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I Live Alone Lyrics
I was 22, alone with nothing to do and I couldn't sleep
'Cause all those cold days returned with their old ways of causing
New apathy
I live alone, I live alone
She was 21, wishing she lived by the sun, the sand and the sea
So I suggested she'd move out fast and not be the last
To leave and be free
I live alone, I live alone
I live alone, I live alone
Sweet summer day
I'm so afraid
So take me away
We were 17, longing to live in between
The earth and the stars
So I suggested we'd grow up fast and not be the last
And look where we are
With no connection I saw your reflection at home
In my bedroom mirror
And I felt young again when I saw what we could've been
In all of those years
I live alone, I live alone
I live alone, I live alone
'Cause all those cold days returned with their old ways of causing
New apathy
So I suggested she'd move out fast and not be the last
To leave and be free
I live alone, I live alone
I'm so afraid
So take me away
The earth and the stars
So I suggested we'd grow up fast and not be the last
And look where we are
With no connection I saw your reflection at home
In my bedroom mirror
And I felt young again when I saw what we could've been
In all of those years
I live alone, I live alone
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This song is incredibly beautiful. Don't you think it's funny how Adam Young uses such a basic tune, but can change the meaning of the music completely? Anyhow, my interpretation. I'm not fantastic at analysing so you'll have to exscuse me! Basically i believe this song is about falling in love at a young age, and wanting to do everything together. However time is short. I think Adam's realising their life isn't going to last forever and they want to fit everything in before they die. However, i think something went wrong, and they broke up, therefore leaving Adam alone. Or perhaps it's not Adam? Perhaps it's just a metaphor for someone else? I imagine many people go thorugh heart break everyday, and this song is just another love song. This is beautiful; truly beautiful.
This song is incredibly beautiful. Don't you think it's funny how Adam Young uses such a basic tune, but can change the meaning of the music completely? Anyhow, my interpretation. I'm not fantastic at analysing so you'll have to exscuse me! Basically i believe this song is about falling in love at a young age, and wanting to do everything together. However time is short. I think Adam's realising their life isn't going to last forever and they want to fit everything in before they die. However, i think something went wrong, and they broke up, therefore leaving Adam alone. Or perhaps it's not Adam? Perhaps it's just a metaphor for someone else? I imagine many people go thorugh heart break everyday, and this song is just another love song. This is beautiful; truly beautiful.
(Probably about Ann Marie, might not be. It doesn't really matter. I usually take Adam Young's songs as fiction) I think it's about loss and sacrifice. He let her go, so he wasn't stuck (per se) with him, so she could lead a better life (or something). I think it's a v. sad song ("So I suggested we'd grow up fast and not be the last And look where we are" - here he is, all alone. While she's somewhere doing what she told him). He knows he did the right thing by letting her go but it sill hurts him & the thought of her is haunting him ("with no connection I saw your reflection at home in my bedroom mirror"). He's recalling the dreams they had together ("longing to live in between the earth and the stars") & the times they had together while he's alone. It makes him feel better.
I think it's in a POV of an ageing man, who hasn't found true love since them, A bit like Katy Perry's The One That Got Away (but better, much better)