Mood Indigo
Embracing the Blues: Exploring the Depths of Mood Indigo
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 previous experience with sadness.
Till you've had that mood indigo.
Sadness is not known to you until you've felt the specific melancholy referred to as "mood indigo."
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
The sensation of sadness permeates down to the speaker's shoes, emphasizing its profound impact.
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
The speaker remains passive, sitting and sighing, as the blues take control.
I always get that mood indigo,
The speaker consistently experiences the mood indigo after a significant farewell from a loved one.
Since my baby said goodbye.
Reference to the departure of the speaker's baby, intensifying the sadness.
And in the evenin' when the lights are low,
In the evening, in the dim light, the loneliness becomes overwhelming.
I'm so lonely I could cry.
The speaker is so lonely that crying seems inevitable.
'Cause there's nobody who cares about me,
Expressing a sense of abandonment with nobody caring for the speaker.
I'm just a poor fool that's bluer than blue can be.
The speaker feels exceptionally downhearted, describing themselves as a deeply sorrowful fool.
When I get that mood indigo,
The recurring experience of mood indigo brings the speaker to a point of despair.
I could lay me down and die.
The intensity of the mood indigo is so overwhelming that the speaker contemplates death.
You ain't never been blue; no, no, no,
Reiteration of the idea that the listener has never felt the described sadness before.
You ain't never been blue,
Restating the absence of prior experience with this particular kind of sadness.
Till you've had that mood indigo.
The sadness is emphasized as a unique and profound feeling known as "mood indigo."
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
Repetition of the impact of sadness reaching down to the speaker's shoes.
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
The speaker remains passive, sitting and sighing, as the blues persist.
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