Still Alone

(album: Journey - 2022)

I'm a vault, keep it closed
Hide the pain so nobody knows
Smiling and showing my teeth
But I'm just deep in the misery
Suck it up, let it go
It'll pass, they'll never know
Trying to rehearse the lies
I've been telling myself for this whole time

Like, "You don't really feel this way
This is just a passing phase"

So many choices made
So I wouldn't be alone
Still alone, I'm still alone
In a crowd, I'm still alone
Maybe what's done is done
And even if I get out this one
I'm still alone, I'm still alone
Here I am, I'm still alone

Ooh, gets lonely, that's how the story goes
Ooh, gets lonely
Ooh

I don't care, I've had enough
Maybe the brave thing is giving up
I always stay too long
'Cause I never learned how to move on
I won't pretend that this is right
To live a life in a lie
Trying to please the crowd
But I'm letting myself down

No, I don't have to live this way
I just need some bravery to say what I gotta say

I made the choice I made (I made the choice I made)
So I wouldn't be alone (So I wouldn't be alone)
Still alone, I'm still alone
It didn't work, I'm still alone (Still alone)
Maybe what's done is done
And even if I get out this one
I'm still alone, I'm still alone (Still alone)
Here I am, I'm still alone (Oh, ooh)
So many choices made
So I wouldn't be alone
Still alone, I'm still alone
That's what I get, I'm still alone (Still alone)
Maybe what's done is done
But if I get out this one
Stand alone, I'm stand alone
I'll pay the price to stand alone

I'm not lonely, this is how the story goes
I'm not lonely, oh, ooh
I'm not lonely, I might be alone
I'm not lonely, but I'm not lonely, I'm not afraid of lonely
I'm not lonely, I'm no longer afraid of me
I'm not lonely, no, I'm not afraid of lonely
I'm not lonely, I'm no longer afraid of me
I'm not lonely, oh

I'm choosing myself
Ooh, ooh