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It makes no difference where I turn
I can't get over you and the flame still burns
It makes no difference, night or day
The shadow never seems to fade away
And the sun don't shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door
Now there's no love
As true as the love
That dies untold
But the clouds never hung so low before
It makes no difference how far I go
Like a scar the hurt will always show
It makes no difference who I meet
They're just a face in the crowd
On a dead-end street
And the sun don't shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door
These old love letters
Well, I just can't keep
Cause like the gambler says
Read 'em and weep
And the dawn don't rescue me no more
Without your love I'm nothing at all
Like an empty hall it's a lonely fall
Since you've gone it's a losing battle
Stampeding cattle
They rattle the walls
And the sun don't shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door
Well, I love you so much
It's all I can do
Just to keep myself from telling you
That I never felt so alone before
I can't get over you and the flame still burns
It makes no difference, night or day
The shadow never seems to fade away
And the sun don't shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door
Now there's no love
As true as the love
That dies untold
But the clouds never hung so low before
It makes no difference how far I go
Like a scar the hurt will always show
It makes no difference who I meet
They're just a face in the crowd
On a dead-end street
And the sun don't shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door
These old love letters
Well, I just can't keep
Cause like the gambler says
Read 'em and weep
And the dawn don't rescue me no more
Without your love I'm nothing at all
Like an empty hall it's a lonely fall
Since you've gone it's a losing battle
Stampeding cattle
They rattle the walls
And the sun don't shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door
Well, I love you so much
It's all I can do
Just to keep myself from telling you
That I never felt so alone before
Lyrics submitted by airforbes1
Track duration: 06:33
"It Makes No Difference" as written by Robbie Robertson
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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they're just a face in the crowd on a dead end street.
and the sun don't shine any more.
and the rains fall down on my door."
Can you not relate? The person the protagonist is in love with is the new standard to which all of humanity is measured. No one they meet will ever live up to the love they felt for this one person. They know love. They know how to give love. They know the love they recieved and are so overwhelmed by that love that they know they could never experience that with another. Even though the sun shines in reality every day all they ever know is rain.
"it makes no difference" when taken out of context with the line it's sung is a phrase of concession. The singer has given up. It's a sad line. It makes me think that the singer is one step away from ending it all. There is nothing else left.
Rick's vocals are so amazing. The raw rasp in his voice shows the true loneliness he's experiencing. Even the key itself makes his voice strain and show us the pain he is in. pure desparation. Saddest song I've ever heard. It's almost a suicide note in and of itself.
But I also know how it feels to be on the flip side of such a situation now. I've been seeing someone who's been hung up on an ex for years and now this song makes me sad in a different way. It's almost like what's the point? He'll never be able to let another in because of this love he yearns for and cannot have. But, you can't help who you love.
I wonder if there's any songs written about someone who will never have their love returned because they are living the sentiment expressed in this song?
As true as the love
That dies untold"
This is quite possibly the most profound statement of love in this song or in any. Seeing as most songs are about love and this song is one of the best, this could easily be interpreted as the most profound lyric ever written.
It reveals a truth that Jackson Browne was trying to convey in many of his songs, and was able to grasp in some ways.
I once heard Stephan Jenkins say in a song:
"I want you to love me
Like you did
Before you knew me"
The overarching feeling in that song and the lyrics in this one is that 'true' love in life never lives up to expectations. When a love (a relationship may be a more direct word) dies untold, the future of that love exists only as it was created in the imagination of the unrequited lover. And this is the most perfect love there is. This is the love we dream about as children. This is the love we here stories about and aspire to have one day. This is the construct of the ideal love in each and every one of us; a psychological manifestation of the hole in our hearts that wants to be completely filled and once we can fill that hole with our soul mate, everything else in life will fall into place.
This is my humble interpretation of the lyrics.
Yeah it sucked. Poor old man was coming to an end. It's sad to see that kind of deterioration. It almost makes me want to cry because you can still hear that enduring emotion in his voice; the song still had meaning. As it was said the shadow never seems to fade away.
The sun didn't shine anymore, the rain still falling. It just added up to be a very depressing while heartfelt performance.
Not sure if you looked into it that deeply, but it meant a lot to me.
RIP Rick Danko, one of the greatest musicians to have ever contributed his talents to the world.