Just Look What You've Done
Love's Retreat: When Dreams Turn to Dust
Lyrics
With a tender love, you filled my lonely days
Expressing gratitude for the tender love that filled lonely days.
You made me need you, darlin', in so many ways
Acknowledging the deep emotional need created by the loved one in various ways.
But you no longer come around very much
Noticing a decrease in the loved one's presence and visits.
& lately there's no tenderness in your touch
Observing a lack of tenderness in recent physical interactions.
Where did it go? That warm & tender feeling
Questioning the disappearance of the warm and tender feeling in the relationship.
Where did it go? The love that I believed in?
Expressing disbelief at the vanishing love once believed in.
You filled my life with so much meaning
Reflecting on how the loved one brought meaning to life.
It's empty now, now that you're leaving
Expressing emptiness and sorrow due to the impending departure of the loved one.
CHORUS:
Refrain introducing the central theme of the negative impact on dreams.
Just look what you've done; you've turned my dreams to dust
Expressing the devastating effect on dreams, turned to dust by the loved one.
I thought you needed me, but now I find that you're leavin' me
Realizing that the belief in mutual need was unfounded as the loved one is leaving.
Oh you've turned my heart to stone
Metaphorically describing a heart turned to stone due to the departure.
Without you by my side, where will I get the strength to carry on?
Questioning where to find strength to continue without the loved one.
Now helplessly I stand, watchin' love walk away
Helplessly witnessing the departure of love with no ability to prevent it.
There's nothin' I can do, nothin' I can say
Expressing powerlessness and speechlessness in the face of the leaving loved one.
For you our love was just a passin' thing
Contrasting perspectives on the significance of the love, emphasizing its importance.
But to me, my darlin', it was everything
Affirming that, for the speaker, the love was everything.
Where did it go? The love I always turned to
Questioning the disappearance of the dependable love that was always there.
Where did it go? Where do I go without you?
Expressing uncertainty about how to proceed in life without the loved one.
When I needed you, you were always there
Recalling the past reliability of the loved one's presence.
I'm nothing now without your love to share
Feeling a sense of worthlessness without the love to share.
(chorus)
Reiteration of the chorus, emphasizing the impact on dreams and emotions.
(instrumental)
Instrumental break in the song.
Where did it go? The love I always turned to
Repetition of the question about the disappearance of reliable love.
Where did it go? & where do I go without you?
Reiteration of the uncertainty about life without the loved one.
When I needed you, you were always there
Recalling the past reliability of the loved one's presence (similar to line 22).
I'm nothing now without your love to share
Repeating the feeling of worthlessness without the love to share (similar to line 23).
(repeat chorus & fade)
Repetition of the chorus, emphasizing the continued impact on dreams and emotions.
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