Tuesday Afternoon
The Moody Blues
Tuesday, afternoon,
I'm just beginning to see,
Now I'm on my way,
It doesn't matter to me,
Chasing the clouds away.
Something, calls to me,
The trees are drawing me near,
I've got to find out why
Those gentle voices I hear
Explain it all with a sigh.
I'm looking at myself, reflections of my mind,
It's just the kind of day to leave myself behind,
So gently swaying thru the fairy-land of love,
If you'll just come with me and see the beauty of
Tuesday afternoon.
Tuesday afternoon.
Tuesday, afternoon,
I'm just beginning to see,
Now I'm on my way,
It doesn't matter to me,
Chasing the clouds away.
Something, calls to me,
The trees are drawing me near,
I've got to find out why
Those gentle voices I hear
Explain it all with a sigh.
I'm just beginning to see,
Now I'm on my way,
It doesn't matter to me,
Chasing the clouds away.
Something, calls to me,
The trees are drawing me near,
I've got to find out why
Those gentle voices I hear
Explain it all with a sigh.
I'm looking at myself, reflections of my mind,
It's just the kind of day to leave myself behind,
So gently swaying thru the fairy-land of love,
If you'll just come with me and see the beauty of
Tuesday afternoon.
Tuesday afternoon.
Tuesday, afternoon,
I'm just beginning to see,
Now I'm on my way,
It doesn't matter to me,
Chasing the clouds away.
Something, calls to me,
The trees are drawing me near,
I've got to find out why
Those gentle voices I hear
Explain it all with a sigh.
Analysis:
"Tuesday Afternoon" by the Moody Blues contains lots of imagery, all of which compliment the song greatly. The song begins with the speaker having a sort of epiphany one "Tuesday afternoon", and he realizes that "now I'm on my [his] way". Something inspired the speaker to embark on a new journey in his life, and the song begins on an optimistic note. The speaker then states, "It doesn't matter to me, chasing the clouds away", hinting to the listener that perhaps his new journey was to be carefree and happy. He no longer worries about the trivial things in life, and "chasing the clouds away" appeals to the sense of sight, and gives the listener a vision of fluffy white clouds in the afternoon sky, and a carefree man chasing away his problems (the "clouds" in his sunny sky). More imagery occurs in the next verse of the song, and the speaker says, "Something calls to me, the trees are drawing me near", which gives the listener a visual image in their minds. Then he continues, "Those gentle voices I hear explain it all with a sigh", which gives another clear mental picture to the listener. The third verse contains the most imagery, with lines such as, "I'm looking at myself, reflections of my mind" and, "It's just the kind of day to leave myself behind", which are optimistic and illustrate a certain optimistic mentality to the reader. The optimism in the song continues in the next lines, "So softly swaying through the fairy-land of love, if you'll just come with me and see the beauty of Tuesday afternoon", showing that the speaker appreciates the beauty of life.
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