[Verse 1]
The lonely girl closes her eyes and feels the sun on her face
She is waiting at a bus stop
Wondering if her ride will ever come to pick her up
[Refrain]
There's a loneliness, a sadness, that she enjoys that she
Swims through
She clings to it as her identity then she gets carried away into a deeper state of solitude
And it scares her
[Verse 2]
What did she know about her mothers illness?
And how much could she understand?
She would do anything to bring back the light again
In vast spaces she hears echoes
[Refrain]
Theres a loneliness, a sadness, that she enjoys
That she swims through
She clings to it as her identity then she gets carried away into a deeper state of solitude
And it scares her
[Chorus]
All I wanted
Was for her wishes to come true
All I wanted
To live her purest truth
All I wanted
Was for her wishes to come true
All I wanted
To live my purest blue
All I wanted
Was for her wishes to come true
All I wanted
To live my purest blue
the lonely girl was written by Winter.
Winter released the lonely girl on Wed Jan 17 2024.
This was the first song I wrote after releasing What Kind of Blue Are You?, and I was feeling a bit stuck at the time. I took a songwriting class with Phil Elverum and the task was to write a song with two sharply juxtaposed sections. The lyrics are written as if I’m observing my teenage self, watch...