都是夜归人

The lyrics portray people moving through a late-night city after love has become uncertain or faded. The speaker’s feelings shift between loneliness, confusion, and a restless wish to let go. The repeated advice to forget past promises and sweet dreams sounds like an attempt to protect oneself, though the sadness in the song suggests that moving on is not easy.

Several images make this mood vivid. Memories pass through the heart “like a shooting star”: brief, bright, and gone quickly. The “city at the bottom of the night” suggests a dark, isolating place where the lovers wander without direction. “Night-returning souls” may mean people heading home late, but it also suggests emotionally lost people searching for somewhere to belong. The warm dawn represents relief or a new beginning that still feels far away.

The song does not settle whether forgetting brings freedom or simply another kind of loneliness. The phrase about “free loneliness” holds both possibilities: being alone may offer independence, yet it remains painful. Likewise, the lyrics question how secure love can ever be and how long “forever” lasts. Their repeated refrain sounds less like certainty than a plea to accept loss, even while the speaker still feels its weight.