Somebody New
Love's Departure: Heartache and Hope in Somebody New by Swim Mountain
Lyrics
I got here just when you're leaving
I arrived just as you were departing.
Was it something I said to you?
Expressing uncertainty about whether something said led to the departure.
I only came here to see you
Emphasizing the primary intention of coming to see the person.
Now you're leaving with somebody new
Noting the realization that the person is leaving with someone new.
Makes me crazy
Feeling emotionally distressed or agitated.
Watching you leave and go home with him
Expressing emotional turmoil while observing the person leaving with another.
Please baby
Pleading with the person, likely expressing a desire for them to reconsider.
Don't let him hold you like I do
Requesting the person not to allow the new individual to hold them in the same way.
I woke up next to a stranger
Describing waking up next to an unfamiliar person, possibly due to alcohol consumption.
Been drinking til I could hardly see Today turned into tomorrow
Conveying excessive drinking leading to impaired vision and the passage of time.
cause I can't believe you're over me
Expressing disbelief in the end of the relationship and the person moving on.
Makes me crazy
Reiteration of emotional turmoil while witnessing the departure with someone else.
Watching you leave and go home with him Please baby
Repeating the plea for the person not to be held the way the singer does.
Don't let him hold you like I do
Reiterating the request for the new person not to replicate the singer's actions.
And I know that you were wrong But there's nothing I can do
Acknowledging the awareness of the person's wrongdoing but feeling powerless.
And I know that life goes on Even if it's without you
Accepting the reality that life continues even in the absence of the person.
And I hope you're happy now It's just the way it is somehow
Expressing a hope that the person is happy now, acknowledging the inevitability of the situation.
I got here just when you're leaving
Repeating the arrival timing and expressing uncertainty about the cause of departure.
Was it something I said to you?
Reiterating the uncertainty about the cause of the person's departure.
I only came here to see you
Emphasizing the initial purpose of coming to see the person.
Now you're leaving with somebody new
Noting the departure with someone new, echoing the earlier realization.
Makes me crazy
Reiterating the emotional distress caused by witnessing the departure.
Watching you leave and go home with him Please baby
Continuing the plea for the person not to be held like the singer.
Don't let him hold you like I do
Reiterating the request for the new individual not to replicate the singer's actions.
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