Are You Lonesome Tonight
Eternal Yearning: Unveiling the Heartache in Sonny James' Melody
Lyrics
Are you lonesome tonight do you miss me tonight are
Asking if the listener is feeling lonely and if they miss the speaker
you sorry we've drifted apart
Expressing regret about the distance that has grown between them
Does your memory stray to a bright summer day
Inquiring if the listener recalls a happy moment from the past
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart
Recalling a time when the speaker kissed the listener and affectionately called them sweetheart
Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare
Wondering if the listener's surroundings feel empty and lonely
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there
Asking if the listener imagines the speaker at their doorstep
Is your heart filled with pain shall I come back again
Asking if the listener's heart is filled with pain and if the speaker should consider returning
Tell me dear are you lonesome tonight
Directly asking if the listener is lonely tonight
I wonder if you're lonesome tonight
Expressing uncertainty about whether the listener is currently lonely
You know someone said that the world's a stage and each of us play a part
Quoting the idea that life is like a stage and everyone plays a role
Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweetheart
Describing fate's role in the speaker falling in love with the listener
Act one was when we met and I loved you at first glance
Recalling the initial meeting and immediate love for the listener
You read your lines so cleverly and you never missed
Complimenting the listener's clever delivery of lines in the "act" of their relationship
a cue then came act two
Transitioning to a problematic phase in the relationship (act two)
You seemed to change you acted strange and why I'll never know
Expressing confusion about the listener's changed behavior
Honey you lied when you said that you loved me and
Accusing the listener of lying about their love
I had no cause to doubt you
Asserting that there was no reason to doubt the listener's love
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies than to go on living without you
Preferring to hear lies than to live without the listener
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there with emptiness all around
Describing the current state of the relationship with an empty stage
And if you won't come back to me then they can ring the curtain down
If the listener doesn't return, suggesting the end of their relationship ("curtain down")
Is your heart filled with pain shall I come back again
Repeating the question of whether the listener's heart is filled with pain and if the speaker should come back
Tell me dear are you lonesome tonight
Reiterating the question of whether the listener is lonely tonight
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