Rufus Wainwright

Leaving for Paris

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I'm leaving for Paris.
I don't think that I'll see you.
I'm leaving for Paris.
No I don't think that I need to.
So I'm leaving for Paris.
Won't you try to take care of yourself.
I pray you won't follow
Through the crooked streets behind me.
I pray you won't follow
Like so many who have known me.
So I'm leaving for Paris.
Don't you try to find out where I am.
Just you try to take care of yourself.
And when I get there,
I will lose the ring you gave me.
And when I get there.
How happy I will then be.
So I'm leaving for Paris.
Won't you try to take care of yourself.
'Cause I'm leaving.
Yes I'm leaving.
'Cause I'm leaving.
Yes I'm leaving for Paris.
Goodbye

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et Cetera Et Cetera On May 09, 2007

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by floodline

19y ago

He's tired of taking care of someone and decides to leave that person; however, the construction "pray you won't follow" seems out of proportion. Perhaps he suspects he won't be able to leave that person a second time; all the "others" who have known and followed him might have taken advantage of that, or he knows this lover in particular would be hard to forget unless he puts as much distance between them as possible. The lover did, after all, give him a ring - a sign of commitment if there ever was one.

The lyrics read like he's brutally dumping someone - but pay attention to the way he delivers them and you'll find a whole different story. Isn't he absolutely miserable when he signs "How happy I will then be"?

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by rosie_posie

19y ago

This song was written for Nicole Kidman's character in Baz Luhram's Moulin Rouge for the end of the film, where she leaves. It's about how she's leaving because she has to, not because she wants to.

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by aldrichh

19y ago

he's fed up with their relationship.,.,but still hopes for a better life for the both of them..,and the only way is to live seperate.,.,

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