I'm So Sorry
Dr. Goochenstein and the Grundle Girls Lyrics


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My whole life I've had to be right, planning out every detail
Still finding myself ending up in the place I dreaded most: retail
I know I'm guilty of mouthing off things I should never tell
But if I said I'm sorry could we turn this from bad to well?
Could you somehow take me out of my own living hell?
When a person has had to control every aspect of his life
Beyond OCD, this was something the poor kid did to survive
Had a shriveled black heart before you came, and it revived!
So do I get another chance to make it all right, Naksedi?
Love lost is said to be better than no love at all
But, if I didn't know I lost you, I wouldn't try to call!
The Veil between our worlds may as well be a wall
It won't let me see through the Dark to find my doll!
2am burns on the dashboard, I'm driving in the dark
Barely even noticed I took the ramp to the Underdark
Well, well, well
Well before I reached my home, had to put the car in park
Slam my hands against the wheel, your absence so stark
I weep, for I know there's so little left for me now
Soulmate died, nobody else wants to hang around!
Hate them all anyway, horrible as that sounds
I just really need my Dark Enchantress, my forever-bound!
Love lost is said to be better than no love at all
But if I didn't I lose you, I wouldn't try to call!




The Veil between our worlds may as well be a wall
It won't let me see through the Dark to find my doll!

Overall Meaning

This song 'I'm So Sorry' by Dr. Goochenstein and the Grundle Girls is a cover of the classic country song 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' by Hank Williams. The lyrics describe a feeling of profound loneliness and sadness. The opening lines of the song describe the sound of a whippoorwill that sounds too blue to fly, symbolizing the singer's own sense of hopelessness.


The next line states that "this midnight train is whining low," indicating a sense of restlessness and longing to escape from the pain of loneliness. The singer describes the passage of time as agonizingly slow, as though it were intentionally drawing out their misery. The loss of the moon behind clouds reflects the darkness and despair that the singer feels in their heart.


Line by Line Meaning

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
Listen to the melancholic and mournful sound of the lonely bird known as a whippoorwill


He sounds too blue to fly
The bird's sorrowful cry implies that it is too sad and weighed down to even attempt to fly


This midnight train is whining low
The sound of a train that is passing by during the night is a low, mournful whine


I'm so lonesome I could cry
The artist is feeling an intense level of sadness and loneliness, to the point where they could cry


I've never seen a night so long
This night seems to be stretching on endlessly, making it feel like the longest one the artist has ever experienced


When time goes crawling by
Time is moving extremely slowly, dragging along like it's barely making progress


That moon just went behind the clouds
The moon disappears behind a cloud, heightening the singer's sense of being alone in the dark


I'm so lonesome I could cry
Again, the artist is experiencing such intense loneliness that they could cry


Did you ever see a robin weep
Have you ever witnessed a bird, like a robin, sobbing out of grief?


When leaves began to die?
During a time of seasonal changes, such as the death of leaves, just like the bird, the artist is experiencing a sense of loss


Like me, he's lost the will to live
The bird's distress correlates with the singer's loss of hope and will to live


I'm so lonesome I could die
A repeated line that emphasizes the artist's profound state of loneliness and despair


The silence of a falling star
At the moment of a star's descent, silence fills the void, creating a sense of emptiness and vastness


Lights up a purple sky
The shoot of a star creates a flash of light that creates a purple hue in the sky


As I wonder where you are
As the singer ponders and searches for the whereabouts of a specific person, their loneliness continues to prevail


I'm so lonesome I could cry
One more repetition of the opening line, only reinforcing the artist's loneliness




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Written by: Zachary Folks

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