After All
Akbaba Lyrics

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Dry your eys,
I see you still love me baby
Tell me why,
Why don't you trust and leave me baby?

All I need is you
All I need is you

After all,when the sun goes down
She's gone, I'm alone, I'm sad again
After all, when the lights are down
Thinking why, what's wrong?
She run away

Hold me now
Cause I need you more than ever
And tell me how,
Will I keep you right by my side?

All I need is you
All I need is you

After all,when the sun goes down
She's gone, I'm alone, I'm sad again
After all, when the lights are down
She run away
I saw it all. there was something shinning bright
I realized
I ain't no man who gives no love
I saw it all. there was something shinning bright
I realized
I ain't no man who gives no love

After all,when the sun goes down
She's gone, I'm alone, I'm sad again
After all, when the lights are down
She run away

All I need is you
All I need is you

After all, when the sun goes down
She's gone, I'm alone, I'm sad again
After all, when the lights are down

Thinking why, what's wrong?
She run away

Overall Meaning

In Akbaba's song "After All," the lyrics explore the familiar theme of the ups and downs of love. The opening lines of the song, "Dry your eyes, I see you still love me baby. Tell me why, why don't you trust and leave me baby?" set the tone for the rest of the song. The singer is trying to hold on to the love of their partner, even though they can't seem to trust them. The singer repeatedly expresses their need for their partner, singing "All I need is you" throughout the song.

Despite the singer's pleading, their partner seems to consistently run away, leaving the singer feeling sad and alone. The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "After all, when the sun goes down. She's gone, I'm alone, I'm sad again." The singer's sense of loss and loneliness is powerfully conveyed in these lyrics, as they try to make sense of why their partner keeps running away from them. The final lines of the song, "I saw it all. There was something shinning bright. I realized. I ain't no man who gives no love." suggest that the singer has come to accept their role in the breakdown of their relationship.

Overall, "After All" is a poignant meditation on the complicated nature of love and the difficulty of maintaining a relationship in the face of trust issues and other challenges.

Line by Line Meaning

Dry your eyes,
Stop crying,

I see you still love me baby
I can tell you still have feelings for me,

Tell me why,
Explain to me,

Why don't you trust and leave me baby?
Why don't you have faith in me and end our relationship?

All I need is you
I only want you in my life

After all,when the sun goes down
Even after everything,

She's gone, I'm alone, I'm sad again
She has left me and I feel lonely and unhappy once more

After all, when the lights are down
Even in the dark,

Thinking why, what's wrong?
Wondering what went wrong

She run away
She left me

Hold me now
Embrace me at this moment