After You've Gone
Love's Echo: Navigating Heartbreak in Lee Collins' Melody
Lyrics
Now won't you listen honey, while I say,
Expressing a plea for attention and understanding
How could you tell me that you're goin' away?
Questioning the revelation of the impending departure
Don't say that we must part,
Discouraging the idea of separation
Don't break your baby's heart
Emphasizing the emotional impact on the speaker
You know I've loved you for these many years,
Highlighting the duration and depth of the speaker's love
Loved you night and day,
Reiterating constant love and devotion
Oh! honey baby, can't you see my tears?
Expressing visible distress through tears
Listen while I say
Requesting attention and understanding
After you've gone and left me cryin'
Describing the emotional aftermath of the departure
After you've gone there's no denyin'
Acknowledging the inevitability of the separation
You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad
Predicting feelings of sadness and loneliness
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had
Anticipating the absence of a dear companion
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
Stating a future realization of the mistake
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Foreseeing regret for the decision
Someday, when you grow lonely
Speculating on the eventual loneliness
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
Predicting a parallel heartbreak for the listener
After you've gone, after you've gone away
Reiterating the consequences after departure
After you've gone and left me cryin'
Repeating the emotional aftermath of the departure
After you've gone there's no denyin'
Restating the undeniable impact of the departure
You're gonna feel blue, and you're gonna feel sad
Emphasizing the upcoming emotional distress
You're gonna feel bad
Highlighting the intensity of negative emotions
And you'll miss, and you'll miss,
Emphasizing the absence of a cherished companion
And you'll miss the bestest pal you ever had
Reiterating the loss of a valuable friend
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
Repeating the prediction of future regret
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Reinforcing the inevitability of remorse
But baby, think what you're doin'
Adding a plea for reconsideration
I'm gonna haunt you so, I'm gonna taunt you so
Warning of persistent haunting and taunting
It's gonna drive you to ruin
Predicting the psychological impact on the listener
After you've gone, after you've gone away.
Reiterating the consequences after departure
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