Story Behind The Song

This was my very first attempt at songwriting. The Cmaj7 chord and D chord were the easiest for me to play on guitar and I developed a simple two chord strum and a melody that I thought was catchy. The lyrics were another matter. Everything that I came up with sounded trite and cliched. Fast forward a few months later when the love of my life jilted me and the words began to flow and metaphors became suddenly abundant. Particularly the isolation I felt coupled with late nights watching old reruns on TV gave birth to the line "when I'm all alone its like I'm in the Twilight Zone". Such is life; serendipity follows tragedy.

Song Description

Compares the feeling of emotional abandonment to being lost in the Twilight Zone.

Lyrics

I KNOW THAT SOMEDAY YOU'LL WAKE UP
AND FIND THAT YOUR WORLD
HAS GONE AND PASSED YOU BY
AND I WON'T BE THERE TO DRY YOUR EYE

YOU DON'T WANNA LOSE ME NOT YET ANYWAY
YOU'VE HARDLY GOT TO KNOW ME
AND NOW YOU'RE THROWING IT ALL AWAY
SOMEDAY YOU'LL LONG FOR YESTERDAY

CH
I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU I KNOW I'VE TRIED
I CAN'T FIGHT THIS EMPTY FEELING INSIDE
WHEN I'M ALL ALONE IT'S LIKE I'M IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE
AND I CAN'T FIND MY WAY BACK HOME

MY MEMORIES HAVE GOT A HOLD ON ME
AND THEY WON'T SEEM TO LET ME FORGET
AND IF IT TAKES A LIFETIME I WON'T FORGET YOU GIRL
LOOK INTO MY EYES LOOK IN MY SOUL

I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU I KNOW I'VE TRIED
I CAN'T FIGHT THIS EMPTY FEELING INSIDE
WHEN I'M ALL ALONE IT'S LIKE I'M IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE
AND I CAN'T FIND MY WAY BACK HOME

BRIDGE
GONNA MAKE A PROMISE TO YOU
WAKE UP FROM YOUR DREAM WORLD OR I WILL BE GONE
TILL THEN I'LL LEAVE THIS PROMISE TO YOU
AND IN OUR TANGLED WEB OF DECEPTION IT'S THE ONLY EXCEPTION

I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU I KNOW I'VE TRIED
I CAN'T FIGHT THIS EMPTY FEELING INSIDE
WHEN I'M ALL ALONE IT'S LIKE I'M IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE
AND I CAN'T FIND MY WAY BACK HOME

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