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Eddie Vedder – Long Nights Lyrics 12 years ago
[Lyrics]
Have no fear
For when I'm alone
I'll be better off than I was before
I've got this light
I'll be around to grow
Who I was before
I cannot recall

[Interpretation]
Daytime. Surrounded by people, yet alone. Putting up a brave face. "Wearing the mask" (like Paul Laurence Dunbar). Reassuring myself.


[Lyrics]
Long nights allow me to feel...
I'm falling...I am falling
The lights go out

[Interpretation]
Night-time. Literally alone. Solitude allows me to shed the pretence of braveness, allows me to be vulnerable. Feel helpless - falling in the abyss.

[Lyrics]
Let me feel
I'm falling
I am falling safely to the ground
Ah...

[Interpretation]
An act of utter desperation - a prayer. "Please extend a helping hand"


[Lyrics]
I'll take this soul that's inside me now
Like a brand new friend

[Interpretation]
My unconquerable spirit is my best friend henceforth.

[Lyrics]
I'll forever know
I've got this light
And the will to show
I will always be better than before

[Interpretation]
I have my unbreakable spirit. Each tomorrow I will strive to be better than what I am today.

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