Anthem of the Lonely Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Prussian 

Cover art for Anthem of the Lonely lyrics by Nine Lashes

Because sometimes recognizing your lonliness is not enough. Live it for a while and understand it for what it is. The "anthem" of one's loneliness is the self-absorbtion in the depression in creates. It is "Right now" and one "Never want to leave this place" while "... right now see(ing) it in a different way" ... but if you approach this person to "help them" ... "So right now even if you take me on" .... they will cower back in the depression. "I'll stand, the lonely. Stand, the lonely". The irony is that the anthem is also a banner you carry by knowing that you can only feel lonely if you first understood what it was to be loved. So tear out the "stone callous and bone" heart that is possessing you and know it for what it ..... WAS.

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