Alone

Verse 1:
Truth is lovely, love is truth, but when I'm not with it
I feel the twisting of my gut, there's a knot in it
“Man stop trippin', look at this life you've been given,”
My past self pulls up and says, “get in
Let's take a trip and see the little man you used to be
Let's go back, you could use a little boot in the
Behind, you seem to be forgetting what a steep climb
It would be to get this light on lock again, key-lime,”
It's like lately I've kept my happiness at arm's length
I've taken steps and failed to lift with just my arm strength
Boxing my teammates out like, “I'm getting this rebound
I'm calling the shots,” but it's me that needs to bow down
They may not understand every little detail
But people that have never sold can still work in retail
We sell ourselves short, thinking we don't need each other
Me? well sometimes I feel I'm just being smothered

Hook:
How could I feel so alone in a crowd?
When they sit in silence, my emotions are loud
When they're loud, I go inward and try to find a quiet place
I am a soul being seen as just another face
Just another guy running in the race
Just craving to belong, searching for that taste
If I am one of many, then I wonder how
Could I feel so detached and alone in a crowd?

Verse 2:
I'm open-minded but I'm careful who I open it to
Cause I fear that I will be judged when I do
But that is such a delusion, foolishly used to
Keep me from losin' the life that I'm used to
Discovery of a distorted perspective
Like lookin' through a lens cracked
But step back and see it perfectly reflected
Put myself under the microscope
Divide all of my sections
Seeing through eternity, I'm just another speck in
The grand scheme of things
So what do these schemes and dreams mean?
Add em up, and divide man, find our dreams' mean
I bet you that the mode is to receive some kind of love
We never want to feel alone near this median we hug
We're on the same road
But I feel like a single passenger
Psyched out by my solitude, no Sean and Gus, I'm Lassiter
Fasten your seat-belts, we're headed into stormy weather
Same flight, different fears, we're all flying alone together
Hook:
How could I feel so alone in a crowd?
When they sit in silence, my emotions are loud
When they're loud, I go inward and try to find a quiet place
I am a soul being seen as just another face
Just another guy running in the race
Just craving to belong, searching for that taste
If I am one of many, then I wonder how
Could I feel so detached and alone in a crowd?

Verse 3:
How many years will I do this?
I figure-eight...
So you could say forever
Never-ending battle to relate
But still Stand Out
Above the crowd on a Powerline
I stand now
I feel the call under my feet and our time
Is one I'm not afraid to be ahead of
Maybe I feel alone cause I'm a little bit obsessive
And fed up with anything I am that isn't great
I isolate myself and kind of keep a distant state
Staying afloat, I've got wisdom as my life-preserver
And I'm at a point where I just watch myself
I'm an observer
I crashed my servers with an overload of plans I hatched
My eggs were static and ecstatic practice was what I lacked
I could be too this, too that, too weird, too different, I feel
No finger can be placed on me
Sometimes I lose it, and move back to fear
To living like I am just another single face on the
Earth

Hook:
How could I feel so alone in a crowd?
When they sit in silence, my emotions are loud
When they're loud, I go inward and try to find a quiet place
I am a soul being seen as just another face
Just another guy running in the race
Just craving to belong, searching for that taste
If I am one of many, then I wonder how
Could I feel so detached and alone in a crowd?