In Repair

I pulled out my Bare album by Annie Lennox this afternoon for a short ride in the car. This is one of the most beautiful and heart-wrenching songs that I’ve ever heard. I’m not feeling particularly melancholy this evening, but I wanted to share it anyway.

Loneliness
By Annie Lennox

Loneliness
Is a place that I know well
It’s the distance between us
And the space inside ourselves
And emptiness
Is the chattering in your head
It’s the call of the living
And the race from life to death
Oh and I know
Yes and I know
What you feel…

And I’ve got a longing
That’s hard to find
Won’t give me no peace of mind
Something that I’ve lived with all along
Days and weeks and months and years
Filling in the time my dear
Trying to find the place where I belong

Hopelessness
Is the darkness in your heart
It’s the sound of one hand clapping
While it’s pulling you apart
Oh and I know
Yes and I know
What you feel…

And I’ve got a longing
That’s hard to find
Won’t give me no peace of mind
Something that I’ve lived with all along
Days and weeks and months and years
Filling in the time my dear
Trying to find the place where I belong

And I’ve got a hunger that’s
Hard to fill
Driving me on overkill
Telling me that everything’s gone wrong
Got me a need
That I can’t break
More than I can hardly take
Somehow I still keep on going strong

When I call your name
I’m gonna scream out loud
I’ll say, “Here I am standing in the crowd”
You’ll say, “Come to me
With your open mind
You never know
What you still might find”
But you keep me here
Like a canceled flight
An empty train
Running through the night
An orphan child
A broken shoe
And I’m still down here
Looking out for you
Are you there for me?
‘Cause I’m here for you