Mood Indigo
Emotional Symphony: Mood Indigo's Melancholic Echo
Lyrics
You ain't never been blue; no, no, no,
You haven't experienced sadness or melancholy before.
You ain't never been blue,
Reiteration of the absence of previous experiences with sadness.
Till you've had that mood indigo.
Sadness is not truly felt until one has experienced the specific feeling referred to as "mood indigo."
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
The sensation of "mood indigo" descends through the person's being, reaching even the shoes.
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
The person is sitting, feeling the mood, and expressing a resigned acceptance of the blues.
I always get that mood indigo,
The speaker consistently experiences the mood indigo, especially after a romantic separation.
Since my baby said goodbye.
The mood indigo persists since the speaker's romantic partner has parted ways.
And in the evenin' when the lights are low,
During the evening when the surroundings are dimly lit, the speaker feels intensely lonely.
I'm so lonely I could cry.
The loneliness is so profound that the speaker could cry.
'Cause there's nobody who cares about me,
Expressing a sense of abandonment as there is nobody caring for the speaker.
I'm just a poor fool that's bluer than blue can be.
The speaker considers themselves a deeply saddened and unfortunate person.
When I get that mood indigo,
Reiteration of experiencing the mood indigo, a deep and pervasive sadness.
I could lay me down and die.
The intensity of the mood indigo is such that the speaker feels like they could surrender to death.
You ain't never been blue; no, no, no,
Repetition of the idea that the listener has not felt this specific kind of deep sadness before.
You ain't never been blue,
Reiteration of the absence of previous experiences with sadness.
Till you've had that mood indigo.
Restating that true sadness is only experienced when one has felt the mood indigo.
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
Repetition of the feeling descending to the shoes, emphasizing the pervasive nature of the mood.
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
The speaker continues to sit and express resignation to the blues.
Comment