The music for this track followed fairly hot on the heels of me completing the lyrics for Me and My Girls. I felt like I was on a roll with songs that tell “real life” tales, and for this I had in mind someone who always gives a lot to others, but all too often gets little in return.

That can be true of all of us, at one time or another, but it’s particularly poignant when it happens to the same person, time after time.

In many ways this song is the most powerful on the album. I’m especially pleased with the stripped-back quality of the lyric, which even so manages to hold layers of hidden meaning, all of which are purely intentional.

 

 

 

Every day is crowded and empty
You’re on your own
Every plate is barren with plenty
Cut from the bone
There’s nothing left where yesterday lives

Only strangers there at the party
So you went home
Still it breaks my heart, cos you’re on your own

Your life is more than just your face
Baby, it’s more than just your place
You didn’t go wrong, just to get along, you have to be strong

All those late nights spent at the office
You’re on your own
While you think you’re doing the business
The seeds are sown
There is no take when nobody gives

Only strangers there at the party
So you went home
Still it breaks my heart, that you’re on your own

Days pick at the years and you know you’ve got to find somewhere
A place with a beat to match your heart

Life’s more than just your face
Baby, it’s more than just your place
You never went wrong
Just to get along, you had to be strong
Alone for too long, you want to belong

 

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