Songs about being alone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzMvQtVEXok

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiGqKwy4yM0

check the chorus. its been stuck in my head for like a week

really great how's life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8VXnvbc1c0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7rkHi6scBw

Georges Moustaki - Ma Solitude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9-OzSzCDWo

(url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9-OzSzCDWo]English translation)

(oops, second link should be this)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oPYmaN3QhM

does anyone in here get hit with inside fevers?
so bad sometimes it's hard to move around
they'll show you all the things you are not doing
instead of helping you they lock you out
and you're whining you shouldn't waste your money
but the couch fibers keep you inside
so i'm so sorry I came in late this evening
but all the clocks around the town had died
and all the fruit store's colors were so bright
with couples smiling cooking things tonight
and what were all those troubles on my mind?
oh I took a walk

The room is filled with men in coats
And I don't break 'til midnight shock
Are you feeling warm tonight?
Turn it down? Well, I just might
The room is filled with ancient apes
Where I've been and what I ate
What I asked you drill them out
And remove every little doubt
The room is filled with gummy bears
Electric shavers, ingrown hairs
I keep the curtains high enough
You sleep on cotton, rest in fluff
The room is filled with catalogues
Encyclopedias, books enough
To keep me busy in the morning
Sun sets fast without warning
The room is filled with cords and plugs
Electronic translucent bugs
And what's that crawling all around?
What's that twitching, is it still alive!?
Is it still alive!?
Is it still alive!?

does anyone in here get hit with inside fevers?
so bad sometimes it's hard to move around
they'll show you all the things you are not doing
instead of helping you they lock you out
and you're whining you shouldn't waste your money
but the couch fibers keep you inside
so i'm so sorry I came in late this evening
but all the clocks around the town had died
and all the fruit store's colors were so bright
with couples smiling cooking things tonight
and what were all those troubles on my mind?
yes I took a walk
oh I like a walk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk1QgD7wi3w

flappy that song is so good! love that one

It was the first one that came to mind when I saw this thread. Going over the lyrics, it may not be strictly about 'being alone' in one's room or whatever, and yeah he does address someone in the lyrics, but I always pictured the dialogue in the narrator's mind, the whole thing going thru his head as he takes his walk at night. It's very much a nighttime song, a reflective song. on some days it's my favorite AC song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkCcQXzuSwU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X3HKEC68EM

There's probably a good Syd Barrett one

"Inside me I feel/ Alone and unreal"

this is the first song that popped into my mind
i only know 2 suicidal tendencies songs and this is one of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiGK3GFhOTg

Kevin Coyne, "Jackie and Edna"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGoAPGSdxhM

"They say you're married
with children of your own"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdw7kxD8eUc

Simon and Garfunkel. I Am A Rock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKlSVNxLB-A

Bowie - Sound and Vision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLp9yczMSVA

Bowie - Sound and Vision

― J. Sam, Sunday, February 11, 2018 7:51 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

good one

oh also Ying Yang Twins - "By Myself"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_GrT-p5c_A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwpP6gNiIWE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBRNfWGxBp8

sia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owr4U55WpDs

Scott Walker- On Your Own Again
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=06LMuzmjTJ4

R Stevie Moore - Hobbies Galore
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=10tTwpGRyNc

Pulp - The Fear
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zaeQmrMgw7M

Loudon Wainwright's "One Man Guy"

There's also a Rufus version but I prefer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coYO0r9eIqY

This is prime Julien Baker territory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV1dMqeb4_U

Did we get this far with no one mentioning Heart?

Can't see YouTubes at work so don't know if this is one of the unlabeled links upthread but this is sincerely one of my all-time favorite songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnw7hNjex_k
Grover - 'What Do I Do When I'm Alone?'

http://youtu.be/j3KX-wqV1oQ

Did we get this far with no one mentioning Heart?

O Gilbert, Where Art Thou?

Despite being called Alone, it's not really about being alone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiKcd7yPLdU

I prefer the 3DN version, don't @ me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX6MvV8cbh8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbXWrmQW-OE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1bD37SlnrQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WXYjm74WFI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ0AXWaNbEk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNch4QvShU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls87byF4Zk8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OebqNsNRBtU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E3hDkfJb9c

http://youtu.be/whWtNIsfIAs

Both those Police tracks are good btw

Apologies if I missed it but did we do

https://youtu.be/ICKToz7BLLA

Gah, sorry, voodoo c. already posted Al

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BASLQBHbqM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Q3mHyzn78

(It's not actually about being alone, is it?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7KznfgGHK4

xp: i considered sharing 'be alone' by paramore, but its along the same lines.

share away!

Eleanor Rigby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7DMqPdgMuM

I don't think it's meant to be about being alone, but Pink Floyd's "The Great Gig In The Sky" was the first song that came to mind.

I like to listen to it alone, and it seems to be about feeling so deeply.

Never thought about the lyrics until I just looked them up:

(At 0:38)

"And I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it – you've got to go sometime."

(At 3:33, faintly)

"I never said I was frightened of dying."

I feel like there should be something from The Muppets. "Halfway Down The Stairs", maybe?

But for now ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaOx6QcJoJg

My favorite has always been Bruce Springsteen: Open All Night

The flipside to that song is State Trooper