The Nightingale
Rediscovering Love's Melody: The Nightingale's Meaningful Tune
Lyrics
Yesterday I thought that I walked alone
Reflecting on a past belief that she walked alone.
And that love was just a memory
Believed love was just a distant memory.
But a nightingale
A nightingale becomes a significant symbol.
Followed me back home
The nightingale follows her home.
Where my love was
Her love is waiting for her at home.
Waiting there for me
Reunion with her love at home.
I have lost my faith as lovers often do
Loss of faith in love, a common experience for lovers.
When the storm clouds gather overhead
Facing challenges in the relationship (storm clouds).
But a nightingale sang a note so true
The nightingale's song dispels fear and restores faith.
That I knew I'd lost my fear instead
Realization that fear has been replaced by courage.
And to think that I said
Regret for dismissing love as foolish.
Love was for fools
Previously considered love to be for fools.
And that time would never heal
Doubted that time could heal emotional wounds.
These old wounds
Recognition that the nightingale saved a prayer for her.
But the nightingale saved a prayer for me
In the twilight, he played a faithful true
Describing the nightingale's faithful melody in the twilight.
I have heard the lark over the vale
Recalling other bird songs she's heard, but the nightingale's is special.
And I've heard the lonesome whippoorwill
Comparing the nightingale's song to the lark and whippoorwill.
But the sweetest song is the nightingale's
The nightingale's song is the sweetest.
And I know I'll never get my fill
Expressing a desire for more of the nightingale's song.
And to think that I said love for fools and that time would never heal these old wounds
Repetition of the regret and doubt expressed in lines 13-16.
But the nightingale saved a prayer for me
Reiteration of the nightingale's role in saving a prayer.
In the twilight, he played a faithful tune
Reaffirming the nightingale's faithful tune in the twilight.
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