Somebody
Discovering Love in the Everyday: Somebody's Journey
Lyrics
At a diner down on Broadway they make small talk
Setting: a diner on Broadway where casual conversation takes place
When she brings his eggs and fills his coffee cup
Waitress serving eggs and coffee; a routine scenario
He jokes about his love life
Man jokes about his love life, implying dissatisfaction
And tells her he's about ready to give up
Expresses readiness to give up on love
That's when she says I've been there before
Waitress empathizes, suggesting she understands heartbreak
But keep on looking because maybe who your looking for is
Encourages him to keep searching, hinting at potential love elsewhere
Somebody in the next car
Suggests that the person he's looking for might be in the next car
Somebody on the morning train
Expands possibilities: someone on the morning train
Somebody in the coffee shop that you walk right by everyday
Highlights everyday places as potential meeting spots
Somebody that you look at but never really see
Emphasizes the idea of not truly seeing someone despite looking at them
Somewhere out there is somebody
Assures that there is somebody out there for everyone
Across town in a crowded elevator
Shifts to another character in a crowded elevator
He can't forget the things that waitress said
References a memorable conversation with a waitress
He usually reads the paper
Contrasts his usual paper reading with noticing a stranger
But today he reads a strangers face instead
He reads a stranger's face, suggesting a potential connection
Its that blue eyed girl from two floors up
Identifies a specific person (blue-eyed girl) who catches his attention
Maybe she's the one
Contemplates if she could be the one
Maybe he could fall in love with
Raises the possibility of falling in love with her
Somebody in the next car
Reiterates the idea of finding somebody in unexpected places
Somebody on the morning train
Repeats the concept of discovering love on the morning train
Somebody in the coffee shop that you walk right by everyday
Emphasizes the potential for connection in everyday places
Somebody that you look at but never really see
Highlights the theme of not truly seeing people we encounter
Somewhere out there is somebody
Reiterates the belief that there is somebody for everyone
Now they laugh about the moment that it happened
Reflects on a shared moment of realization between the characters
The moment they both missed until that day
Acknowledges the significance of a missed moment until that day
When he saws his future in her eyes
Describes seeing his future in her eyes, implying a deep connection
Instead of just another friendly face
Contrasts seeing her as more than a friendly face
And he wonders why he searched so long
Questions why he took so long to find her when she was always there
When she was always there at that diner waitin' on
References her role at the diner, waiting for somebody
Somebody in the next car
Reiterates the idea of finding somebody unexpected
Somebody on the morning train
Repeats the concept of discovering love on the morning train
Somebody in the coffee shop that you walk right by everyday
Emphasizes the potential for connection in everyday places
Somebody that you look at but never really see
Highlights the theme of not truly seeing people we encounter
Somewhere out there
Reiterates the belief that there is somebody for everyone
Oh somewhere out there, is somebody.
Concludes with a hopeful acknowledgment of potential connections out there
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