Lee Hi signed to AOMG in july 2020, after leaving YG Entertainment in 2019.
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Feel this is the end for me
Mean Blues
Feel this is the end for me
Cruel world pulling me down
It’s making it hard, tomorrow to see
Three days I haven’t heard from my girl
Three days I haven’t heard from my girl
You know something’s wrong
She left me for another
There’s a hole now where my heart belongs
There’s no use of me searching
I gotta let that girl go
There’s no use of me searching
I gotta let that girl go
There’s nothing for her to come back to
Mean blues got me sinkin’ too low
Drown my sorrows with a bottle
Until I lose my mind
Drown my sorrows with a bottle
Until I lose my mind
They can drag the bottom of the East River
That’s where my heartache they’ll find
Lee Hi's "BLUES" is a cover of a classic song titled "Blues in the Night" that was written in 1941 by Harold Arlen as part of the score for a film of the same name. The song is about the sadness and despair that comes with a failed romance. The first verse of the song speaks about how the singer's mother had warned her about women who sweet talk men and end up breaking their hearts. The lyrics suggest that women are unpredictable, and one can never know when they will turn from being loving to being cruel. The song talks about the pain and sadness that comes with losing someone, bringing out the idea of the blues that one experiences in such situations.
The second part of the song paints a vivid picture of the setting, with the rain falling and a train passing by, complemented by the sound of the whistle. The singer uses "whoo-ee" to mimic the sound of the train whistle, giving the song a sense of ambiance. The mood of the song is further characterized by the sad cry of trees caused by the evening breeze, and the hiding of the moon's light. The song ends on a sombre note, with the singer accepting the inevitability of the sadness that comes with romantic love.
Line by Line Meaning
My mama done tol' me,
My mother told me,
When I was in knee pants,
When I was a young boy,
My mama done tol' me, Son!
My mother said, my son!
A woman'll sweet talk
A woman will say sweet things,
And give ya the big eye;
And give you a seductive glance;
But when the sweet talkin's done,
But when the sweet talk is over,
A woman's a two face
A woman is insincere,
A worrisome thing
A troubling thing,
Who'll leave ya t'sing
Who will cause you to sing,
The blues in the night
The sad blues song at night
Now the rain's a-fallin',
Now it's raining,
Hear the train a-callin'
Hear the sound of the train,
Whoo-ee (my mama done tol' me)
Whoo-ee (as my mother warned me)
Hear that lonesome whistle
Hear that sad whistle sound,
Blowin' `cross the trestle,
Blowing across the bridge,
A whoo-ee-duh-whoo-ee, ol' clickety clack's
A whoo-ee-duh-whoo-ee, old sound of the train tracks,
A-echoin' back the blues in the night
Echoing the sad blues song at night.
The evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin'
The evening breeze will make the trees sway and cry,
And the moon'll hide its light
And the moon will disappear,
When you get the blues in the night
When you feel sad at night.
Take my word, the mockin' bird'll
Believe me, the mockingbird will,
Sing the saddest kind o' song
Sing the saddest type of song,
He knows things are wrong and he's right
The bird knows something is not right, and it is correct.
From Natchez to Mobile,
From Natchez to Mobile,
From Memphis to St. Jo,
From Memphis to St. Jo,
Wherever the four winds blow,
Wherever the wind blows,
I been in some big towns,
I have been to some large towns,
An' heard me some big talk,
And heard some boastful talk,
But there is one thing I know
But there's one thing I am sure of
A woman's a two face,
A woman is insincere,
A worrisome thing
A troubling thing,
Who'll leave ya t'sing the blues in the night.
Who will cause you to sing the sad blues song at night.
My mama was right,
My mother was correct,
There's blues in the night.
There is a sad blues song at night.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: JOEL POLUCK
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