Lonely Boy
Journey of Solitude: The Almost's Tale of Life, Love, and Loneliness
Lyrics
He was born on a summer day, 1991
Introduction of the protagonist's birth year, 1991, on a summer day.
And with the slap of a hand he had landed as an only son
The protagonist was born as the only son.
His mother and father said what a lovely boy
Parents expressing admiration for their son.
We'll teach him what we learned, oh yes, just what we learned
The parents intend to teach him what they've learned in life.
We'll dress him all poorly and we'll send him to school
They plan to dress him poorly and send him to school, possibly implying toughening him up.
It'll teach him how to fight, he'll be nobody's fool
Implication that school will toughen him, making him resilient.
Oh, what a lonely boy
Reiteration of the feeling of loneliness experienced by the protagonist throughout his life.
Oh, what a lonely boy
-Oh, what a lonely boy
-In the summer of '99 his mother brought him a sister
In 1999, the protagonist's sister is born.
But she told him that we must attend to her needs
Parents prioritize the sister's needs over his.
She's so much younger than you
He realizes his sister is much younger than him.
Well, he ran out in the hall and he cried
The protagonist feels scared and emotional, possibly due to feeling neglected.
Oh, how he was scared to die
Fear of being the only son and feeling isolated.
When they said he was an only son
Reiteration of the feeling of loneliness experienced by the protagonist throughout his life.
He thought he was the only one
-Oh, what a lonely boy
-Oh, what a lonely boy
-Oh, what a lonely boy
-Goodbye mother, goodbye youth
The protagonist leaves his parents behind, symbolizing his departure from his childhood.
Goodbye father, I'm pushing on through
-He left home on a winter day in 2009
Leaving home in search of love lost in his earlier life.
And he hoped to find all the love he had lost in that earlier time
-Well, his seek turned to love and she made him a man
He finds love and becomes a father to a son.
She gave him a son, oh, yeah, a lovely son
-They dressed him up poorly and they sent him to school
Similar upbringing for his son, possibly reflecting his own childhood.
It taught him how to fight, nobody's fool
-Oh, what a lonely boy
Reiteration of the feeling of loneliness experienced by the protagonist throughout his life.
Oh, what a lonely boy
-Oh, what a lonely boy
-Oh, what a lonely boy
-Oh, what a lonely boy
-Oh, what a lonely boy
-Oh, what a lonely boy
Final repetition of the feeling of loneliness experienced by the protagonist.
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