It's a cinch to pass the time with you,
But hard to pass the time alone,
Can you take it?
And it's true,

True, the couple next to you
Think you look strange.
Alone, what are your aims,
Or do you have any?

Avoid confusion.
You always know,
Always know how much your paying.
I concentrate on,

On, what the people say,
The couple next to me.
Pass the salt, pour it in my wounds.
It looks like you have no friends,

Can't keep up with the new trends.
Sorry, sorry, for myself I don't agree.
No, I always go out eating with my best friends.
It's less than normal.

Avoid confusion.
You always know,
Always know how much your paying.
I concentrate on,

On, what the people say,
The couple next to me.
Avoid confusion.
You always know,

Always know how much your paying.
I concentrate on,
On, what the people say.
I think at times.


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Dine Alone Lyrics as written by Sergio Vega Alan Cage

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    I think like a lot of songs on this album it's about the pressure society puts on you to try and fit in and doing your best to ignore it. This was the 1st Quicksand song I heard when this album came out and like I said in an other post this is by far my favorite album of ALL time. Musical perfection - I must have listened to it a million times. This still may be my favorite Quicksand song but it's hard to say for sure with the other great songs on this album - unfulfilled, freezing process, omission. Insane album. Insane band.

    a7s9kon February 21, 2011   Link

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