Story Behind The Song
The music was inspired by a three chord change in Mingus's Good-Bye Pork Pie Hat, and the lyrics by a real-time broken heart.
Song Description
The song is about the descent into darkness and despair immediately after a relationship ends, even while knowing that eventually time will send healing--but not now.
| Song Length |
4:40 |
Genre |
Jazz - Classic, Jazz - Standards |
| Tempo |
Non 4/4 |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Gloomy, Moving |
Subject |
Darkness, Loneliness |
| Similar Artists |
Leon Russell, Danny Elfman |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1950 - 1959 |
| |
Lyrics
Twilight Zone
Life
Don't seem worth living
When you're all alone
In the twilight zone
Of romance
Where no love can find you
And you feel like you've blown your last chance.
You remember
That December
The dying ember
Of your heart's desperate last dance.
Don't
Call me at midnight
There's no telephone
In the twilight zone
Of remorse.
And don't look for solace
In places and faces
Where love's run its course.
You will forget her
In time memory fades
But for now you must let her
Walk away with your heart
While the day slowly fades
Into the shadows of twilight.