One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)

Bob Dylan

Transposer:
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I
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didn't mean
  
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to treat you s
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o  ba
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d
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You shouldn't take
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it
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so  p
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ersonal
I
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didn't mean
  
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to make you s
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o  s
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ad
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ou just hap
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pened to b
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e the
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re, that's all
  
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When I saw you say "goodbye"
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  to my friend and smile
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  I thought that it was we
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ll understood
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  That you'd be comin'back i
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n a little while
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    I didn't know that you were sa
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yin'"goodbye" for good

  
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  But
  
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,
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sooner or later,
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one of us must k
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now
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You just di
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d what you're suppos
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ed to do
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Sooner or later, on
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e of us must kn
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ow
That I rea
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lly did
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try to get
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close to you
  
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I couldn't see what you could show me
Your scarf had kept your mouth well hid
I couldn't see how you could know me
But you said you knew me and I believed you did
When you whispered in my ear
And asked me if I was leavin'with you or her
I didn't realize just what I did hear
I didn't realize how young you were

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I couldn't see when it started snowin'
Your voice was all that I heard
I couldn't see where we were goin'
But you said you knew an'I took your word
And then you told me later, as I apologized
That you were just kiddin'me, you weren't really from the farm
An'I told you, as you clawed out my eyes
That I never really meant to do you any harm

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Du même artiste :

La chanson évoque un dialogue intérieur où l’artiste exprime des regrets après une rupture. Il souligne qu’il n'a jamais voulu blesser l'autre, mais que les circonstances l'ont conduit à une profonde tristesse. Ce sentiment de perte est accentué par le fait qu'il pensait que la séparation n'était qu'éphémère, tandis qu’au final, c’était un adieu définitif. Le contexte semble être une relation amoureuse qui a pris fin, marquée par des malentendus et des émotions inexplorées. On ressent l'idée que malgré les promesses et les espoirs, la réalité est parfois bien différente et qu'il faut accepter que l'un d'eux doit faire face à la vérité de leur situation.