I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I lock myself inside my room
I want to be alone
With you around, you'll only add on
I want to be alone
It's been disturbed by my thoughts
I want to be alone
With you around, you'll only add on
I want to be alone
Please don't think I'm crazy
I don't want you to understand
My mind is growing hazy
To heck with your helping hand
Why don't you just leave me alone?
This conflict is my own
Keep your sources away from me
That's all
I lock myself inside my room
I want to be alone
With you around, you'll only add on
I want to be alone
It's been disturbed by my thoughts
I want to be alone
With you around, you'll only add on
I want to be alone
Please don't think I'm crazy
I don't want you to understand
My mind is growing hazy
To heck with your helping hand
Why don't you just leave me alone?
This conflict is my own
Keep your sources away from me
That's all
I lock myself inside my room
I want to be alone
With you around, you'll only add on
I want to be alone
It's been disturbed by my thoughts
I want to be alone
With you around, you'll only add on
I want to be alone
Please don't think I'm crazy
I don't want you to understand
My mind is growing hazy
To heck with your helping hand
Why don't you just leave me alone?
This conflict is my own
Keep your sources away from me
That's all
I want to be alone
With you around, you'll only add on
I want to be alone
It's been disturbed by my thoughts
I want to be alone
With you around, you'll only add on
I want to be alone
Please don't think I'm crazy
I don't want you to understand
My mind is growing hazy
To heck with your helping hand
Why don't you just leave me alone?
This conflict is my own
Keep your sources away from me
That's all
I lock myself inside my room
I want to be alone
With you around, you'll only add on
I want to be alone
It's been disturbed by my thoughts
I want to be alone
With you around, you'll only add on
I want to be alone
Please don't think I'm crazy
I don't want you to understand
My mind is growing hazy
To heck with your helping hand
Why don't you just leave me alone?
This conflict is my own
Keep your sources away from me
That's all
I lock myself inside my room
I want to be alone
With you around, you'll only add on
I want to be alone
It's been disturbed by my thoughts
I want to be alone
With you around, you'll only add on
I want to be alone
Please don't think I'm crazy
I don't want you to understand
My mind is growing hazy
To heck with your helping hand
Why don't you just leave me alone?
This conflict is my own
Keep your sources away from me
That's all
Lyrics submitted by youth_underground
I Want to Be Alone Lyrics as written by John Kiffmeyer Billie Joe Armstrong
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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