Need to Belong to Someone
Craving Connection: Isaac Hayes' Yearning for Belonging
Lyrics
Wo oh oh oh (need to belong) yeah, (to someone)
Expressing the desire to belong to someone.
M hm hm hm (need to belong)hm hm hm hm hm (to someone)
Reiteration of the need to belong to someone.
I need to belong to someone
Affirmation of the longing to be a part of someone's life.
It hurts to be known as no one
Conveying the emotional pain of being unrecognized or unacknowledged.
Will ever some sweet girl
Expressing hope for a romantic connection with a sweet girl.
Bring love into my world, cause
Desire for love to enter the speaker's world through a sweet girl.
I need to belong to someone (m hm hm hm hm hm hm)
Reiteration of the need to belong, emphasizing the emotional tone.
I wanna be kissed and held tight
Expressing a longing for physical affection, such as kissing and holding.
Want to be missed on a cold lonely night
Desire to be missed and comforted during lonely nights.
Somebody hear my plea and call out to me, cause
Calling for someone to respond to the plea for connection.
I need to belong to someone
Reiteration of the need to belong, emphasizing the emotional plea.
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Feeling abandoned and unloved, akin to a motherless child.
No one cares for me, I've never known sympathy
Expressing a lack of care and sympathy from others.
I hide my needs from the world with a smile
Concealing emotional needs behind a smile to protect oneself.
But understand, I'm only a man and a man
Acknowledging the speaker's human vulnerability and need for connection.
(needs to belong) yes he does (to someone)
Affirming that every man has the need to belong to someone.
A man hates to be known as no one
Reiterating the discomfort of being unknown or unrecognized.
Will ever some sweet girl, bring love into my world, because
Expressing hope for love to enter the speaker's world through a sweet girl.
I need to belong to someone
Reiteration of the need to belong, emphasizing the emotional plea.
Oh, I hide my needs, from the world with a smile
Repeating the concealment of emotional needs behind a smile.
But understand, I'm only a man, and a man needs (needs to belong)
Acknowledging the speaker's humanity and the universal need to belong.
To belong, (to someone) to someone
Emphasizing the importance of belonging to someone specific.
A man hates to be known, as no one
Reiterating the discomfort of being unknown or unrecognized.
Oh send me a girl, to bring love into my world, cause
Expressing the desire for a girl to bring love into the speaker's life.
I need to belong to someone (need to belong) mm (to someone)
Reiteration of the emotional need to belong to someone.
Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm
Repeating the emotional tone and intensity of the need to belong.
(need to belong to someone)
Reiteration of the need to belong to someone.
Well I wanna belong (need to belong) to somebody (to someone)
Expressing the strong desire to belong to somebody like the listener.
Just like you (fade) (need to belong)
Fading out with a final plea to belong to someone.
Someone I can tell (to someone)
Expressing the desire to confide troubles in someone specific.
My troubles to
Concluding with the yearning to share personal struggles with someone.
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