Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Love's Illusion: When Flames Fade and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Lyrics
They asked me how I knew
Reflecting on how others questioned the speaker about their awareness of love.
My true love was true
Asserting the authenticity of the speaker's true love.
Oh, I, of course, replied
Confirming the truthfulness of love, responding confidently.
Something here inside
Expressing an internal feeling or intuition about the sincerity of love.
Cannot be denied
Emphasizing the undeniable nature of the emotion felt.
They said someday you'll find
Others suggesting that love may make one oblivious or unable to see clearly.
All who love are blind
Implying that those deeply in love may overlook certain realities.
Oh, when your heart's on fire
Describing the intense emotional state when in love.
You must realize
Advising to recognize the consequences when passion is intense.
Smoke gets in your eyes
Metaphorically referencing the obstructive nature of love, akin to smoke in one's eyes.
So I chaffed them, and I gaily laughed
Dismissively responding to doubts about the strength of their love with laughter.
To think they could doubt our love
Expressing confidence in the endurance of their love.
Yet today, my love has flown away
Acknowledging the painful reality that their love has ended or changed.
I am without my love
Conveying the emptiness felt without the presence of their love.
Now laughing friends deride
Describing the ridicule from friends after the love has ended.
Tears I cannot hide
Acknowledging the inability to conceal the sadness through tears.
So I smile and say:
Putting on a brave face and responding to the situation with a smile.
"When a lovely flame dies
Reflecting on the inevitable sadness when a beautiful love diminishes.
Smoke gets in your eyes,"
Reiterating the metaphor of "Smoke gets in your eyes" as a consequence of love's end.
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