Draggin' My Heart Around
Heartache's Dance: Travis Tritt's Tale of Love's Turmoil
Lyrics
Well first you said that you loved me
Expressing the initial statement of love from the partner.
You swore that you'd be true
Reiterating a promise of faithfulness and commitment.
Never leave me lonesome
Assurance of not being left alone and feeling abandoned.
But that's just what you do
Highlighting the contradiction between words and actions, as the partner is causing loneliness.
You go out honky tonkin'
Describing the partner's behavior of socializing at honky-tonks or bars.
All over town
Emphasizing the widespread nature of the partner's socializing.
With every step you take you just keep
Illustrating the continuous impact of the partner's actions on the speaker's emotions.
Draggin' my heart around
Conveying the emotional burden of the partner's actions on the speaker's heart.
I believe I'm slowly sinking
Expressing a feeling of gradual decline or worsening of the speaker's emotional state.
Feel I'm going down
Describing a sense of descending into despair or sadness.
It's bound to be the death of me
Indicating the potential fatal impact of the partner's actions on the speaker's well-being.
If you keep draggin' my heart around
Reiterating the negative consequences if the partner continues to hurt the speaker emotionally.
The stars out on the water
Depicting a somber atmosphere using celestial elements.
That ol' moon up in the sky
Describing a melancholic scene with the stars and the moon reacting to the partner's actions.
They hang their heads in sorrow
Expressing a sense of sorrow and disappointment in the cosmic elements.
Each time you pass me by
Highlighting the impact of the partner's passing on the speaker and the celestial elements.
The way you hurt me darlin'
Conveying the emotional pain inflicted by the partner.
I believe I'll come unwound
Expressing a sense of unraveling or falling apart due to the emotional distress.
I can't go on much longer
Indicating the speaker's difficulty in enduring the emotional strain.
If you keep draggin' my heart around
Reiterating the emotional toll of the partner's actions on the speaker's heart.
I believe I'm slowly sinking
Reiterating a sense of gradual decline or sinking into emotional distress.
Feel I'm going down
Expressing a feeling of descending further into emotional hardship.
It's bound to be the death of me
Anticipating the potential deadly consequences of continued emotional pain.
If you keep draggin' my heart around
Reiterating the warning about the partner's actions leading to emotional demise.
I believe I'm slowly sinking
Repeating the sense of gradual decline or sinking into emotional distress.
Feel I'm going down
Reiterating a feeling of descending further into emotional hardship.
It's bound to be the death of me
Anticipating the potential deadly consequences of continued emotional pain.
If you keep draggin' my heart around
Reiterating the warning about the partner's actions leading to emotional demise.
Keep draggin' my heart around
Highlighting the persistent and cyclical nature of emotional distress caused by the partner.
'Round and 'round and 'round
(Empty line – Conclusion or repetition of the cyclical nature of emotional distress)
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