Love Somebody - Okkervil River

I’m staring down a stream of sweet impressions

I’m waiting just to sense that special presence

I feel I wanna need somebody

And they can say I’m fine

There’s nothing wrong with me

Somebody sees

Don’t you believe me, honey?

I crawled up on the stage and felt so sleazy

But when I saw their faces it came easy

It freed me

Believe you me

And if you’re gonna love somebody

You gotta lose some pride

But you can’t be part of somebody else

Didn’t they tell you, honey?

Alright

Just like you said about your old boyfriend

And how he screamed his wasted song to the wind

And also, you were talking about the teenage mom

The cellar stairs that she was crying upon

Said you could tell me about a pissed-off kid

Oh and I’m sure he’ll be ashamed what he did

I’m even feeling for his desperate and doped-out dad

So dumb he doesn’t know when he’s feeling bad

My friend he told me that I can’t depend

On anything that doesn’t come from within

Oh but my God, how am I ever gonna help the world

When I can’t even heal the heart of my girl?

I got a need that I just can’t see through

I gotta guess that I’m exactly like you

And more and more I get a tightness 'bout right here in my chest

You lie in bed all day just getting depressed

Oh it’s so bad I wanna break that wall

That always seems to cut me off from you all

Oh but I guess I should accept the way the world, as it stands

It’s spinning totally outside of my hands

Lost in the stars, that are singing their light

Across a hundred million miles

And if you’re gonna love somebody

You gotta lose some pride

But you can’t be part of somebody else

Didn’t they tell you, honey?

And if you’re gonna love somebody

You gotta lose some pride

But you can’t be part of somebody else

Didn’t they tell you, honey?

You gotta love somebody

You gotta love somebody

But you can’t be part of somebody else

Didn’t they tell you, honey?