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Monday 12 March 2012

Alone In This World



Alone In This World - © Steeny Lou 2012

When my so carefully wrapped and tied-up life
Becomes unfurled
There is no one I can tell
Coz I'm alone in this world

You might think I have someone who cares,
Who'll listen to all my pain
But no one can do anything to make me whole again
Coz I'm alone in this world

I'm still here to hear your woes
And help you bear your weight
But when trouble comes to me, I'm left alone - Who can relate?
I'm so alone in this world

How nice it is for you to have me
To listen to your stress
But I'm the only one I've got to care about my mess
Coz I'm alone in this world

I wish I had a friend
Who'd listen to my anguished cry
But all I have is me until the empty day I die
Coz I'm alone in this world

I try to reach for help
But all my strength gets me nowhere
I'm strong, they say, I'll make it through, but I still feel despair
Coz I'm alone in this world

I do believe that God is there,
Where I would rather be
But here on earth alone I walk with nobody but me
Coz I'm alone in this world

I wish all of us lonely souls
Could all join hands and pray
And talk about the things that make our days seem dead and grey
While we're alone in this world

But we're so wrapped up in our pain
And blocked from caring eyes
We cannot find each other til alone one of us dies
No more alone in this world

I anticipate a day when life
Will truly be alive
When death is dead and time is gone, and love and peace will thrive
No more alone in this world

Until that day I pray and pine
And wait and sleep and die
And hope someone on earth will say, "Your heart is in my eye,
You're not alone in this world.

"I care what happens to you,
And I want to hear it all
I'm listening like you do, I am breaking down your wall
Don't be alone in this world."

If I can be like that, then surely someone else can too
Perhaps I've not yet met them
Or perhaps they're really you
Are you alone in this world?

Are you trapped within yourself
You feel nobody cares?
Are you waiting for a friend who has the tools for heart repairs
While you're alone in this world?

I say again...

If I can be like that, then surely someone else can too
Perhaps I've not yet met them
Or perhaps they're really you
Are you alone in this world?

(I have some ideas as to how I want the music to sound.  I'm thinking two voices - male and female - harmony.  Now I just need a musician or two.  My guitar is broken and no money to fix it/buy another one anytime soon.  Contact me by leaving a comment if interested.  If you prefer your comment to not be public, if it includes contact info, let me know.)


(Music video here, of the musical instrument style I have in mind-ish.  If receiving by email, click title line above to get to the blog.)

Anyone who's ever had a heart...


 And I am not 100% happy about my first verse... it doesn't flow properly meter-wise, so I might change it eventually.

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4 comments:

  1. Wow, that brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much for sharing.

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  2. Hi Christine, It's trace..I can relate to the song for sure..Here is some criticism, that part that goes "how nice it is for you to have me..." doesn't mesh well with the rest of the song, it sounds like a bit of an attack. cheeers have a big weekend

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    1. Good point. Thanks for mentioning it. I appreciate people picking apart my writing so I can get the vantage point of someone other than myself. A lot of times it's merely a case of me trying to get a rhyme and then later I might cringe and say, "That doesn't sound good."

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