Styx: Babe Meaning
Song Released: 1979
Babe Lyrics
The time is drawing near
My train is going, I see it in your eyes
The love, the need, your tears
But I'll be lonely without you
And I'll need your love to see me through
Please believe me, my heart is...
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Some idiot told me he wrote it because he cheated on her and got aids and was going to die. I think that's BS.
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Well one thing is for sure and the only clue to all of this is that minute 3:10. Where he says “if only for a while” in reference to their ‘missing‘ each other! So it seems to be congruent that he’s not breaking up with her or divorcing but just weather going on tour or a trip Their love for each other will keep hitheir love for each other is what will keep him going. However “if only for a while” could also have a more eternal mean giving credence to the comments about him dying because in the span of eternity our lives here is the Bible states are “borough the vapor” and that they passed so quickly it’s only “for a while” However “if only for a while“ could also have a more eternal meeting giving credence to the comments about him dying because in the span of eternity our lives here as the Bible states are “photo of the vapor“ that they passed so quickly it’s only quote for a while“!!
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The Song is one person telling their “Love” that they have a different path and must part, even though they “Love” the other, they “can not” be together. It is about people from different lives that met, shared a “Love” that will never be matched, just as they will never be together as a married couple. This song was recorded and sung to me b/c I did not share the same Faith!
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Back in the 89s a guy I was dating sent a special request over the radio station for me, I thought it was a breakup song because I never heard nothing else from him:(
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My interpretation of the lyrics was unknown. I thought about this man dieing,leaving his love behind but always loving her. If it was about him going on tour without her, why couldn't she go with him? Why would a man leave a woman he loved so much and her sad and grieving loving him so much? If it was about going on tour and performing, then his choice if love was just that. So be it.
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it was written and copy righted to Chad Everette Gilbert.
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All I understand is that this person inspite of the fact that he must be on his way is very grateful to his woman, for the strength, courage, support and all.
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I agree with anonymous statement...
"Though I'm not completely sure, the song could also mean the guy is going to die, maybe of an illness or something, and he will miss his wife, and wants her to remember him, and that he will be lonely in Heaven without her."
Because I am depressed in financial ruins but love my husband dearly thinking of suicide and leaving this song behind. Though selfish of me I think it says it all! As stated above
"My husband wrote this on his computer before he left his wife and children and committed suicide, so I think the comment about impending death has meaning." -
Going in the military has to go to war
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My husband wrote this on his computer before he left his wife and children and committed suicide, so I think the comment about impending death has meaning.
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Babe is a love song about a guy who has to go on tour with his band and wants his wife to know he loves her no matter where he is.
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Lyrics Dennis DeYoung wrote specifically about his relationship while moving in and out of concert performance touring with his wife Suzanne DeYoung. The group Styx had become a very commercial act beginning around 1976-1978 and this complicated young Dennis' recent marriage with Suzanne.
The piece "Babe" was written specifically about the periods of time he was away from Suzanne. That he would always love her and come back to her. His love would not be shaken.
This information is accurate and has been spoken a great many times in public by lyricist, composer, and vocalist Dennis DeYoung.
Interpretations beyond this are purely relations the audience can create for themselves. The only true meaning is what the composer himself, Dennis DeYoung, and his wife, Suzanne DeYoung the target audience, hold in their chest. This is a song for them and them only.
It is a piece written about unwavering love. Of struggle with physical distance separation but an eternally strong bond. -
Though I'm not completely sure, the song could also mean the guy is going to die, maybe of an illness or something, and he will miss his wife, and wants her to remember him, and that he will be lonely in Heaven without her.
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To the person above, how dare you suggest something that twisted and wrong about one of the greatest love songs of all time? Babe is Styx's biggest hit ever, and is worthy of respect. This song is fairly simple however, and it points to a man leaving his home, but not of his free will. He is leaving a loved one behind and wants to express to her that he will always love her and will never forget her, and all he asks in return is for her to do the same.
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