[Intro] [Music Box Motif] (hmm...) Up... down... Back again... [Verse 1] [Intimate Female Vocal] I used to watch you stand alone Like the whole room let you go Every light turned soft around you Every voice fell low I thought that was love The way the world disappeared I thought being brave meant standing near [Pre-Chorus] How do you stand so still? How do you make it look like nothing hurts? [Chorus] [Rocking Melodic Hook] How do you stand alone? Alone... How do you stand alone? I used to think the room went quiet because you were the only one Now I know I was the one who disappeared while you stood alone [Post-Chorus] [Music Box Motif] Up... down... Back again... [Verse 2] I used to call it beautiful Watching you need no one I mistook the distance for strength Mistook the silence for love I made myself smaller So you could fill the frame Then one day I stepped outside it And the picture stayed the same [Pre-Chorus] How do I stand so still? How do I let it hurt and not return? [Chorus] Now I stand alone Alone... Now I stand alone The room stays bright The walls stay where they've always been Nothing melts Nothing disappears I just don't disappear with him [Bridge] [Music Falls Away] I used to watch you stand alone and think everything else fell away Now I stand here and nothing leaves Not the room Not the light Not me [Final Chorus] [Warm Sub-Bass Enters] I know how to stand alone Alone... I know how to stand alone Not waiting to be chosen Not shrinking to be loved The room is still here And so am I Standing alone Alone [Outro] [Music Box Motif] Up... down... Back again... Still here.
