Dear Nora is primarily the project of Katy Davidson, who is the only perman… Read Full Bio ↴Dear Nora is primarily the project of Katy Davidson, who is the only permanent member of the band. Formed in Portland, a continuously-evolving group churned out several albums, including We’ll Have a Time (2001), Mountain Rock (2004), There Is No Home (2006), and several EPs. Katy Davidson went on to release an album as Lloyd & Michael (in 2008 with Marianna Ritchey, one of the other founding members of Dear Nora) followed by a 2010 mini-album and 2011 album under the name Key Losers. In 2018 Katy returned to the name Dear Nora with the album Skulls Example followed by Human Futures in 2022.

Katy’s website: katydavidsonandfriends.com

Since You Went Away
Dear Nora Lyrics

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You know it's never easy to even try to please me. sometimes I'm such a tease &somethimes I'm a liar. I've seen you get frustrated, I've seen you aggrivated, I've seen you aggitated too.

it's so easy to take the blame when everything I do comes back again. &i haven't felt the same, my friend, since you went away. all those times I made you cry &i didn't have an alibi. there are things I can't deny since you went away.

I think I've learned a lesson, I live inside a mess and it's never going to clean itself up anyway. so I'll just take it easy since nothing's going to please me &i will alway be a tease.

it's so easy to take the blame when everything I do comes back again. &i haven't felt the same, my friend, since you went away. all those times I made you cry &i didn't have an alibi. there are things I can't deny since you went away. away.

Overall Meaning

In the song "Since You Went Away" by Dear Nora, the singer talks about how difficult it is for someone to please her, how she can be a tease and a liar, and how she has seen her partner frustrated and aggravated as a result. She also talks about how easy it is for her to take the blame for everything that goes wrong, and how she has not felt the same since her partner left her. She acknowledges her faults and the times she made her partner cry, and how she has to live with the things she cannot deny, since her partner left her.

The lyrics are a reflection of the singer's regrets and how the absence of the partner has affected her. She recognizes that she has been difficult to deal with and how that has led to complications and challenges in the relationship. She has learned a lesson from the experience and knows that she has to take it easy since nothing is going to please her. The chorus, "it's so easy to take the blame when everything I do comes back again" reinforces the idea of accepting responsibility for her actions and acknowledging her part in the breakdown of the relationship. The line "all those times I made you cry & I didn't have an alibi" is particularly poignant, as it suggests that the singer knows exactly what she did wrong, and doesn't try to justify it.

Line by Line Meaning

You know it's never easy to even try to please me.
I'm difficult to satisfy, and it's a known fact for you.

sometimes I'm such a tease &somethimes I'm a liar.
I often act coy, and sometimes I lie.

I've seen you get frustrated, I've seen you aggrivated, I've seen you aggitated too.
I've observed you feel vexed, annoyed, and irritated many times.

it's so easy to take the blame when everything I do comes back again.
It's effortless for me to accept full responsibility when my actions have consequences.

&i haven't felt the same, my friend, since you went away.
I haven't had the same emotions, my friend, ever since you departed.

all those times I made you cry &i didn't have an alibi.
I caused you to cry on several occasions, and I had no excuses to offer.

there are things I can't deny since you went away.
There are facts that I can't ignore after you left.

I think I've learned a lesson, I live inside a mess and it's never going to clean itself up anyway.
I believe that I've understood my mistake, but my life is still complicated, and it will remain that way.

so I'll just take it easy since nothing's going to please me &i will alway be a tease.
Thus, I'll relax since I'll never be happy, and I'll always act coquettishly.

away.
(repeats the last line)

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