person...but they just put up walls and keep him out. He still wants it to work though, and in the last verse, he's basically telling her that they should just quit playing games with each other and try to give it a chance.
The whole song he's asking her to break her walls down and let him in.