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 sadness
Till you've had that mood indigo.
Sadness only comes when one has experienced "mood indigo"
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
The feeling of sadness reaches down to the speaker's shoes
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
The speaker remains passive, sighing in response to the blues
I always get that mood indigo,
The speaker consistently experiences "mood indigo" since their baby left
Since my baby said goodbye.
The source of sadness is the departure of the speaker's baby
And in the evenin' when the lights are low,
In the evening, when it's dark, the speaker feels extremely lonely
I'm so lonely I could cry.
The loneliness is so intense that the speaker could cry
'Cause there's nobody who cares about me,
Expressing the lack of anyone caring about the speaker
I'm just a poor fool that's bluer than blue can be.
The speaker feels like a helpless fool, extremely sad
When I get that mood indigo,
Reiteration of experiencing "mood indigo"
I could lay me down and die.
The sadness 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 experienced sadness
You ain't never been blue,
Reiteration of the absence of sadness
Till you've had that mood indigo.
Emphasizing that sadness comes with "mood indigo"
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
Reiteration of the feeling reaching down to the speaker's shoes
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
Despite the sadness, the speaker remains passive, instructing the blues to go away
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