Meanin' So Much
Lost Love Chronicles: Burton Cummings' Heartfelt Reflections
Lyrics
Oh sweet, sweet, sweet lovin' babe, how'd I ever let you go
Expressing regret and longing for a lost love, questioning why the relationship ended.
Miss you more as the years go rollin' by
Feelings of increased longing and missing the person more as time passes.
And I might still be near you, if not for one small thing I know
Suggesting a possibility of still being together if not for a significant betrayal or lie.
You lied when I looked you straight in the eye
Referring to the deceitfulness of the person, recalling a specific instance of being lied to.
But oh, you're meanin' so much
Despite the pain caused, acknowledging the profound importance and significance of the relationship.
Oh lover, meanin' what you're meanin' now
Highlighting the current significance or importance of the lover and their actions.
Oh, meanin' so much to me
Emphasizing the immense value the lover holds in the speaker's life.
Ask me how well, how well that I remember nights in September
Recollection of specific memories, possibly happier times, referencing nights in September.
Lying holdin' each other's lovin' charms
Remembering intimate moments shared, holding each other close with affection.
And I might still be near you, if not for one small thing I know
Continuing the idea that the relationship could have endured if not for a betrayal.
I found you in someone else's arms
Discovering the lover being unfaithful, finding them in another person's arms.
But oh, you're meanin' so much
Reiterating the immense significance or importance of the lover despite the betrayal.
Oh lover, meanin' what you're meanin' now
Stressing the current relevance or meaning of the lover's actions.
Oh, meanin' so much to me
Reaffirming the substantial value the lover holds in the speaker's life.
I know it's useless, I know it's impossible, I've tried
Acknowledging the futility and impossibility of forgetting or moving past the lover.
Can't seem to drink you out of my mind
Expressing the inability to stop thinking about the lover.
No sense in lookin, no sense in comin' crawlin' on back
Realizing the pointlessness of searching or returning, knowing what awaits upon return.
Knowing what it is that I'd find, what I'd find
Anticipating a painful truth or realization upon returning to the relationship.
Oh, night comes falling bringing darkness again
Describing the arrival of night and the return of loneliness, symbolized by darkness.
Bringing teardrops to another lonely man
Associating nightfall with sadness, bringing tears to the speaker's eyes in loneliness.
But I might still be near you, if not for one small thing I know
Reiterating the potential for the relationship to have continued if not for the lover's actions.
When you loved me you would love me and then you ran, yes you did now
Recalling the inconsistency in the lover's behavior—loving then leaving abruptly.
But oh, you're meanin' so much
Reaffirming the immense significance or importance of the lover despite their actions.
Oh lover, meanin' what you're meanin' now
Emphasizing the current relevance or meaning of the lover's actions.
Oh, meanin' so much to me
Reaffirming the substantial value the lover holds in the speaker's life.
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