"I'll Be Back"

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While transcribing "I'll Be Back" last Thursday, I noticed the effect of the melisma on "so" in "I love you so."  Just by itself, it indicates the degree of that love by drawing it out.

But it also differentiates "I love you so" with "I wanna go."  Those lyrics are above the same musical phrase but because "so" has a melisma and "go" doesn't, it illustrates that the singer/speaker doesn't want to dwell on going.  Going doesn't receive the same emphasis that loving does.  The next line confirms this:  "I wanna go / But I hate to leave you."