Wanderer
Wanderer's Farewell: Love Lost, Souls Sold, and Fields of Gold
Lyrics
Memories of me fade
Memories of the speaker are fading.
And soon you’ll forget my face
Anticipation that the listener will forget the speaker's face soon.
All together...
A general sense of separation or detachment.
You’re with a better man than me
The listener is now with someone perceived as better than the speaker.
Now loves just not the same
Love has changed, and the weather metaphorically reflects this change.
Nor is the weather...
Continuation of the metaphorical change in emotional climate.
So I’m leaving town no one’s with me
The speaker is leaving town alone.
I’m going dancing in fields of gold
Expressing a desire to experience freedom and happiness in open spaces (fields of gold).
Cause either way you’ll forget me
Regardless of the outcome, the speaker believes they will be forgotten.
Cause now you’ve got the life that you want
The listener now has the life they wanted.
I’m drunk again so I don’t care
The speaker is indifferent due to being intoxicated.
I’m high again so I don’t care
Continuation of the speaker's emotional numbness through substance use.
Loves never been fair
Love is portrayed as unfair.
Maybe I’ll find some out there
Hopeful that the speaker might find something better.
Atlanta to LA but as far as she knows I’m dead anyway
The speaker is presumed dead to someone in Atlanta, possibly an ex-lover.
We had our time and place and now she’s got a kid with his face
Reflecting on a past relationship where the partner now has a child with someone else.
So I’m glad I got no one with me
The speaker is content with being alone.
I’m glad that I hit the road
The speaker is glad to be on the road.
I never thought you would miss me
The speaker didn't expect to be missed.
Baby I just kinda hoped
Expressing a faint hope that the listener might miss the speaker.
I’m drunk again so I don’t care
The speaker remains indifferent due to intoxication.
I’m high again so I don’t care
Continuation of emotional numbness through substance use.
Loves never been fair
Reiteration that love is perceived as unfair.
Maybe I’ll find some out there
Hopeful that something better might be found elsewhere.
I’ve seen some things you wouldn’t believe
The speaker has experienced things beyond belief.
It’s different now I can’t ever come back
The speaker feels unable to return to a previous state.
I sold my soul just to have soul
The speaker sacrificed authenticity for something desired.
You can feel it every time I’m around
A presence or impact felt whenever the speaker is around.
Ain’t no worries in my heart you’ll reside
No worries are dwelling in the speaker's heart; they are buried and resisted.
I buried it deep down it fights me
The speaker struggles against buried emotions that haunt them.
Think I’m cursed to run the rest of my life
A sense of being cursed to run away from problems for the rest of the speaker's life.
Nothing left for me here so I might be
With nothing left, the speaker contemplates leaving for good.
Leaving town no one’s with me
Repetition of the decision to leave town alone.
I’m going dancing in fields of gold
Reiteration of the desire to find happiness in open spaces.
Never thought you would miss me
Reiteration of the speaker's unexpected hope to be missed.
Baby I just kinda hoped
Expressing a lingering, uncertain hope that the listener might miss the speaker.
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