'Round Midnight
Midnight Melancholy: Unveiling the Emotional Journey in 'Round Midnight
Lyrics
It begins to tell
It initiates the narrative
'Round midnight, midnight
Refers to the time - around midnight
I do pretty well, till after sundown
The narrator copes well until evening
Suppertime I'm feelin' sad
During suppertime, the narrator feels sad
But it really gets bad
Emphasizes the intensification of sadness
'Round midnight
Reiterates the focus on midnight
Memories always start 'round midnight
Memories resurface around midnight
Haven't got the heart to stand those memories
The narrator struggles with poignant memories
When my heart is still with you
Heart still connected to a past love
And ol' midnight knows it, too
Midnight symbolically understands the heartache
When a quarrel we had needs mending
Reference to a quarrel that needs resolution
Does it mean that our love is ending
Ponders if the quarrel signifies the end of love
Darlin' I need you, lately I find
Expresses a current need for the absent lover
You're out of my heart
Acknowledges the lover's absence from the heart
And I'm out of my mind
Highlights the emotional turmoil
Let our hearts take wings'
Suggests a hopeful turn in the narrative
'Round midnight, midnight
Reiterates the significance of midnight
Let the angels sing
Invokes angels singing for a hopeful return
For your returning
Expresses longing for the return of love
Till our love is safe and sound
Hopes for the safety and stability of love
And old midnight comes around
Midnight as a recurring time of reflection
Feelin' sad
Reiterates the feeling of sadness
Really gets bad
Emphasizes the deepening of emotional pain
Round, Round, Round Midnight
Closes with a repetition of midnight
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