Let Me Go
Love's Plea: Set Me Free
Lyrics
When I telephone you
Expressing a desire to communicate through a telephone call.
Don't make out you're not at home;
Asking the person not to pretend they are unavailable.
It wouldn't hurt at all to answer the call.
Emphasizing that answering the call wouldn't cause harm.
When I hold you near,
Describing a physical closeness between the speaker and the person.
When I call you dear,
Term of endearment used while calling the person.
You never seem to want to know me at all.
Expressing a feeling of being ignored or not acknowledged.
Oh baby,
An affectionate term used, possibly to address the person.
Let me go.
Requesting to be released or allowed to end the relationship.
If I stay around
Considering the option of leaving to avoid emotional pain.
Then you're gonna see my heart break.
Anticipating that staying will lead to heartbreak.
I can't stand all this heartache
Expressing inability to endure the emotional pain.
'Cause I love you so,
Affirming deep love for the person despite the difficulties.
I find it hard to go,
Feeling reluctant to part ways despite the challenges.
Well, I can see a change in your ways
Observing a change in the person's behavior or attitude.
'Cause when I'm turning to
Reflecting on the act of turning to the person for emotional support.
How much I think of you
Expressing the significance of the person in the speaker's thoughts.
You always look away in a gaze.
Noting the person's avoidance or lack of engagement.
Oh baby,
Repeating the affectionate term while urging the person to let go.
Let me go.
Reiterating the request to be allowed to end the relationship.
If I stay around
Reemphasizing the expectation of heartbreak if the speaker stays.
Then you're gonna see my heart break.
Reaffirming the difficulty of enduring the emotional pain.
I can't stand all this heartache
Describing the feeling of loss as if all love has disappeared.
Like we lost
Referencing a potential loss of affection from the person.
Every little of love you had for me, baby,
Indicating a sense of resignation or acceptance of the situation.
I'm doing, let me go [not sure of this line]
Uncertain interpretation; possibly indicating an action related to letting go.
Let me go, let me go, this way,
Repetition of the plea to be released or allowed to go.
When I telephone you
Repeating the desire to communicate via telephone.
Don't make out you're not at home;
Reiterating the plea not to pretend unavailability.
It wouldn't hurt at all to answer the call.
Reiterating that answering the call wouldn't cause harm.
And when I hold you near,
Repeating the description of physical closeness between the speaker and the person.
When I call you dear,
Repeating the term of endearment while expressing a sense of being ignored.
You never seem to want to know me at all.
Reiterating the feeling of being ignored or not acknowledged.
Oh baby,
Repetition of the affectionate term along with the plea to be let go.
Let me go.
Repeating the request to be released or allowed to end the relationship.
If I stay around
Reiterating the anticipation of heartbreak if the speaker stays.
Then you're gonna see my heart break.
Reaffirming the inability to endure the emotional pain.
And I can't stand all this heartache
Repeating the difficulty of enduring the heartache.
You'd better let me go, baby,
Advising the person to let the speaker go.
Oh you'd better let me go, baby,
Reiterating the advice to let the speaker go.
Oh yeah, let me go.
Affirming the plea to be released or allowed to end the relationship.
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