How Insensitive
Fygi Laura Lyrics
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When she told me that she loved me
How unmoved and cold I must have seemed
When she told me so sincerely
Why, she must have asked
Do I just turn and stare in icy silence?
What was I to say
Now, she's gone away
And I'm alone with a memory of her last look
Vague and drawn and sad, I see it still
All her heartbreak in that last look
How, she must have asked
Could I just turn and stare in icy silence?
What was I to do?
What can one do when a love affair is over?
What can you do when a love affair is over?
It's over
In the song "How Insensitive," Fygi Laura portrays a person who has just experienced the end of a love affair. The lyrics go on to suggest that the person feels "insensitive," "unmoved," and "cold" when he was told that the person loved him. The lyrics speculate on what the person's thoughts and emotions might have been during this break-up.
The lyrics also suggest that the person is now alone, with only the memory of his lover's last look, which is still vivid in his mind. The brief description of this look is that it was "vague and drawn and sad," which suggests that it was a look of heartbreak.
The song's chorus repeats the rhetorical question, "What can you do when a love affair is over?" The answer appears to be that there is nothing that one can do when a love affair is over; it is simply over.
Overall, the song conveys a feeling of sadness and resignation in the face of loss. It suggests that the end of a love affair can leave a person feeling emotionally numb and disconnected.
Line by Line Meaning
How insensitive I must have seemed
I realize now that I came across as insensitive when she said she loved me
When she told me that she loved me
The moment when she told me she loved me
How unmoved and cold I must have seemed
I must have appeared unemotional and cold when she expressed her love for me
When she told me so sincerely
When she expressed her love to me with so much sincerity
Why, she must have asked
I can imagine she must have asked why I reacted the way that I did
Do I just turn and stare in icy silence?
Did I really just turn and stare at her without any emotion in my response?
What was I to say
I didn't know what to say in response to her confession
What can you say when a love affair is over?
When a love affair ends, there's not much that can be said to make things better
Now, she's gone away
She's gone now
And I'm alone with a memory of her last look
I'm left with only the memory of her final expression
Vague and drawn and sad, I see it still
That final look was blurry, weak, and full of sadness, a moment which still revisits me often
All her heartbreak in that last look
That final look seemed to contain all the sorrow she felt about our shattered romance
How, she must have asked
She must have wondered and asked herself how I could be so unresponsive to her declarations of love
Could I just turn and stare in icy silence?
Did I really freeze and stare at her expressionlessly?
What was I to do?
What could I have done differently?
What can one do when a love affair is over?
There is not much one can do to rectify the end of a romance
What can you do when a love affair is over?
There is really nothing to be done once a love story has been brought to an end
It's over
It's all over between us now
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinicius De Moraes
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