The Last Thing on My Mind
Farewell Echoes: Unveiling the Heartache in Tom Paxton's Melody
Lyrics
Are you going away with no word of farewell
Expressing surprise or regret at the prospect of the person leaving without saying goodbye.
Will there be not a trace left behind
Questioning if there will be any evidence or memory left of the person once they are gone.
Well, I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind
Admitting a realization that the speaker could have been a better lover and did not intend to be unkind.
You know that was the last thing on my mind
Stating that not wanting the person to leave was the last thought on the speaker's mind.
It's a lesson too late for the learnin'
Reflecting on the fact that the lesson of the relationship is learned too late.
Made of sand, made of sand
Describing the fragility and impermanence of the situation, akin to something made of sand.
In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin'
Expressing the sudden and irreversible turning of the speaker's soul in the blink of an eye.
In your hand, in your hand
Indicating that the fate or control is in the hands of the person leaving.
Are you going away with no word of farewell
Repeating the question about leaving without farewell, emphasizing the uncertainty.
Will there be not a trace left behind
Reiterating the concern about leaving no trace or memory behind.
Well, I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind
Reaffirming the admission of not being the best lover and expressing unintended unkindness.
You know that was the last thing on my mind
Repeating that not wanting the person to leave was the last thought on the speaker's mind.
You've got reasons a-plenty for goin'
Acknowledging that the person has valid reasons for leaving.
This I know, this I know
Reaffirming the certainty of the reasons for departure.
For the weeds have been steadily growin'
Describing a situation where problems or issues have been steadily increasing.
Please don't go, please don't go
Pleading for the person not to go, expressing a desire for them to stay.
Are you going away with no word of farewell
Repeating the question about leaving without farewell, emphasizing the persistent uncertainty.
Will there be not a trace left behind
Reiterating the concern about leaving no trace or memory behind.
Well, I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind
Reaffirming the admission of not being the best lover and expressing unintended unkindness.
You know that was the last thing on my mind
Repeating that not wanting the person to leave was the last thought on the speaker's mind.
As I lie in my bed in the mornin'
Describing a morning scene where the speaker is lying in bed without the presence of the person.
Without you, without you
Expressing the emptiness or lack felt without the person.
Each song in my breast lies a burnin'
Metaphorically stating that each song in the speaker's heart is burning in the absence of the person.
Without you, without you
Reiterating the pain or intensity of emotions felt without the person.
Are you going away with no word of farewell
Repeating the question about leaving without farewell, emphasizing the persistent uncertainty.
Will there be not a trace left behind
Reiterating the concern about leaving no trace or memory behind.
Well, I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind
Reaffirming the admission of not being the best lover and expressing unintended unkindness.
You know that was the last thing on my mind
Repeating that not wanting the person to leave was the last thought on the speaker's mind.
Are you going away with no word of farewell
Emphasizing the uncertainty and surprise at the person leaving without farewell.
Will there be not a trace left behind
Reiterating the concern about leaving no trace or memory behind.
Well, I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind
Reaffirming the admission of not being the best lover and expressing unintended unkindness.
You know that was the last thing on my mind
Repeating that not wanting the person to leave was the last thought on the speaker's mind.
That was the last thing on my mind
Stating that not wanting the person to leave was the final and enduring thought on the speaker's mind.
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