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"
Finally I'm where I wanna be
I didn't think this life was gonna be for me
I love you baby, do discover was I here
But now I'm caught up in a dream, don't wanna leave!
See I can't give one for wish or not at all
When you least expect it's creepin' up on you
No confiding nor bite it to my rose
And now I'm counting knowing I'm here with you
Right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, waiting for your calling
Now I'm right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, right here!
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Infatuation took a hole of my mind
I wouldn't change it for the world
Now you're mine
You played me hard to get for a while
Still got me deeper every day with your smile!
See I can't give one for wish or not at all
When you least expect it's creepin' up on you
No confiding nor bite it to my rose
And now I'm counting knowing I'm here with you
Right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, waiting for your calling
Now I'm right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, right here!
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
You know I'm contained
Oh yes, I'm up on that thing
Right here is what I'd be
I'm not complaining
Finally I'm content
Oh yes, about that thing
Right here is where I'd stay
But I'm not complaining
Right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, right here!
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, waiting for your calling
Now I'm right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, right here!
Right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, waiting for your calling
Now I'm right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, right here!
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
I didn't think this life was gonna be for me
I love you baby, do discover was I here
But now I'm caught up in a dream, don't wanna leave!
See I can't give one for wish or not at all
When you least expect it's creepin' up on you
No confiding nor bite it to my rose
And now I'm counting knowing I'm here with you
Right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, waiting for your calling
Now I'm right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, right here!
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Infatuation took a hole of my mind
I wouldn't change it for the world
Now you're mine
You played me hard to get for a while
Still got me deeper every day with your smile!
See I can't give one for wish or not at all
When you least expect it's creepin' up on you
No confiding nor bite it to my rose
And now I'm counting knowing I'm here with you
Right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, waiting for your calling
Now I'm right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, right here!
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
You know I'm contained
Oh yes, I'm up on that thing
Right here is what I'd be
I'm not complaining
Finally I'm content
Oh yes, about that thing
Right here is where I'd stay
But I'm not complaining
Right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, right here!
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, waiting for your calling
Now I'm right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, right here!
Right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, waiting for your calling
Now I'm right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, right here!
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
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