Lyrics
I know it's late
I acknowledge the lateness of the hour
But I can't help the feeling
Expressing inability to control a certain emotion
That you're wide awake
Suspecting that the other person is awake
But I'm not on your mind
Feeling excluded from the other person's thoughts
And I can't escape
Expressing a sense of entrapment
As my heart keeps on reeling
Describing emotional turmoil
Darling you're not sleeping alone tonight
Addressing the partner, stating they are not alone in sleep
I know you're not sleeping alone tonight
Affirming the belief that the partner is not sleeping alone
All of my friends
Referring to advice from friends to move on from a past relationship
Tell me I should forget her
Advising to forget the person causing regret
End this regret and stop
Highlighting the persistence of regret and time wasted
Wasting precious time but I can't escape
Reiterating the difficulty in escaping emotional pain
As my heart rolls with thunder
Portraying intense emotional distress
Darling you're not sleeping alone tonight
Reassuring the partner they are not alone in sleep
I know you're not sleeping alone tonight
Reaffirming the belief that the partner is not sleeping alone
I wanna cry, but there's no use crying
Expressing a desire to cry, but feeling it's futile
Would rather die if I can't
Preferring death over being without the partner
Feel you by my side
Expressing the need for the partner's presence
But darling you're gone, gone, gone, gone
Stating the partner's departure
Gone and our love has truly died
Confirming the end of the romantic relationship
Truly died truly died
Emphasizing the finality of the relationship's demise
Truly died oh no, no no no no
Repeating the confirmation of the relationship's end
No no no no oh no, oh no, oh no
Repetition of denial and sorrow
Who oh no oh no, no
Further expression of denial and sorrow
But darling you're gone, gone, gone, gone
Reiteration of the partner's departure
Gone and our love hasn't truly died
Affirming that the love shared has truly ended
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