Song lyrics

Leave Me

📜 Lyrics

Don't answer me, don't ask me questions, Leave me to my own condition. What will you gain? You tell me that— Why drag me into such confusion? Those days are gone, those years have passed, What remains is only heart's regret. You couldn't even remember me, Do something remarkable, I beg. There was some wisdom in my leaving, What was never meant for my lot. In my search, in my desire, Don't break yourself like this. What if you stay? What if you don't? What does it matter what you say to me now? I have no concern for anything, Live on, or come to union now. This depends on my own pride— Whether I answer you or not. Whatever grievances you hold against me, Whatever sorrows, ask them all. I have divided myself among friends, I have wandered, wandered away. My mother... what did you gain from me? You raised me, you nurtured me. You gave me a heart with certainty— Where are people more beautiful than you? This is a heart, not a mirror, Look at it carefully, tend to it. Crush me beneath your feet, Deceive me for a while. Turn me to ash, scatter my dust, What good is preserving me? If I'm troubled, then I'll fight, For I am your reflection, your color. Whatever I am, I've always been in you— Cast me out, separate me from yourself. Remake me, adorn me again, So I feel myself new among people. Give me new colors, a new form, Reshape me in your own image! I am that person, your reflection, Your will is my will. Your desires are my desires, I am content, surrendering all. It was good that I am no more, You exist, so you remain eternal. I have gone, so what of my memory? Forget me, don't grieve for me!

💡 Meaning & story

Commentary on Verses 1. Beginning: Escape and Detachment Verses: (Answer not, ask not... why do you entangle me so) Commentary: The discourse begins with acute mental turmoil and weariness. The poet tells his addressee that the time for debate and repetition has passed. He can bear no more inner conflict, and so he pleads for silence and solitude. 2. Sorrow of the Past and Numbness Verses: (Those days are gone, those years too... only you can grant me such perfection) Commentary: Here is mention of time's passage and the cooling of emotions. The poet says that now only regret remains in the heart, and he is so exhausted that he no longer wishes to remember his beloved or addressee. He seeks a 'perfection' of forgetting where memories do not stir. 3. Destiny and the Weariness of Seeking Verses: (There was some wisdom in that parting... do not thus abandon yourself) Commentary: This section expounds the logic of separation. The poet believes that if they were not written in each other's fate, then perhaps some good lay in that 'abandonment'. He counsels his addressee that there is no use now in tormenting oneself with fruitless desires. 4. Expression of Indifference (Pride and Concern) Verses: (If you remain, what of it? If you go, what of it... shall I answer you or not?) Commentary: These verses hold a strange kind of self-regard and coldness. The poet says he no longer cares what the other says or in what state they are. Here, one reaches that place of 'pride' where one becomes indifferent to others' questions and complaints. 5. Confession of Guilt and Homage (Mention of Mother) Verses: (I remained scattered among friends... you nourished me, you raised me) Commentary: This is the most emotional turn in the discourse. The poet confesses his waywardness and negligence, saying he has wasted his life. He recalls his mother's tenderness and her sacrifices, expressing a sorrow—what did he give in return for her labor? This passage strikes the heart of listeners. 6. Mirror of the Heart and Brokenness Verses: (You have surely given me a heart... what will tending it do?) Commentary: Here the poet describes his shattered state. He says my heart is no mirror to be carefully preserved; rather, it has turned to ash and dust. He tells his addressee: do not try to mend me now, but rather scatter my ashes to the wind. 7. Philosophy of Annihilation and Eternity Verses: (If I am narrow, then let me struggle... cast me out from yourself) Commentary: The poet deems himself but a reflection of his addressee (or Creator). He says my existence comes from you alone, whatever state I may be in. Here appears the soul's yearning to erase its own being. 8. New Birth and Complete Transformation Verses: (Remake me, reshape me... mold me into myself anew!) Commentary: This is a prayer and a plea. Weary of his old self, the poet asks for a new life, new form, and new color. He wishes to be created anew so that he might feel himself 'reborn'. 9. Conclusion: Surrender and Acceptance Verses: (I am that person, your reflection... forget me, do not grieve for me!) Commentary: The discourse ends most beautifully. The poet merges his will into the will of his beloved or Creator. He completely negates his own existence and says: "I" no longer remain, only "You" endure. Therefore, let there be no sorrow at my passing.