Alone In a Room

Album: Asking Alexandra (2017)
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  • I've been away, a little while, sometimes I just can't help myself
    When my mind's running wild, I seem to lose grip on reality
    And I try to disregard the crazy things the voices tell me to do, but it's no use
    I tried to own it, write songs about it
    Believe me I tried, in the end I needed to breathe
    Find inspiration, some kind of purpose
    To take a second to face the shit that makes me, me

    All I needed was the last thing I wanted
    To sit alone in a room and say it all out loud
    Every moment, every second, every trespass
    Every awful thing, every broken dream
    A couple years back and forth with myself in a cage
    Banging my head against the wall tryna put words on a page
    All I needed was the last thing I wanted
    To be alone in a room, alone in a room

    I saw the world a couple times, tried to cure the ache with absence
    But that hole was still a hole and my mind kept playing tricks on me
    Feeling older every day, took everything I had to not crash and burn
    But I'm starting to learn

    Sometimes I'll fall down, sometimes I'll lose hope
    But those days will be few if I keep my feet on the ground
    I might be lonely, but I ain't alone here
    So I keep pushing the limits of what makes me

    All I needed was the last thing I wanted
    To sit alone in a room and say it all out loud
    Every moment, every second, every trespass
    Every awful thing, every broken dream
    A couple years back and forth with myself in a cage
    Banging my head against the wall tryna put words on a page
    All I needed was the last thing I wanted
    To be alone in a room, alone in a room

    (Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely)
    I can be better than I was
    I can be better than I am
    All I needed was the last thing I wanted
    To sit alone in a room

    All I needed was the last thing I wanted
    To sit alone in a room and say it all out loud
    Every moment, every second, every trespass
    Every awful thing, every broken dream
    A couple years back and forth with myself in a cage
    Banging my head against the wall tryna put words on a page
    All I needed was the last thing I wanted
    To be alone in a room, alone in a room Writer/s: Benjamin Bruce, Danny Worsnop, Matthew Good
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Jcasper from Detroit MichiganI really thought it was about being in prison or something. It just made sense. A life changing experience for me.
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