After You've Gone
Love's Echo: Navigating Heartbreak in Shirley Horn's Melody
Lyrics
Now won't you listen honey, while I say,
Expressing a plea for attention to the upcoming message.
How could you tell me that you're goin' away?
Questioning why the listener would announce their departure.
Don't say that we must part,
Requesting not to declare a separation.
Don't break your baby's heart
Pleading not to cause emotional pain.
You know I've loved you for these many years,
Affirming a long-standing love over the years.
Loved you night and day,
Highlighting constant love day and night.
Oh! honey baby, can't you see my tears?
Expressing sadness and tears in the face of separation.
Listen while I say
Reiterating the importance of listening to the emotional plea.
After you've gone and left me cryin'
Reflecting on the emotional aftermath once the listener departs.
After you've gone there's no denyin'
Acknowledging the undeniable reality of the separation.
You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad
Anticipating the listener's future feelings of sadness.
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had
Expecting the listener to miss the deep connection shared.
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
Foretelling a future moment of realization for the listener.
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Predicting remorse and regret in the listener's future.
Someday, when you grow lonely
Indicating a future time of loneliness for the listener.
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
Comparing the future heartbreak to the current emotional pain.
After you've gone, after you've gone away
Reiterating the inevitability of the listener's departure.
After you've gone and left me cryin'
Repeating the emotional aftermath of the departure.
After you've gone there's no denyin'
Restating the undeniable reality of the separation.
You're gonna feel blue, and you're gonna feel sad
Emphasizing the listener's future feelings of sadness.
You're gonna feel bad
Anticipating negative emotions and a sense of loss.
And you'll miss, and you'll miss,
Highlighting the magnitude of missing the strong connection.
And you'll miss the bestest pal you ever had
Emphasizing the depth of the missed relationship.
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
Reiterating the future realization of the listener.
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Stressing the inevitability of regret in the future.
But baby, think what you're doin'
Advising the listener to consider the consequences of their actions.
I'm gonna haunt you so, I'm gonna taunt you so
Threatening a haunting and taunting presence in the listener's future.
It's gonna drive you to ruin
Anticipating the detrimental impact on the listener's well-being.
After you've gone, after you've gone away.
Reiterating the inevitability of the listener's departure.
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