By My Side Lyrics

Lyric discussion by x3mollyanne_o5 

Cover art for By My Side lyrics by INXS

i love this song ♥ so much. it's one of my favorites by them, and every INXS knows how hard it is to pick out favorites :) this is my personal translation --

In the dark of the night Those small hours Uncertain and anxious I need to call you (no explination needed)

Rooms full of strangers Some call me friend But I wish you were so close to me (compared to the person he is lonely for, everyone around him seems like a stranger)

In the dark of night Those small hours I drift away When I'm with you (first of all, it chills me when he sings "when i'm with you" :) this line is pretty self explanitory)

In the dark of night By my side In the dark of night By my side, by my side, by my side I wish you were I wish you were

Here comes the clown His face in a wall No window No air at all (i've always seen this line as saying no matter how much people try to cheer him up, (a clown), when he is lonely for his love everything is dark and gloomy and nothing can make him happy but the one he is singing about)

In the dark of night Those faces they haunt me But I wish you were So close to me

By my side By my side I wish you were I wish you were By my side

In the dark of night Those faces they haunt me I wish you were so close to me

Yes I wish you were By my side

pretty self explanitory song, i think :) eirenightshade had a great description too