Since You've Been Gone
Heartache's Melody: Longing and Sorrow Post Your Departure
Lyrics
Baby baby, sweet baby
Expressing affection and tenderness towards the addressed person.
There's something that I just got to say
Conveying the urgency to communicate something important.
Baby baby, sweet baby
Reiterating affectionate feelings toward the addressed person.
You left me hurtin' in a real cold way
Describing emotional pain caused by the addressee's departure in a harsh manner.
Speak your name
Invoking the power of speaking the addressee's name.
Ooh and I feel a thrill
Expressing excitement or arousal when thinking about the addressee.
You said I do
Referring to a commitment made by the addressee (presumably marriage).
Hey, and I said I will
Confirming the speaker's commitment to the addressee.
I told you to just be true
Advising the addressee to be truthful and patient.
And give me just a little time
Asking for a little time to resolve issues.
Wait on me, baby, I want you to be all mine
Expressing a desire for the addressee to wait and commit to a relationship.
I just get so blue
Conveying a state of sadness or depression.
Since you've been gone, baby
Attributing the emotional state of sadness to the addressee's absence.
(Why'd you do it? Why'd you have to do it?)
Pose a question about the reasons behind the addressee's actions.
Since you've been gone
Reiterating the emotional impact of the addressee's departure.
(Why'd you do it? Why'd you have to do it?)
Repeating the question about the addressee's actions.
Baby baby, sweet baby
Reaffirming affection despite unintentionally driving the addressee away.
I didn't mean to run you away
Expressing regret for unintentionally causing the addressee to leave.
It was pride on my lips but not in my heart
Explaining that pride led to hurtful words but not reflecting the true feelings.
To say the things that led you to stray
Indicating that hurtful words led to the addressee's departure.
But ah, me
Expressing desperation or emotional pain.
Hear me now
Seeking attention or understanding from the addressee.
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Expressing uncertainty about the future.
Got to get you back somehow
Expressing determination to reconcile and bring back the addressee.
I'm praying, take me back
Requesting a return and pleading for consideration.
Consider me please
Asking the addressee to think about the speaker's plea.
If you walk in that door, I can get up off my knees
Expressing readiness to stand up if the addressee returns.
I've just been so blue
Reiterating the ongoing sadness since the addressee's departure.
Since you've been gone, oh baby
Expressing continued emotional pain in the absence of the addressee.
(Why'd you do it? Why'd you have to do it?)
Posing the question again about the reasons for the addressee's actions.
Since you've been gone
Repeating the emotional impact of the addressee's absence.
(Why'd you do it? Why'd you have to do it?)
Reiterating the question about the addressee's actions.
Well I've been so lonely
Expressing intense loneliness in the absence of the addressee.
(Sweet sweet, sweet sweet baby
Repeating the expression of loneliness and sweetness associated with the addressee.
Baby, since you've been gone
Continuing the expression of loneliness and sweetness since the addressee's departure.
(Sweet sweet, sweet sweet baby)
Repeating the expression of loneliness and sweetness.
I've been so lonely
Emphasizing the prolonged loneliness without the addressee.
(Why'd you do it? Why'd you have to do it?)
Repeating the question about the reasons behind the addressee's actions.
Since you've been gone
Reiterating the emotional impact of the addressee's absence.
(Why'd you do it? Why'd you have to do it?)
Repeating the question about the addressee's actions.
Baby baby baby been so lonely
Expressing ongoing loneliness with emphasis on affectionate terms.
(Sweet sweet, sweet sweet baby)
Repeating the expression of ongoing loneliness and sweetness.
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