I'm outside in the dark staring at the blood red moon
Remembering the hopes and dreams I had, all I had to do
Wondering what became of that boy in a world he called his own
Yeah, I'm outside in the dark wondering how I got so old
And it's all gone, it's all gone
Looking at everyone I've loved and it all feels wrong
It's all gone, it's all gone, it's all gone
No hopes, no dreams, no love
And I don't belong
I don't belong here anymore
It's all gone it's all gone
I will lose myself in time, and it won't be long
It's all gone, it's all gone, it's all gone
Left alone with nothing, at the end of every song
Left alone with nothing, at the end of every song
Left alone with nothing
Nothing
Nothing
Nothing
Remembering the hopes and dreams I had, all I had to do
Wondering what became of that boy in a world he called his own
Yeah, I'm outside in the dark wondering how I got so old
And it's all gone, it's all gone
Looking at everyone I've loved and it all feels wrong
It's all gone, it's all gone, it's all gone
No hopes, no dreams, no love
And I don't belong
I don't belong here anymore
It's all gone it's all gone
I will lose myself in time, and it won't be long
It's all gone, it's all gone, it's all gone
Left alone with nothing, at the end of every song
Left alone with nothing, at the end of every song
Left alone with nothing
Nothing
Nothing
Nothing
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Robert Smith lost his mother, father and brother in the years 2016-2019 when the album, Songs of a Lost World (2023), was first being put together. He then lost Uncles and Aunts in the Covid Pandemic in 2020 and 2021. His bandmate, Simon Gallup, lost his wife in 2019. As with the 1981 album Faith, whose tone was dictated by the death of Robert's Grandmother and bandmate Lol Tolhurst's mother suffering terminal cancer, death became the backdrop to the album.
The lyrics 'Left alone with nothing, at the end of every song' link back to the song 'Alone' on the same album. That song starts with the lyric: 'This is the end of every song we sing' and ends with the word 'Alone'.
This song conveys Smith intense sadness at the loss of loved ones.
Here we see Robert looking back on his life and the boy he once was and mourning the loss of his parents.
The reference to the moon reminds us that Robert is heavily into astronomy as a hobby but here the moon, usually so white and pure, is stained with blood.
The song was first played in public at a Cure concert in Riga, Latvia on 6 October 2022.