Just Out of Reach
Longing Echoes: Unreachable Love in George Jones' Melody
Lyrics
Love that runs away from me
Expresses the feeling of love slipping away.
Dreams that just won't let me be
Refers to dreams that persistently disturb the singer.
Blues that keep on bothering me
Describes the persistent blues or sadness affecting the singer.
Change that just won't set me free
Speaks of an unyielding change causing emotional confinement.
To far away from you and all you're charms
Expresses a geographical and emotional distance from the person and their alluring qualities.
Just out of reach of my two empty arms.
Highlights the emotional pain of being just out of reach from someone's embrace.
Each night in dreams I see your face
Describes the experience of seeing the person's face in dreams each night.
Memories time can not erase
Emphasizes the lasting nature of memories that cannot be erased by time.
Then I awake and find you gone
Expresses the disappointment upon waking and realizing the person is not present.
I'm so blue and all alone
Conveys the feeling of deep sadness and loneliness.
So far away from lips so sweet and warm
Highlights the yearning for the warmth of the person's sweet lips.
Just out of reach of my two empty arms.
Reiterates the emotional distance and emptiness in the singer's arms.
Ah honey, you know that old lonesome feeling that I have all the time
Describes a constant feeling of loneliness.
It's just knowing that I know you'll never be mine
Acknowledges the painful awareness that the person will never be the singer's.
And the dreams that always keeps on hurting in my mind
Refers to persistent dreams that continue to hurt the singer emotionally.
I know we're only bound that she and I could never be.
Accepts the reality that a romantic relationship with the person is impossible.
To far away from lips so sweet and warm
Repeats the yearning for the warmth of the person's lips, emphasizing the emotional distance.
Just out of reach of my two empty arms.
Reiterates the theme of being just out of reach and having empty arms.
Just out of reach of my two empty arms
Repeats the concept of being just out of reach and experiencing emotional emptiness.
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