Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Love's Illusion: Unveiling the Poignant Tale in Sarah Vaughan's 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes'
Lyrics
They ask me how I knew
Reflecting on how people inquire about the speaker's knowledge of love.
My true love was true
Affirming the truthfulness of the speaker's love.
I of course reply
Responding confidently to questions about the sincerity of the love.
Something inside
Expressing a feeling or intuition within the speaker.
Cannot be denied
Stating that this internal feeling cannot be denied.
They said some day you'll find
Others suggesting that, eventually, the speaker will understand love despite its challenges.
All who love are blind
Claiming that those in love may overlook flaws or shortcomings.
When your heart's on fire
Referring to the intense and passionate nature of being in love.
You must realize
Advising that one must recognize certain truths when in love.
Smoke gets in your eyes
Metaphorically stating that challenges and illusions arise in love ("Smoke gets in your eyes").
So I chaffed them
Brushing off the suggestions skeptically and responding with laughter.
And I gayly laughed
Laughing joyfully, dismissing doubts about the sincerity of the speaker's love.
To think they could doubt
Expressing surprise that others would doubt the authenticity of the speaker's love.
To think they could doubt my love
Reiterating disbelief in doubters questioning the speaker's love.
But today
Transitioning to the current state where the speaker's love has ended.
My love has flown away
Acknowledging the departure of the speaker's love.
I am without my love
Expressing a sense of emptiness without the presence of love.
Now laughing friends deride
Describing how friends mock the speaker in good humor.
Tears I cannot hide
Revealing the speaker's inability to conceal tears.
So I smile and say
Putting on a brave face, smiling, and commenting on the inevitability of loss.
When a lovely flame dies
Metaphorically referencing the end of a beautiful love as a flame dying.
Smoke gets in your eyes
Reiterating the theme that challenges and sorrow accompany the end of love.
But today my love has flown away
Repeating the acknowledgment of the departure of the speaker's love.
I am without
Emphasizing the absence and loss experienced by the speaker.
I'm without my love
Reiterating the speaker's state of being without love.
And now laughing friends deride
Echoing the mocking of friends and the inability to hide tears.
Tears I cannot hide
Repeating the speaker's response to challenges with a smile.
So I smile and say
Restating the metaphor of a lovely flame dying and the accompanying sorrow.
When a lovely flame dies
Continuing to express the theme of challenges and sorrow in love's conclusion.
Smoke gets in your eyes
Concluding with a repetition of the metaphor that challenges and sadness accompany the end of love.
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