Mood Indigo
Capturing the Blues: Mood Indigo's Melancholic Journey
Lyrics
You ain't never been blue; no, no, no,
You have never experienced sadness or melancholy
You ain't never been blue,
Reiteration of the absence of experiencing sadness
Till you've had that mood indigo.
Sadness is not truly felt until one has experienced "mood indigo," a metaphorical representation of deep emotional blues
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
The emotion descends through the speaker's being, affecting even their shoes
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
The speaker passively laments while the blues emotion persists
I always get that mood indigo,
The speaker consistently experiences the mood indigo since a significant farewell
Since my baby said goodbye.
The mood indigo intensifies after the departure of the speaker's beloved
And in the evenin' when the lights are low,
In the evening, during a subdued atmosphere, the speaker feels intense loneliness
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 the absence of caring individuals in the speaker's life
I'm just a poor fool that's bluer than blue can be.
The speaker describes their deep, profound sadness, emphasizing extreme emotional distress
When I get that mood indigo,
The recurrence of the mood indigo is so intense that it feels like a desperate desire for self-destruction
I could lay me down and die.
The speaker contemplates the idea of surrendering to the overwhelming sadness and dying
You ain't never been blue; no, no, no,
Reiteration of the idea that true sadness has not been experienced
You ain't never been blue,
Restating the absence of deep emotional blues in the speaker's life
Till you've had that mood indigo.
Reiteration of the concept that profound sadness is only truly felt with mood indigo
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
The emotional descent reaches the very foundation of the speaker's being, affecting their shoes
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
The speaker resigns to the persistence of blues, expressing a passive acceptance of the emotional state
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