In this evocative track, Electric Light Orchestra captures the profound sense of paralysis and loneliness that grips someone when they're separated from a loved one. The repeated phrase "I turn to stone" vividly conveys how the singer feels frozen and lifeless, unable to move forward without their partner's presence. The cityscape, once alive and vibrant, now mirrors his desolation as he waits in hope for their return. This song beautifully intertwines themes of love, absence, and longing with a haunting melody that amplifies the emotional weight of waiting for someone who may never come back.
Turn to Stone
Lyrics
The city streets are empty now
(The lights don't shine no more)
And so the songs are way down low
A sound that flows into my mind
(The echoes of the daylight)
Of everything that is alive
(In my blue world)
I turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone
I turn to stone, when you comin' home
I can't go on
The dying embers of a night
(A fire that slowly fades 'till dawn)
Still glow upon the wall so bright (turning, turning)
The tired streets that hide away
(From here to everywhere they go)
Roll past my door into the day
In my blue world
I turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone
I turn to stone, when you comin' home
I can't go on
Turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone
Yes, I'm turnin' to stone
'Cause you ain't coming home
Why ain't you comin' home
If I'm turnin' to stone
You've been gone for so long
And I can't carry on
Yes, I'm turnin', I'm turnin'
I'm turnin' to stone
The dancing shadows on the wall
(The two-step in the hall)
Are all I see since you've been gone (turning, turning)
Through all I sit here and I wait
(I turn to stone, I turn to stone)
You will return again some day
To my blue world
I turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone
I turn to stone, when you comin' home
I can't go on
I turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone
I turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone
Turn to stone, when you comin' home
I can't go on
I turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone
Writer(s): JEFF LYNNE
Copyright(s): Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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