About the track Walker commented: "Someone drowning themselves in self pity. It's the old story. A sad love ballad."
Two Weeks Since You've Gone
Scott Walker Lyrics
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And I feel like the tramp
Picking dustbins in the alley.
He looks up as I pass
Clutching rags from a city's restless night
I could read all my sadness
In faces I knewDown at Kelly's bar last Friday
And I haven't been back since I mistook
Somebody for a friend
And if I walk these streets long enough
Will you happen to me again?
With whom are you sharing
The sweet taste of summer?
My memories pursue you
Like puddles of rain
The river inside me still flow
To the sea of your hands
And if I close my eyes for a while
Will you happen to me again?
In Scott Walker's song Two Weeks Since You've Gone, the singer laments about the absence of a loved one who has been gone for two weeks. The singer compares his own state to that of a tramp who is rifling through dustbins in an alleyway. He sees someone else who is clutching random items from a restless city's night and wonders if that person is just as lost as he is. The singer also recounts a recent visit to Kelly's bar where he saw familiar faces but mistook one of them for his friend. He hasn't returned since.
The singer then wonders if he will stumble upon his lost lover by chance and ponders who they might be sharing their life with now. He recalls the memories of their time together, memories that continue to follow him even as he remains in the same place. The singer expresses deep longing and a sense of being adrift, unsure of where to go or how to move on. He closes his eyes and wonders if his loved one will return to him.
Overall, the lyrics of Two Weeks Since You've Gone convey powerful emotions of grief, longing, and confusion as the singer struggles to come to terms with the absence of a significant other.
Line by Line Meaning
Two weeks since you've gone
It has been fourteen days since you left me.
And I feel like the tramp
Picking dustbins in the alley.
He looks up as I pass
Clutching rags from a city's restless night
I feel hopeless as if I am a homeless person digging through trash in the street, searching for something of value. A homeless man looks at me as I walk by, holding onto remnants of the city's hectic night.
I could read all my sadness
In faces I knew
Down at Kelly's bar last Friday
And I haven't been back since I mistook
Somebody for a friend
Last Friday, at Kelly's bar, I saw so much heartache in the faces of people I knew. I haven't gone back to the place after I confused a stranger for a friend.
And if I walk these streets long enough
Will you happen to me again?
I wonder if I will accidentally run into you if I keep aimlessly wandering these roads.
With whom are you sharing
The sweet taste of summer?
My memories pursue you
Like puddles of rain
The river inside me still flow
To the sea of your hands
I wonder who you are spending summer with and if they taste as sweet as me. My thoughts of you still haunt me like rain puddles on a rainy day, and the current of my emotions still flows towards you.
And if I close my eyes for a while
Will you happen to me again?
I wonder if I will see you in my dreams if I close my eyes for enough time.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: SCOTT ENGEL
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