Lyrics
[verse]
The night comes down around my shoulders,
Like a coat I can't take off,
I sit here by the window watching
Every light in every house switch off.
Nobody sees the ache I'm carrying,
Nobody hears the silent call,
Only the ones who've lost somebody
Know why the dark feels like a wall.
[chorus]
Only the lonely, only the lonely,
Know how a heartbeat sounds at three a.m.,
Only the lonely, only the lonely,
Understand this empty room again,
Only the lonely know the ache I'm in.
[verse]
I hear the laughter of the couples
Walking past beneath the moon,
I used to be a face among them,
Now I'm just an empty room.
But somewhere out there in the shadows
Another heart beats just like mine,
We don't need words to understand it,
We just need a little time.
[chorus]
Only the lonely, only the lonely,
Know how a heartbeat sounds at three a.m.,
Only the lonely, only the lonely,
Understand this empty room again,
Only the lonely know the ache I'm in.
[bridge]
So if you're out there feeling hollow,
Staring at a fading star,
Know that somewhere someone follows
The same road, though we're apart.
[chorus]
Only the lonely, only the lonely,
Know how a heartbeat sounds at three a.m.,
Only the lonely, only the lonely,
Understand this empty room again,
Only the lonely know the ache I'm in.
