Take me back Josephine
To that cold and dark December
I am missing someone but I don't know who
Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember
Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you
Noontime wind can you blow
For me one more time
And take me on back to the start
Where the midnight moon shines so bright
Nearly pulled us up to Heaven
By the strings of our heart
Take me back Josephine
To that cold and dark December
I am missing someone but I don't know who
Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember
Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you
Morning sun shine on me
Come light inside my window
And rest on my brow
Kiss my eyes when I sleep
And carry me back home
If my dreams will allow
Take me back Josephine
To that cold and dark December
I am missing someone but I don't know who
Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember
Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you
Take me back Josephine
To that cold and dark December
I am missing someone but I don't know who
Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember
Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you
Someone help me understand why I'm still loving you
To that cold and dark December
I am missing someone but I don't know who
Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember
Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you
Noontime wind can you blow
For me one more time
And take me on back to the start
Where the midnight moon shines so bright
Nearly pulled us up to Heaven
By the strings of our heart
Take me back Josephine
To that cold and dark December
I am missing someone but I don't know who
Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember
Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you
Morning sun shine on me
Come light inside my window
And rest on my brow
Kiss my eyes when I sleep
And carry me back home
If my dreams will allow
Take me back Josephine
To that cold and dark December
I am missing someone but I don't know who
Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember
Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you
Take me back Josephine
To that cold and dark December
I am missing someone but I don't know who
Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember
Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you
Someone help me understand why I'm still loving you
Lyrics submitted by wheresthelove024
Josephine Lyrics as written by Timothy Jay Hanseroth Brandi M. Carlile
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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First of all, Brandi didn't write "Josephine". It was actually written by Tim Hanseroth. Tim wrote it when they were driving through Josephine County, Oregon. She said he was inspired by the landscape to write this song. This doesn't give us much about the true deeper meaning behind the song though, so it's still anyone's guess. :)
Listening to the song made me wonder why this person can't understand why they ever started loving "Josephine". I got a little upset that someone would just outright say that they can't figure this out. It almost sounded accusatory and mean, but now reading the lyrics in my head makes me sympathize with the narrator rather than Josephine. It sounds to me like he/she is close to the end of his/her life. Maybe the memory is a bit fuzzy. This song, it seems, is telling the story of someone trying to account for moments spent with the love of their lives. It's sad... not to remember something so profound.
My Grandma has Alzheimer's.
Their love was incredible, but now she's so far gone... He once stated he would never leave her side, but he couldn't watch her deteriorate from a ball of energy into a bed ridden person who forgets everything and never wants to get out of bed... It's not that she can't get up, she just doesn't have the will. He had to move out and live separately.
The way she views her love for him now is very very similar to these lyrics.
It makes me feel so sad...
And it's kind of ironic, as my Grandpa's name is "Joseph". Hmm. Male version of the name, but still.
The line 'I'm missing someone but I don't know who' seems to say that she's not sure who she's missing, because they have changed so much and she's having a hard time adding it all up together. How could this person have been so different from what she perceived them to be?
I don't see it as accusatory, but more as a genuine wondering of how she could have missed it, followed by a 'why couldn't things have been differently?'
lol, this is my first post and it's a lot harder to get my interpretation down than I thought :p And sorry if I'm not making a whole lot of sense, English is not my first language.
The singer is missing the way it used to be with Josephine (as a person) or in Josephine (as a place where/when the good memories took place). The song could be just an expression of feeling lost after the love, or a plea to revive the love.
It seems as if the relationship has gone all vague (almost dead)...and the singer is leaving it up to the other person to do something about it.
The question is, why isn't she doing anything to it herself?