After You've Gone
Heartbreak Echoes: Love's Departure in Bill Holman's Melody
Lyrics
Now won't you listen honey, while I say,
Expressing a plea for attention and a request to listen.
How could you tell me that you're goin' away?
Questioning a statement about leaving.
Don't say that we must part,
Urging not to declare a separation.
Don't break your baby's heart
Advising not to cause emotional pain.
You know I've loved you for these many years,
Affirming long-standing love over the years.
Loved you night and day,
Emphasizing continuous love day and night.
Oh! honey baby, can't you see my tears?
Expressing sadness and pleading through tears.
Listen while I say
Requesting attention while expressing feelings.
After you've gone and left me cryin'
Reflecting on the emotional aftermath of departure.
After you've gone there's no denyin'
Asserting the inevitability of the departure.
You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad
Predicting feelings of sorrow and sadness.
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had
Anticipating the longing for a dear companion.
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
Warning of a future realization and regret.
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Highlighting the eventual acknowledgment of loss.
Someday, when you grow lonely
Referring to a future moment of loneliness.
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
Predicting a broken heart and a desire for reunion.
After you've gone, after you've gone away
Reiterating the aftermath of the departure.
After you've gone and left me cryin'
Repeating the emotional response to the departure.
After you've gone there's no denyin'
Reemphasizing the undeniable reality of leaving.
You're gonna feel blue, and you're gonna feel sad
Foreseeing feelings of sadness and regret.
You're gonna feel bad
Anticipating a negative emotional state.
And you'll miss, and you'll miss,
Stressing the extent of missing the companion.
And you'll miss the bestest pal you ever had
Highlighting the profound connection lost.
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
Reiterating the future realization and regret.
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Affirming the forthcoming sense of remorse.
But baby, think what you're doin'
Advising the listener to consider their actions.
I'm gonna haunt you so, I'm gonna taunt you so
Threatening to haunt and taunt as a consequence.
It's gonna drive you to ruin
Predicting that the consequences will lead to ruin.
After you've gone, after you've gone away.
Repeating the idea of the aftermath of departure.
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