Solitude is depicted allegorically and stems from a move to living alone when she imagined “if Solitude was a person she would be standing right there, and I decided to take it a step further and describe her as I might have seen her if she was a person. I decided she would be seemingly friendly, bu...
[Verse 1]
Solitude stands by the window
She turns her head as I walk in the room
I can see by her eyes she's been waiting
Standing in the slant of the late afternoon
[Refrain]
And she turns to me with her hand extended
Her palm is split with a flower, with a flame
[Verse 2]
Solitude stands in the doorway
I'm struck once again by her black silhouette
By her long cool stare and her silence
I suddenly remember each time we've met
[Refrain]
And she turns to me with her hand extended
Her palm is split with a flower, with a flame
[Bridge]
And she says, "I've come to set a twisted thing straight"
And she says, "I've come to lighten this dark heart"
And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear
And I said, "I never thought of finding you here"
[Verse 3]
And I turn to the crowd as they're watching
They're sitting all together in the dark, in the warm
And I wanted to be in there among them
I see how their eyes are gathered into one
[Refrain]
And she turns to me with her hand extended
Her palm is split with a flower, with a flame
[Bridge]
And she says, "I've come to set a twisted thing straight"
And she says, "I've come to lighten this dark heart"
And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear
And I said, "I never thought of finding you here"
[Verse 2]
Solitude stands in the doorway
I'm struck once again by her black silhouette
By her long cool stare and her silence
I suddenly remember each time we've met
[Refrain]
And she turns to me with her hand extended
Her palm is split with a flower, with a flame
Solitude Standing was written by Suzanne Vega & Mike Visceglia & Anton Sanko & Marc Shulman & Stephen Ferrera.
Solitude Standing was produced by Steve Addabbo & Lenny Kaye.