Letter To Mother
Heart's Burden: A Son's Struggle and Mother's Love
Lyrics
(I'm never doing another tango song
I refuse to do another tango song ever again.
In my fucking life)
Expressing strong emotion about this decision.
The noise in this joint is unearthly
The noise in this place is incredibly loud and unsettling.
And soon I awkwardly say
The speaker awkwardly mentions something.
"Look, there it is
Pointing out something significant: their entire life in an ashtray.
My whole life in the ashtray
Feeling unable to return to someone in that state.
I can't go back to her that way"
Explaining the reason for the inability to return.
'Cause in blue darkness of a night
A reference to a dark, blue night.
She keeps imagining one thing
She has a recurring imagination despite it not being visible.
Someone stuck his Finnish knife
Imagining harm caused by a Finnish knife by someone.
Under my heart
Describing the action of someone harming the speaker.
I know that even though she doesn't show it
The mother experiences deep sorrow even if it's not evident.
She grieves sorely for her son
Expressing the depth of the mother's grief for her son.
And often walks out to the
Describing the mother's actions, possibly seeking the son.
Road in her old-fashioned coat
Her attire while searching for her son.
And in blue darkness of a night
A repetition of the dark, blue night reference.
She keeps imagining one thing
Continuing the mother's recurring imagination.
How someone stuck his Finnish
Imagining the harm again caused by a Finnish knife.
Knife under my heart under my heart
Reiterating the imagined harm under the heart.
In blue darkness of a night
Another repetition of the dark, blue night reference.
She keeps imagining one thing
Continuation of the mother's recurring thoughts.
Someone stuck his Finnish knife
Repeating the imagery of harm caused by a Finnish knife.
Under my heart
Reiterating the action of someone harming the speaker.
I know she's there grieving sorely for me
Acknowledging the mother's intense sorrow for the speaker.
I know she's there turning grey for me
Recognizing the visible signs of the mother's distress for the speaker.
And when I'll come back
Anticipating forgiveness upon the speaker's return.
She'll forgive me so
Expecting maternal forgiveness upon the speaker's return.
Motherly, motherly, motherly
Repetition emphasizing the maternal nature of forgiveness.
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