Mood Indigo
Navigating the Depths of Despair: Unraveling the Meaning Behind 'Mood Indigo'
Lyrics
You ain't never been blue; no, no, no,
You have never experienced sadness or melancholy.
You ain't never been blue,
Reiteration of the absence of the feeling of being blue.
Till you've had that mood indigo.
Sadness is not truly felt until one has experienced the mood indigo.
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
The melancholic sensation extends down to the speaker's shoes.
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
The speaker expresses a passive response to the blues, suggesting a resigned acceptance.
I always get that mood indigo,
The speaker consistently experiences the mood indigo since a significant goodbye.
Since my baby said goodbye.
Reference to the speaker's emotional state after parting with a loved one.
And in the evenin' when the lights are low,
Loneliness intensifies in the evening when surroundings are dimly lit.
I'm so lonely I could cry.
The speaker is so lonely that crying seems imminent.
'Cause there's nobody who cares about me,
The speaker feels a lack of care and concern from others.
I'm just a poor fool that's bluer than blue can be.
Expressing a profound sense of despair, feeling even bluer than the depths of sadness.
When I get that mood indigo,
Reiteration of experiencing the mood indigo, emphasizing its impact on the speaker's emotions.
I could lay me down and die.
The intensity of the mood indigo is so overwhelming that the speaker contemplates death.
You ain't never been blue; no, no, no,
Repetition to emphasize the absence of prior experience with the blues.
You ain't never been blue,
Reiteration of the idea that one has not truly felt blue until experiencing the mood indigo.
Till you've had that mood indigo.
Restating that sadness is not fully comprehended until the mood indigo is felt.
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
The melancholic sensation extends down to the speaker's shoes, repeating the earlier imagery.
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
Reiteration of the passive response to the blues, emphasizing resignation and acceptance.
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