The song is over
It's all behind me
I should have known it
She tried to find me
Our love is over
They're all ahead now
I've got to learn it
I'm gonna to sing out
I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces
I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea
I'll sing my visions to the sky high mountains
I'll sing my song to the free, to the free
I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces
I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea
I'll sing my visions to the sky high mountains
I'll sing my song to the free, to the free
When I walked in through the door
Thought it was me I was looking for
She was the first song I ever sang
But it stopped as soon as it began
Our love is over
It's all behind me
They're all ahead now
Can't hope to find me
I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces
I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea
I'll sing my visions to the sky high mountains
I'll sing my song to the free, to the free
I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces
I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea
I'll sing my visions to the sky high mountains
I'll sing my song to the free, to the free
This song is over
I'm left with only tears
I must remember
Even if it takes a million years
The song is over
The song is over
Searchin' for a note, pure and easy
Playing so free, like a breath rippling by
It's all behind me
I should have known it
She tried to find me
Our love is over
They're all ahead now
I've got to learn it
I'm gonna to sing out
I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces
I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea
I'll sing my visions to the sky high mountains
I'll sing my song to the free, to the free
I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces
I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea
I'll sing my visions to the sky high mountains
I'll sing my song to the free, to the free
When I walked in through the door
Thought it was me I was looking for
She was the first song I ever sang
But it stopped as soon as it began
Our love is over
It's all behind me
They're all ahead now
Can't hope to find me
I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces
I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea
I'll sing my visions to the sky high mountains
I'll sing my song to the free, to the free
I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces
I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea
I'll sing my visions to the sky high mountains
I'll sing my song to the free, to the free
This song is over
I'm left with only tears
I must remember
Even if it takes a million years
The song is over
The song is over
Searchin' for a note, pure and easy
Playing so free, like a breath rippling by
Lyrics submitted by lennonfan0
The Song Is Over Lyrics as written by Peter Townshend
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group, Abkco Music Inc.
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I believe the song is describing someone who had set out to look for someone very special to them that went to that concert and is now in the realm beyond.
He laments throughout the song, "the song is over", meaning the One Note has occurred and that "they're all ahead now," meaning they have moved on into that higher plane. His life now becomes about discovering his song, so he too might one day reach that higher plane and be reunited with his loved one. He's going to "sing [his] song to the wide open spaces" and rediscover her "even if it takes a million years".
A beautifully profound love story with a higher philosophical resonance that only Townsend could deliver.
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Hell nawz.
Ah, I don't think every single word can fit in to that, and probably it wasn't the meaning it was "meant" to have. So yep.
"Searching for a note, pure and easy
Playing so free, like a breath rippling by"
He knows the song isn't perfect, but it is helping him make his way through the situation.