After You've Gone
Love's Bittersweet Echo: Unveiling the Heartache in Evan Christopher's 'After You've Gone'
Lyrics
Now won't you listen honey, while I say,
Asking for attention to express feelings
How could you tell me that you're goin' away?
Expressing surprise or disbelief about departure
Don't say that we must part,
Pleading not to separate
Don't break your baby's heart
Urging not to cause emotional pain
You know I've loved you for these many years,
Asserting long-term love
Loved you night and day,
Expressing continuous love
Oh! honey baby, can't you see my tears?
Expressing sorrow, hoping for understanding
Listen while I say
Asking for attention again to convey emotions
After you've gone and left me cryin'
Expressing pain after departure
After you've gone there's no denyin'
Confirming inevitability of feeling
You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad
Predicting sadness for the departing individual
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had
Predicting longing for the departed person
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
Warning of future regret for leaving
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Emphasizing the certainty of regret
Someday, when you grow lonely
Forecasting loneliness in the future
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
Anticipating reciprocal heartbreak
After you've gone, after you've gone away
Asserting the consequence of departure
After you've gone and left me cryin'
Reiterating the pain after departure
After you've gone there's no denyin'
Confirming the inevitability of emotional pain
You're gonna feel blue, and you're gonna feel sad
Emphasizing the emotional turmoil
You're gonna feel bad
Anticipating negative emotional state
And you'll miss, and you'll miss,
Highlighting the absence of the departed person
And you'll miss the bestest pal you ever had
Emphasizing the significance of the departed individual
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
Reiterating the future regret for leaving
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Reiterating the certainty of regret
But baby, think what you're doin'
Warning of haunting consequences of departure
I'm gonna haunt you so, I'm gonna taunt you so
Threatening psychological impact of departure
It's gonna drive you to ruin
Anticipating emotional distress for the departing individual
After you've gone, after you've gone away.
Emphasizing the aftermath of departure
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