Amazing Blondel was what might be called a renaissance-folk-rock band. The … Read Full Bio ↴Amazing Blondel was what might be called a renaissance-folk-rock band. The band was formed by three British multi-instrumentalists with an interest in old music and period instruments: John David Gladwin (lute, cittern, double bass, oboe), Terry Wincott (harmonium, pipe organ, cittern, crumhorn, recorders, flute, tabor pipe, ocarina, guitar), and Edward Baird (guitar, percussion, guitern). Generally, the rock elements took a back seat to vocal harmonies and delicate arrangements in a kind of troubador style. Their 1970 debut album, Amazing Blondel (AKA Amazing Blondel and a Few Faces) featured some nods to rock, such as drums on a few tracks, and was followed by England in 1972, which abandoned the rock elements and is generally regarded as their high point. After Blondel (1973), the band moved into more conventional territory by returning to their folk-rock sound.

Depression
Amazing Blondel Lyrics

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Baird

When you go today
You take my life away
All up heaving
Now you're leaving me
When you close your eyes
Loving slowly dies

And will never
Start to grow again
My happy days
Have been taken away

My happy days
Have been taken away

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Depression" by Amazing Blondel appear to be a lament on lost love and the emptiness that comes with it. The singer seems to be pleading with someone named Baird to stay, as his departure will rob the singer of his happiness and vitality. The first line, "When you go today, you take my life away" suggests that Baird's departure is a literal life-and-death matter for the singer, demonstrating the depth of his emotional turmoil. The next two lines, "All up heaving, now you're leaving me" reinforces the sense of disorientation and emotional upheaval that the singer is experiencing, as he is left adrift without Baird.

The following lines, "When you close your eyes, loving slowly dies, and will never start to grow again" paint a bleak picture of the future, suggesting that without Baird, the singer's capacity for love and happiness will wither and die, never to take root again. The final couplet, "My happy days have been taken away, my happy days have been taken away" repeats the earlier refrain, further underscoring the singer's sense of loss.

Line by Line Meaning

When you go today
Your departure from my life is happening today

You take my life away
Your leaving from my life takes all the meaning away

All up heaving
My world is completely in turmoil

Now you're leaving me
You are abandoning me now

When you close your eyes
Your lack of attention and affection towards me is apparent

Loving slowly dies
My love for you is slowly fading and disappearing

And will never
It is impossible for our love to start growing again

Start to grow again
Our love and happiness cannot be rekindled and re-grown

My happy days
The days when I was joyful

Have been taken away
Are now gone and cannot be regained

My happy days
The days when I was joyful