Looking Through a Tear
Love's Bittersweet Symphony: Navigating Heartbreak with Aretha Franklin
Lyrics
When love leaves & breaks your heart
Love has ended, causing heartbreak.
Your dreams simply fall apart
Dreams shatter and disintegrate.
You see a world sad & blue
The world appears sorrowful and melancholic.
So unfamiliar to you
Everything seems strange and unfamiliar.
You look for lips that you once kissed
Searching for the familiar lips of a lost love.
But they're lost in mist
Those lips are now elusive, hidden in mist.
Oh oh oh oh it's funny
An expression of irony or amusement.
How nothing seems quite so clear
Nothing appears clear or certain.
When you're looking through a tear
The perspective is clouded by tears.
The face in the crowd you see is her face
A face in the crowd reminds the speaker of the lost love.
All seems to fade in the shade of her glory
All other things pale in comparison to the former lover.
And you wait for the chance
Awaiting an opportunity to see the loved one again.
To catch another glance
Hoping for another glimpse of the lost love.
But she really wasn't there
Realizing the loved one is not actually present.
Her words linger in your ear
The words of farewell echo in the listener's ears.
Goodbye is all that you can hear
Goodbye is the predominant message received.
It couldn't happen to you
Expressing disbelief that such heartbreak could happen.
But all at once love is through it's funny
Love comes to an abrupt end, and it's perceived as ironic.
How nothing seems clear
Clarity and understanding disappear in the face of heartbreak.
When you're looking through a tear
The distorted view caused by tears affects perception.
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