And So Will You My Love
Eternal Love Echoes: Willie Nelson's Melancholic Reflection
Lyrics
The music's stopped, the crowd is thinnin' now.
The music has stopped, and the crowd is thinning out.
One phase of night has reached an ending now.
One phase of the night has come to an end.
And nothin', nothin' lasts forever,
Nothing lasts forever, emphasizing the transient nature of things.
Except forever, and you, my love.
Except forever, highlighting the enduring nature of love, specifically addressing the listener's love.
And so will you, my love:
Addressing the listener, expressing that just like the music and the night, the listener will also come to an end.
My love.
Reiterating the theme of love, emphasizing its significance.
The street is dark here while I walk alone,
Describing a dark street and the loneliness felt while walking alone since the departure of a loved one.
An' since you've gone, I always walk alone.
Expressing the constant solitude experienced after the loved one has gone.
'Cause nothin', nothin' lasts forever,
Reiterating the impermanence of things, contrasting it with the everlasting nature of love for the listener.
Except forever, and you, my love.
Emphasizing that forever and the listener's love are exceptions to the fleeting nature of everything else.
And so will you, my love:
Repeating the assertion that the listener, too, will come to an end, underscoring the inevitability of mortality.
My love.
Reaffirming the importance and enduring nature of love.
And so will you, my love:
Once again emphasizing the listener's eventual end, and the continuity of love.
Your memories always near.
Assuring that memories of the loved one will always be close and present.
Wherever I am found,
Wherever the listener is found, the memories of the loved one persist.
Your memories still around.
Highlighting the enduring presence of memories, even when physically distant.
The dawn an' I arrive at home at last.
Describing the arrival at home at dawn, symbolizing a new beginning after a night of loneliness.
Night turns it's lonely face toward the past.
The night, representing the past, turning its lonely face away as the dawn arrives.
'Cause nothin', nothin' lasts forever,
Reiterating the transient nature of things, contrasting it with the eternal nature of the listener's love.
Except forever, and you, my love.
Affirming the enduring quality of forever and the listener's love.
And so will you, my love:
Repeating the idea that the listener, like everything else, will come to an end, but love persists.
My love.
Reiterating the importance and eternal nature of love.
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