The Weakest Shade of Blue
Embracing the Terrible Beauty of Love: Weakest Shade of Blue
Lyrics
Won't you come away with me
Invitation to accompany the speaker
And begin something we can't understand
Starting something inexplicable
I'm as lonely as the Irish Sea
Expressing deep loneliness
I'm as willing as the sand
Expressing willingness
Could it be so wrong, so wrong?
Questioning the potential wrongness
Won't you come unbury me
Request to be freed from a situation
Could you light me up like a lemon grove
Desire to be ignited or inspired
I'll save you from this dreamy life
Offering rescue from a dreamlike existence
To the hardest love you could ever know
Transitioning to a challenging form of love
Could it be so wrong, so wrong?
Reiterating doubts about potential wrongness
But don't cry baby
Request not to cry
Please don't cry baby
Emphasis on not crying
I'll be tender til the day i die
Commitment to tenderness
This love i have for you is terrible and true
Describing intense and genuine love
How this sheltered, loveless life
Depiction of a sheltered, devoid-of-love life
Fades into the weakest shade of blue
Describing how that life turns melancholic
It's ruinous and true
Emphasizing the devastating truth of the love
How this sheltered, loveless life
Reiteration of a sheltered, loveless life
Fades into the weakest shade of blue
Repeating the idea of turning melancholic
Weakest shade of blue
Reinforcing the melancholic state
Could it be so wrong, so wrong?
Repeating doubts about potential wrongness
But don't cry baby
Request not to cry (repeated)
Please don't cry baby
Emphasis on not crying (repeated)
I'll be tender til the day i die
Commitment to lifelong tenderness
This love i have for you is terrible and true
Reiteration of intense and genuine love
How this sheltered, loveless life
Repetition of a sheltered, devoid-of-love life
Fades into the weakest shade of blue
Reiterating how life turns melancholic
Weakest shade of blue...
Reinforcing the idea of a melancholic state
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