"Don't Let Me Be Lonely"
by The Band Perry
I need a saving grace
A hiding place
I don't have forever or time to waste
So don't let me be lonely
I wanna shake this winter coat off my sleeve
Dust off a record and just be free
Oh don't let me be lonely
No don't let me be lonely
When you're young
You can fly
But we trip on clouds 'cause we get too high
We grow up
And then it's gone
Oh God only knows what we'll become
So don't let me be, let me be, let me be lonely tonight
While we're young and alive
Take the keys to my car and the keys to my heart and just drive
Oh don't let me, let me be lonely
Well the night rolls on like a long lost friend
'Til the sunrise bleeds like the bitter end
Don't let me be lonely
Well there's nothing to hide and nothing to prove
Give me all that you are
You've got nothing to lose
Just don't let me be lonely
No don't let me be lonely
So don't let me be, let me be, let me be lonely tonight
While we're young and alive
Take the keys to my car and the keys to my heart and just drive
Oh don't let me, let me be lonely
No
Don't let me be
When you're young
Life's a dream
It's a beautiful and a burning thing
We grow up
And then it's gone
But the memory goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on
Don't let me be, let me be, let me be lonely tonight
While we're young and alive
Take the keys to my car and the keys to my heart and just drive
Oh don't let me, let me be lonely
Don't let me be lonely
Don't, don't let me be lonely
No
Don't let me be
Ooh, lonely
Whenever I listen to this song, it just speaks to me. After my father was "'dead and gone'" and my dear Hamlet went mad, I felt all alone (IV.v.29). I no longer wanted to feel lonely. Most of my life, I only relied on my father and brother, and then Hamlet, but then all of them left me. In Hamlet's "ecstasy of love," he left me and went mad (II.i.100). And honestly, it destroyed my heart.
Being young and naïve, I thought life would be easy. I had my true love, and he had given me "many tenders of his affection" (I.iii.99-100). My father told me to "think [myself] a baby" due to my naïve ways (I.iii.105). I did not want to believe my father because I knew that Hamlet truly loved me and would never leave me. But unfortunately, I was completely wrong.
When Hamlet came into my room that night, "loosed out of hell," I swore that he loved me (II.i.81). But when he asked me, "are you honest?" I was completely confused on what he felt for me (III.i.103)! First he was professing his unconditional love, and then he thought I was being unfaithful. I just did not want to be lonely. I wanted a true love and for my love to stay with me forever.
If only he had taken the reigns to my heart, but he never did. He let my carriage go and never tried to regain hold of the reigns. Once he killed my father, I knew our relationship would never be the way it was. In a way it made me grow up. I realized that "we know what we are, but know not what we may become" (IV.v.42-43). Just as it is in this song, only God will know who we will become, and it truly speaks to me. Unfortunately, I turned mad due to my loneliness. My Hamlet, my father, my brother it seemed "never will come again" (IV.v.184). To me, they all seemed dead and gone, which destroyed my heart and soul.
I just wish that I could return to the time when I was naïve and foolish. To the time when Laertes told me to "Fear it, Ophelia, fear it" (I.iii.33). If only I was not naïve before, I might have ignored my father and brother and listened to my heart. So much pain and suffering would have been avoided if I had followed my heart and disobeyed. I would not be lonely and Hamlet could have taken my heart. I could "have been [...] Hamlet's wife," and I might even still be alive (V.i.191).
A hiding place
I don't have forever or time to waste
So don't let me be lonely
I wanna shake this winter coat off my sleeve
Dust off a record and just be free
Oh don't let me be lonely
No don't let me be lonely
When you're young
You can fly
But we trip on clouds 'cause we get too high
We grow up
And then it's gone
Oh God only knows what we'll become
So don't let me be, let me be, let me be lonely tonight
While we're young and alive
Take the keys to my car and the keys to my heart and just drive
Oh don't let me, let me be lonely
Well the night rolls on like a long lost friend
'Til the sunrise bleeds like the bitter end
Don't let me be lonely
Well there's nothing to hide and nothing to prove
Give me all that you are
You've got nothing to lose
Just don't let me be lonely
No don't let me be lonely
So don't let me be, let me be, let me be lonely tonight
While we're young and alive
Take the keys to my car and the keys to my heart and just drive
Oh don't let me, let me be lonely
No
Don't let me be
When you're young
Life's a dream
It's a beautiful and a burning thing
We grow up
And then it's gone
But the memory goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on
Don't let me be, let me be, let me be lonely tonight
While we're young and alive
Take the keys to my car and the keys to my heart and just drive
Oh don't let me, let me be lonely
Don't let me be lonely
Don't, don't let me be lonely
No
Don't let me be
Ooh, lonely
Whenever I listen to this song, it just speaks to me. After my father was "'dead and gone'" and my dear Hamlet went mad, I felt all alone (IV.v.29). I no longer wanted to feel lonely. Most of my life, I only relied on my father and brother, and then Hamlet, but then all of them left me. In Hamlet's "ecstasy of love," he left me and went mad (II.i.100). And honestly, it destroyed my heart.
Being young and naïve, I thought life would be easy. I had my true love, and he had given me "many tenders of his affection" (I.iii.99-100). My father told me to "think [myself] a baby" due to my naïve ways (I.iii.105). I did not want to believe my father because I knew that Hamlet truly loved me and would never leave me. But unfortunately, I was completely wrong.
When Hamlet came into my room that night, "loosed out of hell," I swore that he loved me (II.i.81). But when he asked me, "are you honest?" I was completely confused on what he felt for me (III.i.103)! First he was professing his unconditional love, and then he thought I was being unfaithful. I just did not want to be lonely. I wanted a true love and for my love to stay with me forever.
If only he had taken the reigns to my heart, but he never did. He let my carriage go and never tried to regain hold of the reigns. Once he killed my father, I knew our relationship would never be the way it was. In a way it made me grow up. I realized that "we know what we are, but know not what we may become" (IV.v.42-43). Just as it is in this song, only God will know who we will become, and it truly speaks to me. Unfortunately, I turned mad due to my loneliness. My Hamlet, my father, my brother it seemed "never will come again" (IV.v.184). To me, they all seemed dead and gone, which destroyed my heart and soul.
I just wish that I could return to the time when I was naïve and foolish. To the time when Laertes told me to "Fear it, Ophelia, fear it" (I.iii.33). If only I was not naïve before, I might have ignored my father and brother and listened to my heart. So much pain and suffering would have been avoided if I had followed my heart and disobeyed. I would not be lonely and Hamlet could have taken my heart. I could "have been [...] Hamlet's wife," and I might even still be alive (V.i.191).
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