ALONE AGAIN

¡Qué subjetiva es la soledad! Podemos ser conscientes del dolor de otra persona, de su soledad, pero al volver la esquina se convierte rápidamente en una anécdota más del día, ya no pensamos más en el ese dolor que, sin embargo, permanece en ese rostro que ya no vemos, que ya no sentimos... Y, por el contrario, cuando la soledad es nuestra, nos preguntamos incrédulos cómo es posible que tras la puerta de en frente pueda haber alguien realmente feliz. En realidad es necesario que sea así, porque ¿cómo podríamos vivir con el dolor de cada ser si a veces es casi imposible vivir con el propio? Por eso, quizás me atreva decir sin apenas márgen de error que no hay mayor fortuna que tener a alguien que jamás olvide cuando el dolor llega en tu soledad para quedarse.

 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)

In a little while from now,

If I'm not feeling any less sour

I promised myself to treat myself

And visit a nearby tower,

And climbing to the top,

Will throw myself off

In an effort to make it clear to who

Ever what it's like when your shattered

Left standing in the lurch, at a church

Where people 're saying,

"My God that's tough, she stood him up!

No point in us remaining.

May as well go home."

As I did on my own,

Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday,

I was cheerful, bright and gay,

Looking forward to, but who wouldn't do,

The role I was about to play

But as if to knock me down,

Reality came around

And without so much as a mere touch,

Cut me into little pieces

Leaving me to doubt,

All about God and His mercy

For if He really does exist

Why did He desert me

In my hour of need?

I truly am indeed,

Alone again, naturally

It seems to me that

There are more hearts

Broken in the world

That can't be mended

Left unattended

What do we do? What do we do?

Now looking back over the years,

And what ever else that appears

I remember I cried when my father died

Never wishing to have cried the tears

And at sixty-five years old,

My mother, God rest her soul,

Couldn't understand, why the only man

She had ever loved had been taken

Leaving her to start with a heart

So badly broken

Despite encouragement from me

No words were ever spoken

And when she passed away

I cried and cried all day

Alone again, naturally

Alone again, naturally