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"
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Oh baby girl in those baby pants
Come on over here and take a second chance
Take a second chance on me
Cause I know you wanna dance with me
What you say?
I don't do that kind of thing!
Say what?
I don't do that kind of thing!
Why not?
I don't do that kind of thing!
And you say
I don't do that kind of thing!
Okay!
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better baby
I'm Busy Bee but I'm taking it easy
Let's go home and throw away the key
Away the key, are you coming with me?
So fancy free, hey, what you say?
I don't do that kind of thing!
And you say
I don't do that kind of thing!
Say what?
I don't do that kind of thing!
Hey!
I don't do that kind of thing!
Let's go!
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better baby
I know you wanna dance
So come on and take a chance
Take a second chance on me
Cause I know that you wanna dance
I know you wanna
So come on and take a chance
Take a second chance on me
Cause I know that you wanna dance
Yeah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better baby (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better baby (yeah, yeah, yeah)
(x2)
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Oh baby girl in those baby pants
Come on over here and take a second chance
Take a second chance on me
Cause I know you wanna dance with me
What you say?
I don't do that kind of thing!
Say what?
I don't do that kind of thing!
Why not?
I don't do that kind of thing!
And you say
I don't do that kind of thing!
Okay!
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better baby
I'm Busy Bee but I'm taking it easy
Let's go home and throw away the key
Away the key, are you coming with me?
So fancy free, hey, what you say?
I don't do that kind of thing!
And you say
I don't do that kind of thing!
Say what?
I don't do that kind of thing!
Hey!
I don't do that kind of thing!
Let's go!
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better baby
I know you wanna dance
So come on and take a chance
Take a second chance on me
Cause I know that you wanna dance
I know you wanna
So come on and take a chance
Take a second chance on me
Cause I know that you wanna dance
Yeah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better baby (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Can I get get get to know know know know you better better baby
Can I get get get to know know know know you better baby (yeah, yeah, yeah)
(x2)
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Can I Get Get Get Lyrics as written by Jesper Mortensen
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perez hilton got me hooked like crack.
i always thought it was "a busy bee but i'm takin' it easy"
is it just me or does junior sound like j-d from le tigre in the first verse? is it? whhhhhhha
that's 'cos that IS JD Samson. XD
Essentially the song is a duet between Senior and JD haha
agreed, jterrance
"a busy bee but i'm takin' it easy" sounded like "I like PCP but I'm taking it EEEEEEasy" (in which E=ecstasy) to me at first.
With that in mind...I don't get it.
"a busy bee but I'm takin' it eazzzzzzzzzzzz"
bees make a bzzzzzzzzzzz sound.