Can't Go Back
Reflections on Lost Roads: A Song's Soulful Journey
Lyrics
Mountains, staring at me as they're rollin' by.
Observing mountains while they pass by during a journey.
Sunset, paints a path across the southern sky.
Describing a sunset creating a path in the southern sky.
Headin' down the dusty highway, there he was in the middle of the road.
Traveling on a dusty highway and encountering an old man in the middle of the road.
And I said "Old man let me help you, I can take you home"
Offering assistance to the old man, expressing a willingness to take him home.
And he said,
Transition to the old man's perspective.
"Son you can't imagine the trouble that you been,
The old man shares insights about the troubled state of the world, expressing a desire for peace, understanding, and harmony. Emphasizes the impossibility of returning to a place that has never been experienced.
This whole world's gone crazy, livin' in sin
-We want peace and understandin', and harmony again,
-But you can't, can't go back,
-To where you've never been."
-I'm still runnin' from the shadows and the flames.
The narrator is still dealing with past challenges and seeking refuge from difficulties.
Searchin' for a place where someone knows my name
Expressing a desire to find a place where one is recognized.
On my way through Arizona, I let a fortuneteller read my hand.
Recalling an encounter with a fortuneteller in Arizona who claimed to foresee things beyond comprehension.
Told me she could see things I'd never understand
-And she said,
The fortuneteller echoes the old man's sentiments about the troubled world and the impossibility of returning to an unknown place.
"Son you can't imagine the trouble that you been,
-This whole world's gone crazy, livin' in sin
-We want peace and understandin', and harmony again,
-But you can't, can't go back,
-To where you've never been."
-I hear, in the desert wind a distant voice,
Hearing a distant voice in the desert wind.
Singin'
Introducing a singing element in the form of a distant voice.
"Son you can't imagine the trouble that you been,
The voice reiterates the themes of a troubled world, longing for peace, and the impossibility of going back to an unfamiliar place.
This whole world's gone crazy, livin' in sin
-We want peace and understandin', and harmony again,
-But you can't, can't go back,
-No you can't, can't go back,
-To where you've never been.
-Can't go back to where you've never been.
Repetition of the idea that one cannot go back to a place they have never been.
Can't go back to where you've never been.
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