After You're Gone
Love's Echo: Nostalgia Unveiled in Susie Arioli's 'After You're Gone'
Lyrics
""Now won't you listen honey, while I say,
Expressing a plea for attention and understanding from the listener.
How could you tell me that you're goin' away?
Questioning why the listener would mention leaving.
Don't say that we must part,
Discouraging the idea of parting ways.
Don't break your baby's heart
Pleading not to cause emotional pain or heartbreak.
You know I've loved you for these many years,
Highlighting a history of love and commitment over the years.
Loved you night and day...
Emphasizing continuous love, day and night.
Oh! honey baby, can't you see my tears?
Expressing sadness and tears in response to the situation.
Listen while I say:
Reiterating the importance of listening to the speaker.
After you've gone and left me cryin'
Describing the emotional aftermath once the listener departs.
After you've gone there's no denyin'
Stating the inevitability of feeling blue and sorrow after the departure.
You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad
Anticipating feelings of sadness and missing the departed.
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had
Emphasizing the loss of a close and cherished companion.
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
Forewarning that the listener will eventually regret leaving.
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Reinforcing the idea that regret will come in the future.
Someday, when you grow lonely
Describing a future time of loneliness for the departing person.
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
Predicting heartbreak for the listener, who will then seek the speaker.
After you've gone, after you've gone away
Repeating the theme of the listener's departure and its consequences.
After you've gone and left me cryin'
Recalling the emotional distress after the listener leaves.
After you've gone there's no denyin'
Reiterating the undeniable emotional aftermath of the departure.
You're gonna feel blue, and you're gonna feel sad
Predicting the listener's future feelings of sadness and regret.
You're gonna feel bad
Emphasizing the depth of negative emotions that will follow.
And you'll miss, and you'll miss,
Highlighting the intensity of missing the departed as the "bestest pal."
And you'll miss the bestest pal you ever had
Repeating the idea of missing the departed companion intensely.
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
Warning again about the future regret the listener will experience.
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Reiterating the inevitability of regret in the future.
But baby, think what you're doin'
Expressing a plea for the listener to consider the consequences of leaving.
I'm gonna haunt you so, I'm gonna taunt you so
Threatening a haunting and taunting presence after the departure.
It's gonna drive you to ruin
Predicting that the consequences will lead to the listener's ruin.
After you've gone, after you've gone away.""
Repeating the idea of consequences and emotional aftermath after departure.
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