About the song
Background:
- Released in 1970 as a single from the album “I Who Have Nothing”
- Became a top ten hit in the UK and reached number one on the US Billboard Easy Listening chart
- Interestingly, Elton John was a session musician on the recording!
Themes:
- Heartbreak and Betrayal: The lyrics paint a picture of a man deeply hurt by a woman who left him. He calls her “Daughter of Darkness” suggesting she brought negativity and deception into his life.
- Lost Love and Paradise Lost: The singer reminisces about a happier time in the relationship, a “heaven” they shared. The loss of this love feels like being thrown out of paradise.
- Yearning and Pleading: The chorus pleads with the “Daughter of Darkness” to stay out of his life and leave him alone. There’s a sense of wanting to move on but also being haunted by the past.
Overall, the song is a classic ballad about the pain of a broken relationship, with a touch of mystery surrounding the woman who left.
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Lyrics
Woman, I can remember a womanWarm were her kisses and tender was sheLying there in my armsWhy, why did you deceive me soWhat devil inside made you goWhen I needed you most of all
Daughter of darknessStay out of my life, my lifeYou took my heart, you broke it apartDaughter of darknessDaughter of darknessPlease leave me alone foreverDaughter of darkness gone is the loveThat we shared together
Heaven, we had our own kind of heavenSharing together, the magic of loveIn a world of our ownThen oh so suddenly you were goneThe love I depended upon disappeared when you went away
Daughter of darkness stay out of my life, my lifeYou took my heart, you broke it apartOh daughter of darknessDaughter of darkness leave me alone foreverDaughter of darkness gone is the loveThat we shared togetherDaughter of darkness stay out of my life, my lifeYou took my heart, you broke it apartOh daughter of darkness