After You've Gone
Echoes of Heartache: Unraveling the Bittersweet Tale in 'After You've Gone'
Lyrics
Now won't you listen honey, while I say,
Expressing a request for attention to convey a message.
How could you tell me that you're goin' away?
Questioning the announcement of departure.
Don't say that we must part,
Discouraging the idea of separation.
Don't break your baby's heart
Advising against causing emotional pain.
You know I've loved you for these many years,
Stating a long-standing love for the person.
Loved you night and day,
Emphasizing continuous love day and night.
Oh! honey baby, can't you see my tears?
Expressing visible sadness and tears.
Listen while I say
Reiterating the importance of listening.
After you've gone and left me cryin'
Discussing the emotional aftermath of the departure.
After you've gone there's no denyin'
Asserting the inevitability of the emotional impact.
You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad
Anticipating feelings of sadness and melancholy.
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had
Predicting the missing of a close and dear friend.
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
Forecasting a future realization of the consequences.
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Emphasizing the eventual acknowledgment of regret.
Someday, when you grow lonely
Projecting a time of loneliness in the future.
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
Drawing a parallel between future heartbreaks.
After you've gone, after you've gone away
Reiterating the idea of departure and its aftermath.
After you've gone and left me cryin'
Echoing the sentiment of emotional distress post-departure.
After you've gone there's no denyin'
Reaffirming the undeniable emotional consequences.
You're gonna feel blue, and you're gonna feel sad
Predicting specific negative emotions like feeling blue and sad.
You're gonna feel bad
Emphasizing the intensity of negative emotions.
And you'll miss, and you'll miss,
Highlighting the lasting impact of the separation.
And you'll miss the bestest pal you ever had
Stressing the irreplaceable nature of the departed friend.
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
Repeating the notion of future regret.
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Emphasizing the inescapable realization of the mistake.
But baby, think what you're doin'
Adding a plea for reconsideration and reflection.
I'm gonna haunt you so, I'm gonna taunt you so
Warning of a haunting and taunting emotional aftermath.
It's gonna drive you to ruin
Predicting emotional distress leading to ruin.
After you've gone, after you've gone away.
Reiterating the idea of the aftermath of departure.
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