[Verse 1]
Velvet night, it's dark and lonely
City lights are the only thing inside
You're the only thing that's right
Fast cars and your driver make me feel so alive
I turn the wheel, I made this deal, don't take the deal
[Chorus]
Baby, I'm so far away from home
Baby, you could bury me in stone
I could never hold you in my hands
I know I'm a stranger in your land
[Verse 2]
Silver moon, chase tomorrow
Nothing left you can borrow
Don't be proud, hide your face behind the clouds
Angel wings are broken, you have not truly spoken
To the ones whose pointed guns have set the sun
[Chorus]
Baby, I'm so far away from home
Baby, you could bury me in stone
I could never hold you in my hands
I know I'm a stranger in your land
[Instrumental Outro]
Stranger was written by Ruth Radelet.
Stranger was produced by Turbotito.
Ruth Radelet released Stranger on Wed Sep 07 2022.
“Stranger” is about a specific kind of loneliness that I have only felt in Los Angeles. Although the song is very much about longing, it’s more about a place than a person. The lyric ‘I could never hold you in my hands’ is about the feeling of always being on the outside looking in, of the city neve...