Meaning of Loneliness

[Verse 1]

Lost in a strange city, nowhere to turn

Far cry from the streets that I came from

It can get lonely when you're travelling hard

But you can even be lonely standing in your own backyard

[Verse 2]

Nobody knows the existential dread

Of the things that go on inside someone else's head

Whether it be trivial or something that Dante said

But baby, nobody knows the meaning of loneliness

[Verse 3]

No matter how well you know someone, you can only ever guess

How can you ever really know somebody else?

It takes more than a lifetime just to get to know yourself

Nobody knows the meaning of loneliness

[Saxophone Solo]

[Verse 4]

I have to say a word about solitude

For the soul it, sometimes they say, can be good

And I'm partial to it myself, I, well, I must confess

Nobody knows the meaning of loneliness

[Verse 5]

Well, there's Sartre and Camus, Nietzsche and Hesse

If you dig deep enough, you're gonna end up in distress

And no one escapes having to live under duress

And no one escapes the meaning of loneliness

[Verse 6]

Well, they say keep it simple when it gets to be a mess

And fame and fortune never brought anyone happiness

I must be lucky, some of my friends think that I'm really blessed

Nobody knows the meaning of loneliness

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[Outro]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, nobody know the meaning of loneliness

No, no, no, no, nobody knows the meaning of loneliness

Nobody knows the meaning of loneliness