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Nov 6th 2018!⃝The song really does hits you hard. I mean consider the lyrics...it begins with the telephone ringing suggesting someones trying to reach a friend, a family member or what I like to think of, a sweetheart. All he wanted was that special someone in his life to pick up so he can share his thoughts with her. He waits and waits only to be comforted by the cold deafening silence of the telephones ringing.
Then, he begins to tell us the things he would've said to her..."hello, how are u" " have u been alright to all those lonely lonely lonely nights" he only wanted to express his love and compassion to that special someone and show that he still truly cares for her. And then" that's what I would've told u" meaning he was never able to truly express himself. And then he says that " all the things we did were all for real not a dream" implying that all the good memories and feelings for both him and his sweetheart were real to him. Nothing was faked. Pure unconditional love for those...special moments. And then " doop and doolang" and " blue days, black nights" moments I feel is the most impactful. He wanted to express his love for her but at the same time...he was lonely. Loneliness from being away from her. And then he says how the " love u need aint gonna see through" and " the little things you planned aint coming true" unlike the things he wanted to say to her, he tells this to himself. Imagine a lonely man staring out all alone telling himself this. He imagined a life with but her but then realizes that not everything will go the way he wants it to go. The "love u need"- said to himself and the " little things" - not always will it be ideal reality he pictured. And then the part that is truly whats going on in his life is the most impactful chorus line repeated multiple times to provide the needed emphasis
" oh, oh, telephone line. Give me some time. I'm living in twilight"
Oh this telephone line. Again expressing his loneliness. But then he mentions how he needed some time. The story of telephone line in my opinion goes like this:
it is about a man who needed some time off from his sweetheart but still loves her deeply. After all that time elapsed, he calls her only to be left with the lonely sound of a telephone ringing. Now he is in twilight- a place between reality and fantasy. A place where passion and idealism go to die.. A place in time were the ideal world he imagined for his love comes crashing down in front of him never to see the light of day
and now, all he could truly do was express his loneliness...his love ... Most of all.....
His own undying sadness
