| Amy Winehouse – Wake Up Alone Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think there is actually a lot of symbolism on this song. For instance, on the verse: This face in my dreams seizes my guts He floods me with dread Soaked to the soul He swims in my eyes by the bed Pour myself over him Moon spilling in And I wake up alone There are a lot of words that evoke drinking/liquids (floods, soaked, swims, pour, spill). This to me suggests drinking as an escape to her pain. The next lines: If I was my heart I'd rather be restless The second I stop the sleep catches up and I'm breathless This ache in my chest As my day is done now The dark covers me and I cannot run now My blood running cold I stand before him It's all I can do to assure him When he comes to me I drip for him tonight Drowning in me we bathe under blue light They have a lot of words that are contradicting - some evoke movement whilst some evoke stillness, (restless, stop, breathless, run, stand), which to me suggest instability and anxiety, feelings which are exhausting and emotionally draining. These are the feelings she is having after her break-up, and I think the drinking described previously fuel these emotions and fantasies of her being with him (which in the end lead to more pain the next day when she wakes up alone). |
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