Lyrics
There was a girl back in my town
Reflecting on a girl from the speaker's hometown.
But I shouldn't bring up what I can't put down
The speaker shouldn't mention what he can't handle.
She was above reproach in every way
The girl was flawless and beyond criticism.
One day I left the town I'm from
The speaker left his hometown one day.
And as hard as I tried she would not come along
Despite trying, he couldn't make the girl come with him.
She left me alone in every way
The girl abandoned the speaker emotionally.
People are laughing and they're having such fun
Observing others having fun while he's not.
I wish it was happening to me
Expressing a desire for the happiness of others.
This is the moonlight
Introducing the theme of moonlight, possibly a metaphor.
The very same moonlight, so how happy can I be?
Rhetorical question about his own happiness under the moonlight.
Now I'm alone and I'm at large
The speaker is now alone and free.
What kind of fool puts me in charge?
Questioning the decision to put the speaker in charge.
God, it's a lonely way I'm living these days
Describing the lonely life he leads now.
There was a girl back in my town
Recalling another girl from his hometown.
That I couldn't get over she won't come 'round
The speaker can't get over this girl who won't return.
You know she left me alone in every way
Reiterating the emotional abandonment by the second girl.
People are laughing and they're having such fun
Observing others having fun, repeating the theme.
I wish it was happening to me
Expressing the speaker's wish for the happening to him.
This is the moonlight
Repeating the moonlight theme, questioning happiness.
The very same moonlight, so how happy can I be?
Restating the question about the speaker's happiness.
This is the moonlight
Repeating the moonlight theme.
The very same moonlight, so how happy can I be?
Reiterating the rhetorical question on happiness.
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