I Want You Back
5 Lyrics

Uh ohh
Sudden realization of wanting someone back

Let me tell you now
Immediate desire to communicate feelings

Uh huh
Affirmative response to own emotions

When I had you to myself
Not valuing a person's company while together

I didn't want you around
Choosing not to include person in social activities

Those pretty faces always made you
Feeling jealous of others' attention

Stand out in a crowd
Noticing others finding the person desirable

But someone picked you from the bunch
Realizing the value of lost love

One glance was all it took
Recognizing the impact of love at first sight

Now it's much too late for me
Regretting lost opportunity

To take a second look
Wishing to revisit past choices

Oh, baby, give me one more chance
Begging for a second chance

(To show you that I love you)
Willing to prove love to regain trust

Won't you please let me
Requesting the possibility of reunion

Back in your heart
Asking for acceptance in someone's life

Oh, darling, I was blind to let you go
Blaming oneself for past mistakes

(Let you go baby)
Acknowledging personal faults

But now since I see you in his arms
Feeling jealousy towards new romantic partner

(I want you back) yes, I do now
Expressing sincere desire for reunion

(I want you back) ooh ooh, baby
Desperate tone in expression of wanting loved one back

(I want you back) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Empathizing sadness through repetition to convince loved one back

(I want you back) Now, now, now, now
Urgency in the need for reunion

Trying to live without your love
Suffering a life without true love

Is one long sleepless night
Experiencing emotional turmoil

Let me show you girl
Emphasizing the importance of their relationship

That I know wrong from right
Promising to make better choices in the future

Every street you walk on
Reminiscing on memories with loved one

I leave tear stains on the ground
Feeling sadness and regret

Following the girl
Continuously hoping for reconciliation

I didn't even want around
Recognizing that taking loved one for granted was a mistake

(Let me show you now)
Desire to prove love for loved one

(Ohh) (bum, bum, bum, bum-buh-bum, bum)
Expressing the feeling of heartache through onomatopoeia

All I want
Simplifying desire to be with loved one again

(Bum, bum, bum, bum-buh-bum, bum) ah, buh bum, bum, bum
Adding emphasis to the intensity of that one desire

Spare me of this cause
Asking for a chance to make things right

Get back what I lost
Reframing the desire as an opportunity for redemption

Oh baby I need one more chance, ha
Reiterating the sincere request for reunion

I tell ya that I love you
Declaring love for loved one

Baby (Oh), baby (oh), baby (oh)
Affectionate endearment towards loved one

I want you back, ha
Expressing the single desire of wanting them back

I want you back
Repeating the title of the song to emphasize its message