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"
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me, sweet lady
Now, any other day
I would play it cool
But I can't now, 'cause I want you
See, I'm hooked on
How you flex your style
And I wanna talk for a little while
I never really seen your type
But I must admit that I kinda like
So maybe if you have the time
We could talk about you being my
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Now, on the regular
I would waste time but I don't want to
'Cause you're so damn fine
And I heard that you were taken
But that don't have to stop you from makin'
Late-night phone calls on the telephone
About your fantasies and ways to get it on
When you need me, I will be
There for you, my sweet lady
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Say you will be my baby
Say you will be my lady
I've got to have all your love
So I won't even front
Just say you'll give it to me
Don't wanna hear the maybes
And I will give you all my heart
If you say you'll be my baby
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Oh, sweet lady, would you be mine?
Oh, sweet lady, be mine, babe, be mine
Come on over, sweet lady, and be mine, sweet lady
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me, sweet lady
Now, any other day
I would play it cool
But I can't now, 'cause I want you
See, I'm hooked on
How you flex your style
And I wanna talk for a little while
I never really seen your type
But I must admit that I kinda like
So maybe if you have the time
We could talk about you being my
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Now, on the regular
I would waste time but I don't want to
'Cause you're so damn fine
And I heard that you were taken
But that don't have to stop you from makin'
Late-night phone calls on the telephone
About your fantasies and ways to get it on
When you need me, I will be
There for you, my sweet lady
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Say you will be my baby
Say you will be my lady
I've got to have all your love
So I won't even front
Just say you'll give it to me
Don't wanna hear the maybes
And I will give you all my heart
If you say you'll be my baby
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Sweet lady, would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime?
I'll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Oh, sweet lady, would you be mine?
Oh, sweet lady, be mine, babe, be mine
Come on over, sweet lady, and be mine, sweet lady
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