Drive-By Truckers - Goddamn Lonely Love Lyrics & Meanings | SongMeanings

There’s a hopefulness and poignancy to the lyrics here that, to be honest, doesn’t feel like Jeff Tweedy, as if something has been born anew in him. I don’t know, but a line like this is the truth: It’s hard to see reality / when you’ve got no love at all.

Another day dragged on into sleepless nights
I wish I knew no stars when the sky grows dark
Each one a reminder of all that we are (All that we are)
And how it fell apart

Monument to every meaningless goodbye
And a purpose I have yet to find
A pale light lingers no matter where I hide
Are you ready for truth and pain to be the same?

The difference between

Every now and then I get a little bit lonely

And you never coming 'round

Every now and then I get a little bit tired

Of listening to the sound of my tears

Every now and then I get a little bit nervous

That the best of all the years have gone by

Every now and then I get a little bit terrified

And then I see the look in your eyes

Every now and then I fall ap