Ordinary
Embracing Ordinary Lives: A Yearning for Connection in Urban Isolation
Lyrics
City lights shine down upon the place that I call home
City lights illuminate the location I consider home.
Surrounded by a million but I feel like I'm alone
Despite being surrounded by a multitude, I sense isolation.
And I might be a nobody to you
I may be insignificant or unnoticed by you.
But if I'm playing, would you listen?
But if I engage or perform, would you pay attention?
If you would get to know me
If you took the time to understand me,
Maybe you would love me
Perhaps you would develop affection for me.
I'm so ordinary
I am just an ordinary person.
Dragging 'round an old guitar that I can't even play
I carry around a guitar, symbolic of my struggles to fit in.
I fade into your background like a piece of yesterday
I blend into the background, reminiscent of a past era.
I might be a nobody to you
Again, I may be insignificant to you.
But somewhere they're gonna listen
But somewhere, someone will pay attention to what I have to say.
If you would get to know me
If you took the time to know me intimately,
Maybe you would love me
Perhaps you would develop love for me.
I'm so ordinary
I am just an ordinary person.
And if you would let me know you
If you allowed me to understand you better,
Maybe I would show you
Maybe then I could reveal my true self to you.
Wouldn't we be something?
Imagine the potential of what we could become together.
Sad the way we always seem to pass by one another
It's sad how we consistently pass by each other,
Hiding, so afraid of the things we might discover
Driven by fear of the unknown we might uncover.
Caught up in a moment that only you can live in
Caught up in moments unique to you,
You never know who's giving the air that you might breathe in
Unaware of who contributes to the air you breathe.
If you would get to know me
If you took the time to understand me deeply,
Maybe you would love me
Perhaps you would develop love for me.
I'm so ordinary
I am just an ordinary person.
And if you would let me know you
If you allowed me to understand you better,
Maybe I would show you
Maybe then I could reveal my true self to you.
Wouldn't we be something?
Imagine the potential of what we could become together.
City lights shine down upon the place that I call home
City lights continue to shine on my perceived home.
Surrounded by a million but I feel like I'm alone
Surrounded by many, yet feeling isolated.
And I might be a nobody to you
Once again, I might be insignificant to you.
But somewhere, they're gonna listen
But somewhere, someone will pay attention to my voice.
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