Always Wanting You
Yearning Echoes: Embracing Love's Absence in Merle Haggard's Melody
Lyrics
Always wanting you, but never having you
Expresses a persistent desire for someone, yet unable to have them.
Makes it hard to face tomorrow
Conveys the emotional difficulty in facing the upcoming day due to unfulfilled desires.
'Cause I know I'll wake up wanting you again
Anticipates waking up with the same yearning for the person again.
Always loving you, but never touching you
Describes the challenge of loving someone without the physical closeness.
Sometimes hurts me almost more than I can stand
Highlights the emotional pain of not being able to touch the person, which is almost unbearable.
I'd been better off if I'd turned away
Suggests a regretful sentiment about not avoiding the initial encounter.
And never looked at you the second time
Reflects on the idea that life was better before the second meeting.
'Cause I really had my life all together till your eyes met mine
Expresses a sense of having one's life in order until the gaze met with the person in question.
And there I say a yearning and a feeling 'cross the room
Describes a mutual yearning and connection felt across the room.
That you felt for me
Acknowledges that the person also felt something for the speaker.
Wish I'd had a way of knowing that the things we had in mind
Expresses a wish for foreknowledge about the impossibility of the envisioned future with that person.
Could never be
Regrets that the expectations and desires shared could never materialize.
Always wanting you, but never having you
Reiterates the persistent desire for the person, contrasted with the inability to have them.
Makes it hard to face tomorrow
Repeats the emotional difficulty in facing the future due to unfulfilled desires.
'Cause I know I'll wake up wanting you again
Foresees waking up with the same yearning for the person again.
Always loving you, but never touching you
Restates the challenge of loving without physical closeness, causing significant emotional pain.
Sometimes hurts me almost more than I can stand
Emphasizes the intensity of the emotional hurt caused by the absence of physical touch.
Always loving you, but never touching you
Reiterates the difficulty of loving without physical closeness and the accompanying emotional pain.
Sometimes hurts me almost more than I can stand
Restates the overwhelming emotional pain caused by the unfulfilled desire for physical touch.
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