In response to the "her perfume" thing, another idea might be that the song is being sung from a female perspective. Just because Solomon Burke is a man doesn't mean this song is from his perspective, you know?
What a nice song. It really catches that feeling of loneliness.
What I get from the line "The smell of her perfume" is that she has just left him to go and see another man and the smell of her perfume is left on his pillow or he remembers her sweet scent and feels like crying because all he has are the reminders of her and the memories of her. And now that she has left, he feels like crying.
What I get from the line "The smell of her perfume" is that she has just left him to go and see another man and the smell of her perfume is left on his pillow or he remembers her sweet scent and feels like crying because all he has are the reminders of her and the memories of her. And now that she has left, he feels like crying.
In response to the "her perfume" thing, another idea might be that the song is being sung from a female perspective. Just because Solomon Burke is a man doesn't mean this song is from his perspective, you know?
What a nice song. It really catches that feeling of loneliness.
What I get from the line "The smell of her perfume" is that she has just left him to go and see another man and the smell of her perfume is left on his pillow or he remembers her sweet scent and feels like crying because all he has are the reminders of her and the memories of her. And now that she has left, he feels like crying.
What I get from the line "The smell of her perfume" is that she has just left him to go and see another man and the smell of her perfume is left on his pillow or he remembers her sweet scent and feels like crying because all he has are the reminders of her and the memories of her. And now that she has left, he feels like crying.