What You'll Do When I'm Gone
Unraveling the Threads of Farewell: Waylon Jennings' Melodic Goodbye
Lyrics
Staring at the door
Contemplating the door, possibly considering leaving
Every night I'm thinking more and more
Increasingly pondering each night
About walking out that door.
Considering departing through that door
I know some day I will
Having a certainty about leaving in the future
Although I'm standing still someday I will
Despite immobility now, anticipating future departure
I know someday I will.
Confident that departure will occur at some point
As right as we were we are wrong
Acknowledging past correctness, but now recognizing the current incorrectness of the situation
Nothing's going to change what we've done
Accepting that past actions cannot be changed
The only thing that keeps me from going, babe
The uncertainty about the partner's reaction upon leaving is a significant factor preventing departure
Is wondering what you'll do when I'm gone.
Curiosity about the partner's response post-departure is holding back the decision to leave
There's somethin' in your eyes
Observing something in the partner's eyes indicating a farewell
I swear your eyes are tellin' me goodbye
Believing that the partner's eyes express a goodbye
Goodbye is in your eyes.
The farewell sentiment is visible in the partner's eyes
You can call it pride
Terming it as pride, potentially denying vulnerability
But my thoughts of someone else here by your side
Feeling troubled by thoughts of the partner with someone else
That's killing me inside.
Experiencing emotional distress due to these thoughts
As right as we were we are wrong
Reflecting on past correctness now overshadowed by present wrongness
Nothing's going to change what we've done
Accepting the inability to alter past actions
The only thing that keeps me from going, babe
The curiosity about the partner's reaction post-departure remains a hindrance
Is wondering what you'll do when I'm gone.
The curiosity about the partner's actions after the departure is a significant factor restraining the decision to leave
Staring at the door
Continuing to contemplate the door nightly
Every night I'm thinking more and more
Increasingly contemplating leaving every night
About walking out that door
Thinking about departing through the door
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