Mood Indigo
Drowning in Indigo: Unveiling the Depths of Heartache
Lyrics
You ain't never been blue; no, no, no,
You have never experienced sadness.
You ain't never been blue,
Reiteration of the absence of experiencing sadness.
Till you've had that mood indigo.
Sadness is not truly felt until one has experienced the specific feeling referred to as "mood indigo."
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
The described emotion permeates down to the speaker's shoes, indicating a deep and all-encompassing sense of melancholy.
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
The speaker is sitting, feeling the blues, and expressing a resigned acceptance of the melancholic state.
I always get that mood indigo,
The speaker consistently experiences the mood indigo, particularly after a farewell from a loved one.
Since my baby said goodbye.
The persistent sadness is linked to the departure of the speaker's baby or loved one.
And in the evenin' when the lights are low,
During the evening when the surroundings are dimly lit, the speaker feels intensely lonely.
I'm so lonely I could cry.
The loneliness is so overwhelming that the speaker feels like crying.
'Cause there's nobody who cares about me,
Expressing a sense of abandonment, as there seems to be no one who cares about the speaker.
I'm just a poor fool that's bluer than blue can be.
The speaker feels like a pitiful fool, experiencing a level of sadness that surpasses even the bluest state imaginable.
When I get that mood indigo,
The recurring experience of mood indigo is so intense that it could be metaphorically fatal.
I could lay me down and die.
The sadness is so profound that the speaker contemplates the idea of laying down and dying.
You ain't never been blue; no, no, no,
Reiteration of the theme that the listener has not experienced true sadness.
You ain't never been blue,
Restating the absence of experiencing profound sadness.
Till you've had that mood indigo.
Emphasizing that the real experience of blues is connected to the specific feeling of mood indigo.
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
Repetition of the emotion reaching down to the shoes, reinforcing the depth of the melancholy.
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
While the speaker sits and sighs, the blues are encouraged to persist.
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