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I'm not alone
I wish I was
Cause then I'd know
I'm down because
I couldn't find
A friend around
To love me like
They do right now
They do right now
And all is well
I can't complain
Well okay
I guess could
I got my place
I got my name
I chase my tail
All the same
And I can't figure out what's
Keeping me down
Something's missing
And I don't know how to fix it
Something's missing
And I don't know what it is
No I don't know what it is
At all
And autumn comes
It doesn't ask
It just walks in
Where it left you last
You never know
When it starts
Until there's fog inside the glass around your summer heart
Already
Can't put my finger on
What's keeping me down
Something's missing
And I don't how to fix it
Something's missing
And I don't know what it is
No I don't know what it is
Now
I can't be sure that this state of mind
Is not of my own design
Wish there was an over the counter test
For loneliness, for loneliness
Like this
Something's missing
And I don't know how to fix it
Something's missing
And I don't know what it is
No I don't know what it is
Friends check
Money check
Good times check
Guitar check
All check
All of you check
Everyone check
Having fun
Having fun
And I don't know what it is
No I don't know what it is
At all
I wish I was
Cause then I'd know
I'm down because
I couldn't find
A friend around
To love me like
They do right now
They do right now
And all is well
I can't complain
Well okay
I guess could
I got my place
I got my name
I chase my tail
All the same
And I can't figure out what's
Keeping me down
Something's missing
And I don't know how to fix it
Something's missing
And I don't know what it is
No I don't know what it is
At all
And autumn comes
It doesn't ask
It just walks in
Where it left you last
You never know
When it starts
Until there's fog inside the glass around your summer heart
Already
Can't put my finger on
What's keeping me down
Something's missing
And I don't how to fix it
Something's missing
And I don't know what it is
No I don't know what it is
Now
I can't be sure that this state of mind
Is not of my own design
Wish there was an over the counter test
For loneliness, for loneliness
Like this
Something's missing
And I don't know how to fix it
Something's missing
And I don't know what it is
No I don't know what it is
Friends check
Money check
Good times check
Guitar check
All check
All of you check
Everyone check
Having fun
Having fun
And I don't know what it is
No I don't know what it is
At all
Lyrics submitted by rayro211, edited by Kostas1601
Track duration: 05:04
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"You never know
When it starts
Until there's fog inside the glass around your summer heart"
i love it
I'm not alone, I wish I was
'Cause then I'd know I was down because
I couldn't find a friend around
To love me like they do right now
They do right now
I'm dizzy from the shopping mall
I searched for joy but I bought it all
It doesn't help the hunger pains
And a thirst I'd have to drown first to ever satiate
Something's missing
And I don't know how to fix it
Something's missing
And I don't know what it is
No I don't know what it is
At all
When Autumn comes, it doesn't ask
It just walks in where it left you last
You never know when it starts
Until there's fog inside the glass around your summer heart*
Something's missing
And I don't know how to fix it
Something's missing
And I don't know what it is, no I don't know what it is
At all
I can't be sure that this state of mind
Is not of my own design
I wish there was an over-the-counter test for loneliness
For loneliness like this
Something's missing
And I don't know how to fix it
Something's missing
And I don't know what it is
No I don't know what it is
Something's different
And I don't know what it is
No I don't know what it is
Friends - check
Money - check
Well-slept - check
Opposite sex - check
Guitar - check
Microphone - check
Messages waiting on me when I come home - check
How come everything I think I need
Always comes with batteries?
What do you think it means?
How come everything I think I need...
I wish I was
Cause then I'd know I was down because
I couldn't find a friend around
To love me like they do right now
They do right now
Here, I think John is surrounded by friends, ones who possibly truly do love and care for him. But he just can’t receive their love. He’s still down, even though there’s no reason to be. So he wishes that he were alone, because he’d have a good reason for being depressed. It shows that loneliness is not a matter of how many people are around you.
I'm dizzy from the shopping mall
I searched for joy but I bought it all
It doesn't help the hunger pangs
And a thirst I'd have to drown first to ever satiate
I don’t think John literally means a Shopping Mall. I think he means ‘life’ or ‘career’ or in his case, all-the-opportunities-that-open-up-to-a-rockstar. Likewise, he used a clever little trick to make it seem like ‘Joy’ was an item that could be bought at a mall. He bought everything, but he still couldn’t find it. When you’re yearning for something like Joy, it feels like hunger pangs, and insatiable thirsts. Great imagery, taking ‘drown’, a word that conjures up images of having TOO much water, and ‘satiate’, which invoke a sense of bitterly dry droughts. Whatever he means, to get over this depression, and to get joy….it’s going to take extreme measures.
Something's missing
And I don't know how to fix it
Something's missing
And I don't know what it is, at all
Simply, John knows that something’s wrong in his life. He’s dealing with both the identity and action aspects; being and doing. He doesn’t know what it is (being), nor does he know how to fix it (doing). “At all” expresses his utter lostness of it all. It’s not like he has an idea, or some steps toward the goal. He’s lost. He can’t get himself out. Period.
When autumn comes
It doesn't ask
It just walk in where it left you last
You never know when it starts
Until there is fog inside the glass around
Your summer heart
Whoa. John’s weaving two images together, and I don’t know where he’s taking the song. All I can think of is a seasonal “autumn” and a emotional “depression”. What’s another word for ‘autumn’? Fall. Reworded = When you fall, it just happens. You don’t know when it starts, until your all caught up in it, and you’re stuck frozen.
Something's missing
And I don't know how to fix it
Something's missing
And I don't know what it is, at all
I can't be sure that this state of mind
Is not of my own design
I wish there was over-the-counter test
For loneliness like this
Aah, now John reveals to us what being ‘down’ means to him = Loneliness. It’s trippy, because when you think about it, am I lonely because I’m truly alone, or is it because I trick myself into it? You know, how you can be totally surrounded by people, yet still be lonely? Or the other way around, you could be totally alone, yet still be satisfied? It’s like a mind game.
Friends (check)
Money (check)
Well slept (check)
Opposite sex (check)
Guitar (check)
Microphone (check)
Message waiting on me when I come home (check)
Some of the things that a rock star needs. It’s still not enough to make him feel better on the inside.
How come everything I think I need
Always comes with batteries?
What do you think it means?
Obviously, green dollar bills don’t need batteries. A lot of worldly, material things don’t need batteries. What I think John is talking about is the temporality of the things of this world. We think we need money, fame, success, a nice home, a cool car, a great education, etc. But all these things fade away. They run out. They lose value. They lose meaning.
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So what does this all point to? I think it’s humanity’s existential dilemma. We’re looking for some kind of fulfillment, which cannot be found in this world. God is the only way we can find Joy. A relationship with God is the only thing that won’t lose value, and that will last. And with God, no matter if you’re alone…you’ll never be lonely.
Being an e-missionary won't save you from your self-righteous, self-induced ignorance.
In other news? This is a fantastic song.
Simple.
I anyone is interested this provides a view into what he is talking about.
symbolism.org/writing/books/sp/4/…
keep trying hommie J.
He was one of those men who THOUGHT that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet, Soulja Boy actually did it.
Outside of that, I agree with snack126h about the reference to autumn. When I feel low, it comes out of no where and it always comes in at the same place (It just walks in Where it left you last).