Spoons are a Canadian New Wave / Synthpop music group who formed in 1979 an… Read Full Bio ↴Spoons are a Canadian New Wave / Synthpop music group who formed in 1979 and were popular in the early 1980s. In 1983, they were nominated for "Most Promising Group of the Year" at the Juno Awards and won "Group of the Year" at the same year's U-Know awards (the forerunner of the CASBYs - Canadian Artists Selected By You).

The band, from Burlington, Ontario, consisted of Gordon Deppe (vocals and guitar), Sandy Horne (vocals and bass), Rob Preuss (keyboards and piano) and Derrick Ross (drums). Preuss also replaced Brett Wickens in 1980.

In the late eighties, Preuss went on to play with Honeymoon Suite and Ross left the band and were replaced by Scott MacDonald and Steve Kendry.

The band released five albums (and a soundtrack that was credited to Gordon Deppe but included a couple songs from the "Tell No Lies" ep).

Their most popular songs included " Romantic Traffic", "Nova Heart", "Old Emotions" and "Tell No Lies".

Gordon Deppe is currently a music programmer for one of the Galaxie Music Network (television) channels in Canada.

For more information, check out thespoons.ca.

Their latest album, Static in Transmission , was released in 2011. A single from the album, You Light Up is available on Youtube.

They should not be confused with Spoon (American band) or The Spoons (multiple artists).

Be Alone Tonight
Spoons Lyrics

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The feeling hits me like an old train
On it¹s final run
A fire¹s burning pulling it along
To somewhere that¹s far away
Everybody else is
With somebody

I wanna be alone tonight

It doesn¹t make much sense
But I wanna be alone tonight
To think of nothing else
I wanna be alone tonight
Don¹t expect you to understand
I wanna be alone tonight

People walking on the sidewalk
Like in some old film
I wanna shut it, shut the movie off
So I can turn the dial to you
Face it!
Everybody else is
With somebody

I wanna be alone tonight
It doesn¹t make much sense
But I wanna be alone tonight
To think of nothing else
I wanna be alone tonight
Don¹t expect you to understand
I don¹t want to be with you

I just wanna be alone tonight
It doesn¹t make much sense
But I wanna be alone tonight
To think of nothing else
I wanna be alone tonight

Don¹t expect you to understand
To think of nothing else

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Be Alone Tonight by Spoons express the desire to be alone and away from people, even though the singer acknowledges that it doesn't make much sense. The feeling is compared to an old train on its final journey, driven by a fire that pulls it towards an unknown destination. Despite the imagery of movement and change, the singer feels stuck in a world where everybody else is with somebody, except for them. The city around them is alive with people and activity, like a scene from an old film, but the singer wants to turn it off and focus on their thoughts, or rather, think of nothing else.

The repetition of the phrase "I wanna be alone tonight" emphasizes the singer's desire for solitude, even if it goes against the social norm of being with someone else. The chorus of the song expresses the reasons for this desire, that is, to think of nothing else but their own thoughts and feelings. The line "don't expect you to understand" suggests that the singer has tried explaining this feeling to someone else and has come up short, implying that this is not a temporary state of mind but a persistent one.

Overall, Be Alone Tonight is a song about the complexities of being alone and the longing for solitude, even in a world where human connection is highly valued. The lyrics suggest that sometimes, even if it doesn't make much sense, we need to take a step back from our lives and think of nothing else.

Line by Line Meaning

The feeling hits me like an old train
I am suddenly overwhelmed with emotion, like a train that has been on a long journey and is now nearing its end.

On it's final run
The train is making its last trip.

A fire's burning pulling it along
There is a sense of urgency propelling the train towards its destination.

To somewhere that's far away
The train is going somewhere distant.

Everybody else is with somebody
Everyone around me is in the company of someone else.

I wanna be alone tonight
I desire to spend time by myself tonight.

It doesn't make much sense
My desire for solitude may seem illogical or inexplicable.

To think of nothing else
I want to focus solely on my thoughts and nothing else.

Don't expect you to understand
I do not anticipate that others will comprehend my desire for solitude.

People walking on the sidewalk
There are people around me, walking on the pavement.

Like in some old film
It feels as if I am in an old movie.

I wanna shut it, shut the movie off
I want to shut out the world and all its distractions.

So I can turn the dial to you
I want to focus my attention solely on you.