I’m alone. I’m alone. I’m alone alone
Me, myself and I are hanging out and watching videos
I’m alone. I’m alone. I’m alone alone
At the comic shop or on a walk or chilling in my home
I’ll be back. I’ll be back way before you know
I just need a little time to charge up like I was a phone
So I’m alone. I’m alone. I’m alone alone

I used to fantasize about living by myself
Hiding out in a tiny house in the wild and denying help
And if I had to drive into town to buy an item then, well
I’d speak only as needed, the quietest clientele, yo
And if that kind of sounds weird then rewind about
Fifteen years from that time and I’m a child now
Excited when invited out, but parties might as well
Have been wakes the way how they came and my excitement fell
Why? I’m not shy, as far as I can tell
Put me in a room with anybody else and I can gel
But over time I started finding out that I do well
In small groups and rest best alone inside my shell
A turtle. Some would say introverted
At first I thought it a hurdle to jump when I get the courage
Then I learned it’s not a curse. It’s a gift. It’s in my person
And personal care is needed for me to begin to flourish

So I’m alone. I’m alone. I’m alone alone
Me, myself and I are hanging out and watching videos
I’m alone. I’m alone. I’m alone alone
At the comic shop or on a walk or chilling in my home
I’ll be back. I’ll be back way before you know
I just need a little time to charge up like I was a phone
So I’m alone. I’m alone. I’m alone alone

I remember when it sunk in for the first time
Leading a Bible program at a summer camp and we’re like
Chillin’ with the kids. Some of them would sit by themselves. I was telling
The leaders to sit by them. Well, they said, “I’m pretty sure they’re fine
Sometimes kids just need us all to give them space
You mean I’m not serving them being all up in their face
That means breaking off and seeking solitude is okay
But wait. Aren’t relationships part of running in this race
It seems there’s a tension to walk on this road
Between investing in friends and venturing off on your own
And community’s hard, but we need to talk about both
Because I realized I could be just as awkward alone
So that weekend I took a paddle board out onto the lake
With this newfound permission I had to take some space
It was great. The silence, the sky, the waves
And the couple on the tower who were trying to have a date. Sorry guys, but

I’m alone. I’m alone. I’m alone alone
Me, myself and I are hanging out and watching videos
I’m alone. I’m alone. I’m alone alone
At the comic shop or on a walk or chilling in my home
I’ll be back. I’ll be back way before you know
I just need a little time to charge up like I was a phone
So I’m alone. I’m alone. I’m alone alone