"Lonesome Tears" as written by and Beck Hansen....
Lonesome tears
I can't cry them anymore
I can't think of what they're for
Oh they ruin me every time
But I'll try
To leave behind some days
These tears just can't erase
I don't need them anymore
How could this love
Ever turning
Never turn its eye on me
How could this love
Ever changing
Never change the way I feel
Lazy sun
Your eyes catch the light
With promises that might
Come true for awhile
Oh I'll ride
Farther than I should
Harder than I could
Just to meet you there
How could this love
Ever turning
Never turn its eye on me
How could this love
Ever changing
Never change the way I feel
I can't cry them anymore
I can't think of what they're for
Oh they ruin me every time
But I'll try
To leave behind some days
These tears just can't erase
I don't need them anymore
How could this love
Ever turning
Never turn its eye on me
How could this love
Ever changing
Never change the way I feel
Lazy sun
Your eyes catch the light
With promises that might
Come true for awhile
Oh I'll ride
Farther than I should
Harder than I could
Just to meet you there
How could this love
Ever turning
Never turn its eye on me
How could this love
Ever changing
Never change the way I feel
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What are you talking about? circle6's comment made perfect sense. "The kind of lyrics that you might find written on the back of a brown paper grocery bag in a ditch along a rural road on a late autumn evening." That makes perfect sense...
In other words, it's the story of a broken, lonely man living by himself. The brown paper grocery bag is obviously an allusion to liquor and therefore depression. The "autumn evening" is just a way to set the mood, a time when the light is dimming almost to the point where the lyrics become unreadable and lost from the world.
"Lonesome Tears" is a confessional that vows resolution, but ultimately admits (and rages at) the unfairness of love, and descends into a vortex of emotional upheaval at the end. It reminds me of a sad western song mixed up with Southern Gothic imagery (e.g., Carson McCullers, William Faulkner) -- the kind of lyrics that you might find written on the back of a brown paper grocery bag in a ditch along a rural road on a late autumn evening.
I have to say this is one of the most moving songs I've ever heard. the lyrics along with the music itself. it's amazing the buildup it has towards the end... insanely good!
"oh, I'll ride
farther than I should
harder than I could
just to meet you there..."
this song is rather bittersweet to me, because it seems to me he realizes he should leave things behind, but at the same time he knows for a fact he'll always be there for the person, regardless of what happens.
I agree with the last line of what you said, blackout. =P
The first few tracks on "Sea Change" sound to me like Beck is still loves with the person who's breaking up with him. So probably, this song is about someone who still loves someone who doesn't care about him anymore. That's the worst kind of heartbreak.