We Were All Alone (But Now We're Not)

from Autobio (Part Two) by Val Emmich

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I was always stuck inside
A relationship that was fight
I always felt like I had to have someone
Even when it was clear that she wasn’t the right one

They could tell I wasn’t there
And I wondered if I’d ever care
But then I met the one who knew how to reach me
She was a lot like me but the opposite completely

I was all alone
I was all alone
But now I’m not

You were born way too soon
The oceans had obeyed the moon
All the nurses claimed it wasn't happenstance
There was a tsunami all the way in Japan

They told your mom and I, 'Go live your lives.
She's gonna have to stay here thru the night.'
And for the next three weeks that was your home
All the tubes sticking to your itty-bitty bones

You were all alone
You were all alone
But now you're not

We went to Vegas as wedding guests
We saw the sites of the great Southwest
We slept real late, there wasn’t no rush
Cuz the world was only the two of us

But that was now ten years ago
Baby, there’s gray in your hair but you still got a glow
Now our car’s so full we drive in the slow lane
We have nightmares of losing all that love we gained

We were all alone
We were all alone
But now we're not

I cannot believe
How the heart the heart can keep expanding

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from Autobio (Part Two), released October 19, 2018

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