Careless Love
Unraveling the Depths of Careless Love's Lament
Lyrics
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Expressing the speaker's feelings towards love, describing it as careless and possibly causing distress.
You've fly through my head like wine
Comparing the impact of love to the intoxicating and dizzying effect of wine on the speaker's thoughts.
You've wrecked the life of a many poor girl
Indicating that love has negatively affected the lives of many unfortunate girls, suggesting a destructive nature.
And you nearly spoiled this life of mine
Suggesting that love has come close to ruining the speaker's own life.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Reiterating the theme of love being careless and now emphasizing its grasp on the speaker's desires.
In your clutches of desire
Describing love as having a hold on the speaker's desires, possibly implying a loss of control.
You've made me break a many true vow
Acknowledging the speaker's breaking of promises and vows under the influence of love.
Then you set my very soul on fire
Expressing the intense impact of love by stating that it has set the speaker's soul on fire, possibly alluding to passion.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Repeating the sentiment of love causing unhappiness, suggesting a persistent theme of regret.
All my happiness bereft
Describing the complete loss of happiness due to love.
You've filled my heart with weary old blues
Explaining that love has filled the speaker's heart with a deep sense of weariness and sadness.
Now I'm walkin', talkin' to myself
Describing a state of loneliness and despair, with the speaker resorting to talking to themselves.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Repeating the theme of love being careless and emphasizing the trust placed in it, now expressing regret.
Trusted you now, it's too late
Indicating a realization that it's too late to trust love, possibly after negative consequences have occurred.
You've made me throw my old friend down
Stating that love has led the speaker to sever ties with an old friend, reflecting the destructive impact.
That's why I sing this song of hate
Explaining that the severed friendship is the reason for the expression of hatred in the song.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Repeating the theme of love causing pain and suffering, with the speaker expressing sorrow day and night.
Night and day, I weep and moan
Describing the introduction of the wrong man into the speaker's life by love, suggesting a tragic outcome.
You brought the wrong man into this life of mine
Attributing the speaker's current state to the influence of love, implying a need for redemption or atonement.
For my sins, till judgment I'll atone
Connecting the speaker's suffering to their sins and expressing a sense of impending judgment.
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