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"
One, four the treble, two, four the bass
Come on all-4-one, let's rock this place
All-4-one is in the house, you better ask somebody
Party time is in the air, the girls are gonna shake their bodies
So all you fellas gather round
Pump your systems way up for the funky sound
Here we go, here we go, here we go, on the radio
Callin' all the girlies out from Maine to California
The roll call is a booty call cause we got something for ya
Throw your hands up in the air
Show the fellas that you really care
Here we go, here we go, here we go
One, four the treble, two, four the time
It's an all-4-one roll call, get in line
For the roll call, there's a party comin' through
Roll call and we're looking just for you
Roll call everybody's getting down
Roll call, we're gonna party
All-4-one's coming to your town
The party's hot, the girls are fly, so fellas get your groove on
And if these sounds are what you like
Nod your head and don't stop movin'
Some people get up off the wall
'Cause it's time for the roll call
Here we go, here we go, here we go, all-4-one show
One, four the treble, two, four the bass
It's an all-4-one roll call, get in line
Roll call, there's a party comin' through
Roll call, and we're looking just for you
Roll call, everybody's getting down
Roll call, let's party
All-4-one's coming to your town
Roll call, all the girls get on the phone
Roll call, if you got skills then let us know
Roll call, girls just don't stand around
Roll call, all-4-one party
All-4-one's coming to your town
This is station WGH, we rock well
104 on your radio dial
Call us, let us know we got the livest city
Hey, line up for the roll call, Dallas,
Hey, line up for the roll call, San diego
Hey, line up for the roll call, Kansas city
Hey, line up for the roll call, Atlanta
Hey, line up for the roll call, New York
Hey, line up for the roll call, San Francisco
Hey, line up for the roll call, San Jose
Hey, line up for the roll call
All-4-one is in the house, gonna turn it out
All the fellas raise your hands, let me hear you shout
All the girlies in the place, let me hear you scream
It's an all-4-one party, it's a funky scene
All-4-one is in the house, gonna turn it out
All the fellas raise your hands, let me hear you shout
All the girlies in the place, let me hear you scream
It's an all-4-one party, it's a funky scene
All-4-one roll call time, all you girlies get in line
With a knick knack paddy whack we'll be getting down
When we roll in to your town
Roll call, L.A., New York, San Francisco
Roll call, Chicago, D.C., Baltimore
Roll call, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit
Roll call, Virginia Beach, Dallas
Roll call, Houston, Boston, Seattle
Roll call, Cleveland, Denver, Oakland
Roll call, Philly, mobile, Memphis
Roll call, East Coast, West Coast
Roll call, there's a party coming through
Roll call, and we're looking just for you
Roll call, everybody's getting down
Roll call, all-4-one is coming to your town
Roll call, all the girls get on the floor
Roll call, if you got skills then let us know
Roll call
Roll call, there's a party coming through
Roll call, and we're looking just for you
Come on all-4-one, let's rock this place
All-4-one is in the house, you better ask somebody
Party time is in the air, the girls are gonna shake their bodies
So all you fellas gather round
Pump your systems way up for the funky sound
Here we go, here we go, here we go, on the radio
Callin' all the girlies out from Maine to California
The roll call is a booty call cause we got something for ya
Throw your hands up in the air
Show the fellas that you really care
Here we go, here we go, here we go
One, four the treble, two, four the time
It's an all-4-one roll call, get in line
For the roll call, there's a party comin' through
Roll call and we're looking just for you
Roll call everybody's getting down
Roll call, we're gonna party
All-4-one's coming to your town
The party's hot, the girls are fly, so fellas get your groove on
And if these sounds are what you like
Nod your head and don't stop movin'
Some people get up off the wall
'Cause it's time for the roll call
Here we go, here we go, here we go, all-4-one show
One, four the treble, two, four the bass
It's an all-4-one roll call, get in line
Roll call, there's a party comin' through
Roll call, and we're looking just for you
Roll call, everybody's getting down
Roll call, let's party
All-4-one's coming to your town
Roll call, all the girls get on the phone
Roll call, if you got skills then let us know
Roll call, girls just don't stand around
Roll call, all-4-one party
All-4-one's coming to your town
This is station WGH, we rock well
104 on your radio dial
Call us, let us know we got the livest city
Hey, line up for the roll call, Dallas,
Hey, line up for the roll call, San diego
Hey, line up for the roll call, Kansas city
Hey, line up for the roll call, Atlanta
Hey, line up for the roll call, New York
Hey, line up for the roll call, San Francisco
Hey, line up for the roll call, San Jose
Hey, line up for the roll call
All-4-one is in the house, gonna turn it out
All the fellas raise your hands, let me hear you shout
All the girlies in the place, let me hear you scream
It's an all-4-one party, it's a funky scene
All-4-one is in the house, gonna turn it out
All the fellas raise your hands, let me hear you shout
All the girlies in the place, let me hear you scream
It's an all-4-one party, it's a funky scene
All-4-one roll call time, all you girlies get in line
With a knick knack paddy whack we'll be getting down
When we roll in to your town
Roll call, L.A., New York, San Francisco
Roll call, Chicago, D.C., Baltimore
Roll call, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit
Roll call, Virginia Beach, Dallas
Roll call, Houston, Boston, Seattle
Roll call, Cleveland, Denver, Oakland
Roll call, Philly, mobile, Memphis
Roll call, East Coast, West Coast
Roll call, there's a party coming through
Roll call, and we're looking just for you
Roll call, everybody's getting down
Roll call, all-4-one is coming to your town
Roll call, all the girls get on the floor
Roll call, if you got skills then let us know
Roll call
Roll call, there's a party coming through
Roll call, and we're looking just for you
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