All Alone Lyrics

[Intro]
I fell in love with a wind-up souvenir
I bought it downtown as I was on my way to meet you
She sounds like the songs you used to sing to put me to sleep but
Now that you're gone, she's all that I've left to hold


[Hook]
And I feel so all alone
No one's gonna fix me when I'm broke
How do you cry with inanimate eyes?
You're never gonna smile with the way that you're wired
And I feel so all alone

[Verse 1]
I gave her to you (I don't need a toy)
I thought you might appreciate (I don't like the way that it moves)
The way that she dances
The painted look upon her face (Someone must've thrown this away)
She must have come from the sun (I got too much stuff)
I want to take her through the park
Where she'd tell me I'm all that she wants
(Speaking of which)
If she could even talk (I think we need to talk)

[Hook]
I feel so all alone
No one's gonna fix me when I'm broke
How do you cry with inanimate eyes?
You're never gonna smile with the way that you're wired
And I feel so all alone
I feel so all alone
[Bridge]
As she sits on my shelf
It makes me think of you
The way she carries the things that remind me of who
We used to be before we became antiques
She's a lot like you
But when I hold her too tight, I know she'll break
She just takes some glue to stay


[Hook]
And I feel so all alone
No one's gonna fix me when I'm broke
How do you cry with inanimate eyes?
You're never gonna smile with the way that you're wired
And I feel so all alone

I feel so all alone
I feel so all alone

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Genius Annotation

This song is about how Nate Ruess found a girl that his mother isn’t appreciative of, the metaphor being that his new girlfriend is the wind-up doll. But then his mother becomes more nice toward her as she realizes that her adn the wind-up doll are similar after all. It is the seventh track on Fun.’s album, Some Nights.

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Credits
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Recorded At
Dawson's Studio, Enormous Studios, Emile's Studio and Jungle City
Release Date
February 14, 2012
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