Baby, you would be my girl
And if they talk, let 'em talk, baby
Oh, I hate the way you love it when you hurt me
Oh, but we could stick it out and make it work, babe
In a perfect world, yeah
'Cause I'm still here, for what it's worth, baby
Just let me talk and listen what I say, now
I left my mark, I see we got the same style
I put you on, I see you got some taste now
How'd I become somebody that you hate now?
I was surprised when I heard what you were saying about us
Thought we were tied, baby, I would never play about you
I fantasize 'bout the day that we could make it right
I'll give you time, time, for you to think about it
In a perfect world, we'd have it all figured out
Baby, you would be my girl
And if they talk, let 'em talk, baby
Oh, I hate the way you love it when you hurt me
Oh, but we could stick it out and make it work, babe
In a perfect world, yeah
'Cause I'm still here, for what it's worth, baby
Can I just be straight up?
I tried to be patient
You left, I told you, "Wait up"
How come you never waited?
You're all I ever talk 'bout
Late night when I'm faded
Your mind, it was made up
Thought I wouldn't make it
I had to take a week off
Still, I couldn't shake it
My mind, it was racing
You cried on vacation
Now you got regret for situations you created
I don't wanna talk unless you really wanna say shit
In a perfect world, we'd have it all figured out
Baby, you would be my girl
And if they talk, let 'em talk, baby
Oh, I hate the way you love it when you hurt me
Oh, but we could stick it out and make it work, babe
In a perfect world, yeah
'Cause I'm still here, for what it's worth, baby
If you wanna talk sometimes
If you wanna talk sometimes
If you wanna talk sometimes
If you wanna talk sometimes, yeah
If you wanna talk sometimes
If you wanna talk sometimes, yeah
If you wanna talk sometimes
If you wanna talk sometimes, yeah
Talk to me, talk, talk to me, baby
Talk, talk to me, baby (Talk to me)
Talk, talk to me, baby (Talk to me)
Talk, talk to me, baby (Talk to me)
Talk, talk to me, baby (Talk to me)
Talk, talk to me, baby (Talk to me)
(Talk to me) Talk to me
I said if you wanna, if you wanna
Makna Lagu 'A PERFECT WORLD'
Lagu ini menggambarkan hubungan yang penuh luka, salah paham, dan rasa saling menunggu yang tidak pernah benar-benar tersampaikan. Penyanyinya masih membayangkan “dunia yang sempurna” di mana mereka bisa memperbaiki semuanya dan kembali bersama tanpa gangguan atau omongan orang lain. Namun kenyataannya, hubungan itu dipenuhi pola yang menyakitkan, di mana cinta dan rasa sakit bercampur sampai ia sendiri benci bagaimana ia masih terikat pada seseorang yang melukainya.
Meski begitu, ia belum bisa sepenuhnya melepaskan. Ada penyesalan, ada kerinduan, dan ada harapan kecil bahwa jika diberi waktu, semuanya bisa diperbaiki. Ia merasa disalahpahami, ditinggalkan tanpa penjelasan, dan tetap menunggu meski pasangannya sudah membuat keputusan sendiri. Pada akhirnya, lagu ini adalah tentang cinta yang belum selesai: dua orang yang sebenarnya masih saling peduli, tapi terus gagal memahami satu sama lain, sambil berharap suatu hari nanti mereka bisa bicara jujur dan menemukan jalan pulang.