Left Outside Alone

Album: Anastacia (2004)
Charted: 3
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  • All my life I've been waiting
    For you to bring a fairy tale my way
    Been living in a fantasy without meaning
    It's not okay, I don't feel safe

    I don't feel safe, oh-oh-oh

    Left broken, empty, in despair
    Want to breathe, can't find air
    Thought you were sent from up above
    But you and me never had love
    So much more I have to say
    Help me find a way

    And I wonder if you know
    How it really feels
    To be left outside alone
    When it's cold out here
    Well, maybe you should know
    Just how it feels
    To be left outside alone
    To be left outside alone

    I tell ya
    All my life I've been waiting
    For you to bring a fairytale my way
    Been living in a fantasy without meaning
    It's not okay, I don't feel safe
    I need to pray

    Why do you play me like a game?
    Always someone else to blame
    Careless, helpless little man
    Someday you might understand
    There's not much more to say
    But I hope you find a way

    Still, I wonder if you know
    How it really feels
    To be left outside alone
    When it's cold out here
    Well, maybe you should know
    Just how it feels
    To be left outside alone
    To be left outside alone

    I tell ya
    All my life I've been waiting
    For you to bring a fairytale my way
    Been living in a fantasy without meaning
    It's not okay, I don't feel safe
    I need to pray

    Oh-oh, pray (heavenly Father)
    Oh, heavenly Father (please, save me)
    Oh, save me
    Whoa-whoa, whoa

    And I wonder if you know
    How it really feels
    To be left outside alone
    When it's cold out here
    Well, maybe you should know
    Just how it feels
    To be left outside alone
    To be left outside alone

    I said, I said
    I wonder if you know
    How it feels
    To be left outside alone
    When it's cold out here
    Well, maybe you should know
    Just how it feels
    To be left outside alone
    To be left outside alone

    All my life I've been waiting
    For you to bring a fairytale my way
    Been living in a fantasy without meaning, oh
    It's not okay, I don't feel safe
    I need to pray (pray, pray, pray, pray, pray, pray) Writer/s: Anastacia Newkirk, Dallas Austin, Glen Ballard
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Bob from BoblandI am a dancer and I have a solo to this and I think it is such an emotional song that has so many meanings the way I interpret it is that all your life you have been trying to fit in and be exepted but everyone pushes you out and bully you until you have had enough and come back stronger. Hope this helps x
  • Raymond from Sydney , Australiathe lyrics show how sad the situation in looking for love is in this world. I believe god gave me the answer, find me if interested.
  • Dave from Cardiff, WalesAnastacia sings like a cat being strangled. She lost her record deal in 2005
  • Lollie from Glasgow, Scotlandanastacia rocks, i seen her in london and glasgow, and what a performer! she was so lovely, a guy at the glasgow concert yelled "ah love you!!!" as a joke and she was sooo good natured about it, she just giggled and yelled back, "i love you too!!!"
  • Paul from London, EnglandAnastacia is one of my favourite artists and she inspires me. Her voice is truly amazing and Left Outside Alone is an anthem! Also I see her as a role-model for women battling against Breast Cancer.
  • Jo from Newcastle, AustraliaShe also beat Breast Cancer.
    What a gutsy girl. What an awesome voice!!
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