Careless Love
Careless Love: A Melancholic Tale of Heartbreak
Lyrics
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Expressing the speaker's feelings about love, highlighting its careless and unpredictable nature.
You've fly through my head like wine
Describing the impact of love, comparing it to the intoxicating and heady influence of wine.
You've wrecked the life of a many poor girl
Attributing the ruin of many unfortunate lives, particularly girls, to the destructive power of love.
And you nearly spoiled this life of mine
Personalizing the impact on the speaker's own life, suggesting that love almost ruined their existence.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Reiterating the theme of careless love and its gripping, desire-driven nature.
In your clutches of desire
Describing love as having a strong hold on the speaker through passionate desires.
You've made me break a many true vow
Acknowledging the speaker's violation of sincere promises and vows due to the influence of love.
Then you set my very soul on fire
Highlighting the intense and passionate impact of love, setting the speaker's soul on fire.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Expressing the loss of happiness caused by love's careless nature.
All my happiness bereft
Stating that love has brought a sense of deprivation and weariness to the speaker.
You've filled my heart with weary old blues
Describing the emotional impact of love, filling the speaker's heart with sorrowful blues.
Now I'm walkin', talkin' to myself
Conveying the speaker's loneliness and distress, resorting to self-reflection and internal dialogue.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Reiterating the theme of careless love and expressing regret for trusting in its unpredictable nature.
Trusted you now, it's too late
Acknowledging the irreversible consequences of trusting love too late.
You've made me throw my old friend down
Blaming love for causing the speaker to betray or abandon a loyal friend.
That's why I sing this song of hate
Explaining the reason for singing a song of hate, blaming love for the speaker's actions.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Repeating the theme of careless love and expressing ongoing emotional distress day and night.
Night and day, I weep and moan
Stating that love brought an unsuitable or inappropriate person into the speaker's life.
You brought the wrong man into this life of mine
Expressing a sense of guilt or remorse for sins caused by love, anticipating judgment.
For my sins, till judgment I'll atone
Conveying a commitment to atone for sins related to love until facing judgment.
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