Nobody

Loneliness is a concept that has always boggled my mind, mostly because I am bad at anticipating it. I don't get lonely easily, so long as I have something to do and I wasn't hoping/anticipating having company. But when something happens and I'm left alone for an evening when I wasn't expecting it or I have to go across town and I was expecting someone to go with me and that someone bails I do start to feel lonely, and in that bad, crushing "I ain't gots no friends" (with a drawl on the "friends" bit, too) kinda way.

So it took me a while to think of a song that really invokes this train of thought. And then I looked at a list of songs for different topic and realized one of them belongs here. "Under the Bridge" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers is probably their most famous (and possibly best) song. Which isn't saying much since I still don't understand how they could get contract after contract when...you know... they're not really that great. But the point is, they wrote this song, and even if their rendition isn't that great, it's a *good* song.

Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Sometimes I feel
Like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel
Like my only friend
Is the city I live in
The city of angel
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

I drive on her streets
'Cause she's my companion
I walk through her hills
'Cause she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds
And she kisses me windy
I never worry
Now that is a lie

I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way

It's hard to believe
That there's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way

Under the bridge downtown
Is where I drew some blood
Under the bridge downtown
I could not get enough
Under the bridge downtown
Forgot about my love
Under the bridge downtown
I gave my life away

Obvious Answers:
Tori Amos: Marianne
They Might be Giants: Piece of Dirt




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