Someone Like You
Frank Wildhorn & Leslie Bricusse Lyrics
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Watch life go by
Dream of tomorrow
And wonder why
The past is holding me
Keeping life at bay
I wander lost in yesterday
But scared to try
But if someone like you
Found someone like me
Then suddenly
Nothing would ever be the same
My heart would take wing
And I'd feel so alive!
If someone like you
Found me!
So many secrets
I long to share
All I have needed
Is someone there
To help me see a world
I've never seen before
A love to open every door
To set me free
So I can soar If someone like you
Found someone like me
Then suddenly
Nothing would ever be the same
There'd be a new way to live
A new life to love
If someone like you
Found me
Oh, if someone like you
Found someone like me
Then suddenly
Nothing would ever be the same
My heart would take wing
And I'd feel so alive!
If someone like you
Loved me!
Loved me!
Loved me!
The lyrics to Someone Like You by Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse speak to the longing we all have for human connection and finding someone who understands us. The opening lines set the scene for the song’s theme of yearning, with the singer peering through windows and dreaming of tomorrow. But then the lyrics take a bittersweet turn, as the past keeps the singer “lost in yesterday,” wanting to fly but afraid to take the leap.
The chorus is where the song’s emotional core truly comes out. The singer imagines what it would mean if someone like them could find someone who understood them completely. “Nothing would ever be the same,” the lyrics repeat, emphasizing the power of human connection to transform our lives. The idea that such a connection could “set me free / So I can soar” is both emotional and aspirational, playing to the yearning at the heart of the song.
Line by Line Meaning
I peer through windows
I gaze through panes
Watch life go by
Observe existence pass along
Dream of tomorrow
Fantasize about the following day
And wonder why
And ponder the reason
The past is holding me
The former times restrict me
Keeping life at bay
Abstain from living fully
I wander lost in yesterday
I wander astray in bygone days
Wanting to fly
Desiring to soar
But scared to try
Yet apprehensive to attempt
But if someone like you
But if an individual such as yourself
Found someone like me
Encountered someone akin to me
Then suddenly
Then abruptly
Nothing would ever be the same
Things would invariably transform
My heart would take wing
My heart would flutter to the skies
And I'd feel so alive!
And I'd perceive so invigorated!
If someone like you
If an individual such as yourself
Found me!
Found me!
So many secrets
So numerous clandestine matters
I long to share
I yearn to disclose
All I have needed
All that I have required
Is someone there
Is a person present
To help me see a world
To assist me in observing a world
I've never seen before
That I have not seen previously
A love to open every door
A romance to unveil every opportunity
To set me free
To liberate me
So I can soar
So I can ascend to great heights
There'd be a new way to live
There would exist a fresh manner to exist
A new life to love
A novel existence to cherish
If someone like you
If an individual such as yourself
Found me
Found me
Oh, if someone like you
Oh, if an individual such as yourself
Loved me!
Adored me!
Loved me!
Loved me!
Loved me!
Loved me!
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ARTHUR L. PORTER
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
tonytygrrHI
Fabulous rendition of "Someone Like You." I'd like to sing this - first time I heard a man sing it and I dig it!
The Korea Tea Spill
I peer through windows, watch life go by
Dream of tomorrow and wonder why
The past is holding me, keeping life at bay
I wander, lost in yesterday
Wanting to fly but scared to try
But if someone like you found someone like me
Then suddenly nothing would ever be the same
My heart would take wing and I'd feel so alive
If someone like you found me
So many secrets I long to share
All I have needed is someone there
To help me see a world I've never seen before
A love to open every door
To set me free so I can soar
If someone like you found someone like me
Then suddenly nothing would ever be the same
There'd be a new way to live, a new life to love
If someone like you found me
Oh, if someone like you found someone like me
Then suddenly nothing would ever be the same
My heart would take wing and I'd feel so alive
If someone like you loved me, loved me, loved me
kabiraltaf
Absolutely captures a gay man's feelings