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"Alone / With You" is the sixth track off of Daughter's sophomore album Not To Disappear.
Background[]
Elena Tonra commented on the song in an interview with The Line of Best Fit saying:
"It’s sort of a study of loneliness from the inside out… different ways to feel alone. Whether that’s feeling alone with somebody you shouldn’t be feeling alone with, or in a crowd of people, or when you’re on tour and for some reas you just can’t feel… you just feel like you’re not there, like you’re invisible. I don’t know, like you’re not a complete human being."
Reception[]
Rhian Daly on NME commented on the song saying:
"On ‘Alone/Without You’, she details a no-win kind of alienation where your partner’s company repulses you as much as your own (“I hate living alone, talking to myself is boring conversation… I hate living with you, I should get a dog or something”)."
Lyrics[]
Part 1: Alone
I hate sleeping alone
Terrified with the lights out
I hate living alone
Talking to myself is boring conversation
Me and I are not friends
She is only an acquaintance
I hate dreaming of being alone
'Cause you are never there
Just a shadowy figure with a blank face
Kicking me out of his place
I hate walking alone
I should get a dog or something
I hate eating alone
I hate eating alone
Part 2: With You
I hate sleeping with you
'Cause you are never there
Just a shadowy figure with a blank face
Kicking me out of his place
I hate living with you
I should get a dog or something
I hate walking with you
Talking to myself is boring conversation
You and I were once friends
Now you're only an acquaintance
I hate dreaming of being with you
I hate dreaming of being with you
I hate dreaming of being with you
Terrified with the lights out
Terrified with the lights out