I know, I know I’ve let you down
I’ve been a fool to myself
I thought that I could
live for no one else
But now through all the hurt & pain
It’s time for me to respect
the ones you love
mean more than anything
So with sadness in my heart
(I) feel the best thing I could do
is end it all
and leave forever
what’s done is done it feels so bad
what once was happy now is sad
I’ll never love again
my world is ending
I wish that I could turn back time
cause’ now the guilt is all mine
can’t live without
the trust from those you love
I know we can’t forget the past
you can’t forget love & pride
because of that, it’s killing me inside
It all returns to nothing, it all comes tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down
It all returns to nothing, I just keep letting me down, letting me down, letting me down
In my heart of hearts
I know that I could never love again
I’ve lost everything
everything
everything that matters to me, matters in this world
I wish that I could turn back time
cuz now the guilt is all mine
can’t live without
the trust from those you love
I know we can’t forget the past
you can’t forget love & pride
because of that, it’s killing me inside
It all returns to nothing, it just keeps tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down
It all returns to nothing, I just keep letting me down, letting me down, letting me down
It all returns to nothing, it just keeps tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down
It all returns to nothing, I just keep letting me down, letting me down, letting me down
看到了一篇蛮不错的分析，讲出了一些我听到这首曲子时的感觉：「Hey Jude的阴面之歌，励志与发癫殊途同归【来吧，甜蜜的死亡】（音乐课） 」。概括来说，这首曲子用明朗的大调、平和的朗诵、唱诗般的神性，演奏着孩童内心深处濒临崩溃的处境。歌词、唱法、调性等等都有很深的内在矛盾，但这一切揉在一起却呈现出平静的疯感，把人往死亡深渊抛去。用精神分析的说法，这首歌演了死亡驱力的甜蜜。
我对这首曲子莫名其妙地感同身受。每一句话似乎都是我想过无数遍的。
what’s done is done it feels so bad
what once was happy now is sad
I’ll never love again
my world is ending
我们是把一切事情搞砸以后，才会这样趋近被羊水包裹的混沌无明状态、才会想要放弃自我以远离崩坏吗，还是说，我们从母体诞生的时候便已经崩坏了，我们不断加快这样崩坏的进程，以期回到更加温暖的怀抱。小孩子似乎就是会本能地强化着痛苦与喜悦、通过拒绝与世界接触、区别他者与自我，以确立自我意识，把自己包裹在这样自我欣赏、自我伤害的混沌一片的海洋中，一切外界发生的事情都以影象的方式融化在这片海洋之中，但是这样的情绪浓度终究会超出自我意识所能容纳的范围，从某一刻开始，真实感从某一个缝隙中探进来。如果这一过程出现得太晚，我们发现自己已经因为长久浸泡在这样的海洋而窒息，我们意识到自己已经伤害了太多人，自己也已遍体鳞伤，一切已经无可挽回，于是更深的崩坏开始了。世界是好的，可是我们知道的太晚了。
In my heart of hearts
I know that I could never love again
I’ve lost everything
everything
everything that matters to me, matters in this world
I wish that I could turn back time
cuz now the guilt is all mine
can’t live without
the trust from those you love
I know we can’t forget the past
you can’t forget love & pride
because of that, it’s killing me inside