I'm so glad
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He sounds too blue to fly.
The midnight train is whining low,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I've never seen a night so long,
When time goes crawling by.
The moon just went behind a cloud,
Did you ever see a Robin weep,
When leaves begin to die?
That means he's lost his will to live.
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
The silence of a falling star,
Lights up a purple sky.
And as I wonder where you are,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
The lyrics to "I'm So Glad" tell a story of deep loneliness and heartbreak. The first stanza sets the scene: it's dark and quiet, with only the sound of a whippoorwill and a distant train to break the stillness. The singer is so lonely that he feels like he might cry. In the second stanza, he reflects on how slow time seems to pass when he's alone. The moon, a symbol of light and hope, even seems to be hiding its face in sadness. In the third stanza, the singer compares himself to a weeping robin, saying that he's lost his will to live - a stark statement of just how deeply he feels his solitude. Finally, in the last stanza, the singer contemplates the beauty of a falling star and a purple sky. But even this moment of awe and wonder is overshadowed by his loneliness and his longing for someone who isn't there. The repetition of the phrase "I'm so lonesome I could cry" drives home the enormity of the singer's emotions.
Line by Line Meaning
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill?
Do you hear the sad song of that lonely bird?
He sounds too blue to fly.
The bird's song is so melancholic, it cannot sing joyfully.
The midnight train is whining low,
I can hear the sound of a train passing through the dark night.
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I am so overwhelmingly lonely that I feel like crying.
I've never seen a night so long,
This night seems to stretch on endlessly before me.
When time goes crawling by.
Each moment feels like an eternity.
The moon just went behind a cloud,
The moon disappeared behind a cloud.
To hide its face and cry.
Perhaps the moon is weeping too, for the sadness of the night.
Did you ever see a Robin weep,
Have you ever seen a robin cry?
When leaves begin to die?
Robins seem to feel sorrow as the leaves fall from the trees.
That means he's lost his will to live.
The robin's sadness is so great that it has lost its desire to live.
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
Again, I feel an intense sense of loneliness that brings me to the point of tears.
The silence of a falling star,
When a shooting star falls, there is a brief moment of silence.
Lights up a purple sky.
The star illuminates the night sky with a purple glow.
And as I wonder where you are,
As I ponder where you might be, how you might be feeling.
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
Once more, I am so terribly lonely that it brings me to tears.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Hank Williams, Sr.
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david coy
WOW THIS SO AWESOME!!!! I COULD LISTEN TO THIS FOREVER!!!!!
Urbodazan
me too David!!!!
Massimo Ganzerla
poesia in musica, bellissimo
Jim Jackson
Yes