Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: rock-n-roll
Song Meaning of “It’s All Over (But the Shouting)” by Bob Luman
This song is a melancholic reflection of a love that’s all-but-forgotten. It is about the pain of being confronted with a past that’s now lost, of recognizing the impossibility of reclaiming what was once good and true.
The narrator speaks of a love that has been declared ‘all over’ and that the narrator can never get back despite all of the shouting and yelling that have come from trying. It is a time of mourning, of no words being able to express the pain, and of being unable to go on despite still having memories of a time when things were different.
The song takes us on journey through an aching sadness and longing, with desperation in the narrator’s plea – ‘Come back, I’m lonely tonight’ – that the love can be salvaged but, ultimately, when they shout it seems there’s no one there to listen. Despite the desire to move on, there is no solace in being alone and the narrator struggles to make sense of the life they have now, finding it hard how to fill the void that the lost love has left behind.
Through this song, we’re reminded to treasure something before it slips away and to never take a single moment for granted.