Once a Day
Enduring Heartache: Once-a-Day Longing
Lyrics
When you found somebody new I thought I never would
Expressing initial difficulty in forgetting someone new
Forget you for I thought then that I never could
Highlighting the struggle to forget, believing it impossible
But time has taken all my pain away
Time has healed the pain of the past
Until now I'm down to hurtin' once a day
Despite healing, experiencing hurt once a day currently
Once a day, all day long
Describing the frequency of emotional pain, happening daily
And once a night from dusk till dawn
Reiterating the daily emotional struggle, day and night
The only time I wish that you weren't gone
Expressing a wish for the absence of the person only once a day
Is once a day, every day, all day long
Emphasizing the persistent and constant nature of the emotional pain
And I'm so glad I'm not like a friend that I knew one time
Contrasting personal emotional resilience with a friend's tragic experience
He lost the one he loved and then he slowly lost his mind
Highlighting the friend's decline after losing a loved one
Sat around and cried his life away
Describing the friend's response to the loss by crying his life away
Lucky me I'm only hurtin' once a day
Expressing gratitude for personal resilience, only hurting once a day
Once a day, all day long
Repeating the theme of daily emotional pain
And once a night from dusk till dawn
Emphasizing the persistence of emotional pain throughout the day and night
The only time I wish that you weren't gone
Reiterating the desire for the person's absence only once daily
Once a day, every day, all day long
Reaffirming the constant nature of the emotional struggle
Once a day, all day long
Repeating the concept of daily emotional pain
And once a night from dusk till dawn
Reiterating the persistence of emotional pain day and night
The only time I wish that you weren't gone
Expressing the desire for the person's absence once a day
Is once a day, every day, all day long
Emphasizing the constant and daily nature of emotional pain
Once a day, every day, all day long
Concluding with the repetition of the theme of daily emotional struggle
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