Alone
Blues Traveler Lyrics

I said "I love you"
He expressed his love for her

She began to cry
Her reaction is that of sadness, maybe because she was not ready for love.

She said she needed a friend
She sees a friendship as the right thing

I said "I'll try"
He accepts the offer to be a friend

Soon we'd say nothing
Eventually, they stopped talking

Somehow I never wondered why
He doesn’t seem concerned about the reason.

You see, she left me
She left him alone

I'd loved her always
He always loved her

She didn't know
But she was unaware of this

I tried patience
He exercised patience because he wanted to build a friendship

Let a friendship grow
He wanted their relationship to grow naturally

I tried to keep her
But she found reasons to leave

That's what made her go
This is the reason for her leaving

Beauty and the beast
Their love seemed like it was not meant to be

Was how it seemed to be
Perhaps they were too different

A love like hers
Her love is special

Ain't meant for guys like me
But he seems to believe that he is not worth her love.

Some call me crazy
Some people think he is crazy

Some politely call me free
But he prefers to see himself as free-spirited

But either way you see
But he doesn't care what they think

I'm trying to forget you but it just won't work
The process of forgetting about her is difficult

Think I'm losing my mind, think I'm going berserk
He is torn between his love for her and the reality that she is gone

I love you with a passion that you just don't know
He loves her more than words can express

And I kinda wish right now that I was telling you so
He wishes he could communicate his love to her

I could rant, or rave, or play some little game
He could act out his frustrations or emotions

But when I look into your eyes, it all seems the same
But ultimately, things never change

That you weren't meant for me and that's a sad but true fact
He accepts that they were never meant to be

Now I don't care how I look and don't care how I act
He doesn't care how he appears to others anymore

'Cause you set me free
He feels he's been set free from the burden of his love

I'm a man among men
He tries to be strong

But when I think of what I missed it starts all again
But the thought of her makes him feel that loss again

Now alone in the darkness of each new day
Now he's alone and in the dark

My heart is on its own
His heart is alone too

I want to rip it from my chest and throw it away
He wants to get rid of his broken-heartedness

Watch this bassman take me home
He just wants to be alone and let the music take him away

A low branch
He compares himself to a branch

Touching the water
A branch that touches the water

Feels the currents take
Feels the current of life take over him

A mighty
He wants to appear mighty

River bends her
But reality is breaking him down

But she won't break
But he is determined not to break

No she won't
He is determined not to break

No she won't break
He is determined not to break

I said a candle's
He again compares the situation to a candle

Flame she dances
The candle's flame dances

When a sudden
But it can be blown out

Tempest blows
With just one blast of wind

She dwindles and dims
The flame starts to diminish and flicker

Against the cold, cold wind
Fighting the harsh external force of life

And then she grows
But sometimes the flame starts to burn bright again

And then she glows
And glows

I may never understand her
He realizes he may never understand her

Her secret is not to know
He also knows he might not be able to know everything there is to know about her

Nothing for me to do with or for or to
There's nothing left for him to do

But I just love to watch her grow
Except to admire her growth

I said I love to watch her grow
And he loves her growth

I guess some day
Maybe someday he'll find love again

Love will soon be here
And will find him

And maybe then
Maybe then, everything will become clearer

I'll see things more clear
He hopes to have a clearer perspective then

I guess I got excited
He got excited

Cause it felt so near
Because it felt like they were close to love

And

You see, she left me
But then he remembers...

She left me
She left him alone

I'm alone
He's still alone

I'm alone
He's still alone

I'm alone
He's still alone

I'm alone
He's still alone