Sweet Loneliness

from Motions in Black by no mad

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The unbearable absence. The unacceptable loss. The intolerable grieving for someone who will never be there. There is so much hurt, so much emotional pain in missing someone that no word, no music, no art can completely express it. We can only try ... with a little song

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Lyrics:

The air is so still it’s uneasy
The sea is too calm to be true
The earth is so quiet it could have stopped rotating
I know there’s something ticking

I didn’t know what I was missing
Something so deep to my existence
I felt so low that I was gasping
For any semblance of your presence

Sweet Loneliness, my old friend
I’ve come to be with you again
You are my peace, my guardian angel
I’ll be with you until the end

And I’ll be faithful to my feelings
And I will never talk in vain
I will go back to the beginning
And I will start it all again

The air is so still it’s unnerving
The night is too quiet to be true
The sky is too bright to be blue
I know there’s something coming

Why did you have to go so soon
It’s like you left an empty room
You filled my life with your absence
Pronounced an unfinished sentence

Sweet loneliness, my old friend
I’ve come to be with you again
You are my peace, my consolation
And I’ll be with you till the end

I gotta be tough, I gotta be brave
I’ll show the stuff that I am made
And from the depth of my existence
I will scream and shout again

No one’s ever reached the horizon
No one’s ever touched the Big Blue
No one’s ever hurt for no reason
Oh will I ever be with you?

Everywhere I see the evidence
Of love foregone but not forgotten
Did you even think of the consequence
Oh I feel beat but I’m not beaten

Sweet Loneliness, my old friend
I’ve come to be with you again
You are my peace, my consolation
Oh please be mine until the end

I took the blows, I know the pain
And I’ve been driven ‘round the bend
But from the lows of my existence
I will rise to fight again

Will you forgive my impertinence
How could you leave without a trace?
How can I spare you my persistence
Until I stare you in the face?

My loneliness, my old friend
I need to be with you again
Be with me in heaven or hell
Be mine until the end of time

My heart feels battered, ‘ts like warfare
I’m battled-scarred but I’m not scared
And from the trenches of existence
I will fight another day …

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from Motions in Black, released June 1, 2018

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no mad London, UK

no mad is a London, alternative funk-rock band formed in 2017 by 5 nomadic professional musicians to play original songs never performed before. After the album Motions in Black was recorded in 2017, drummer "The D" (or "The Doctor") left settle in Lisbon. The band was reformed with "The NO" (guitar), "The M" (bass) and "The A" (singing and drumming). The album was released in 2018. ... more

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