Alone (Seul)

Jacques Brel · Other Songs - Jacques Brel

We find love, you and I

It's a new game to play

Then we tell our first lie

And see our love go away



And we find, we're alone



We rush on, you and I

We don't need love at all

We need thrills, we need speed

Then we stumble and fall



And we find, we're alone



We're loyal, you and I

To flowers that are dead

We forget how to cry

We save photos instead



And we find, we're alone



We hear guns, you and I

We ask what is that

Then we open the Times

We're informed where it's at



And we find, we're alone



We're moral, you and I

We stand for what's right

We slaughter all evil

By dawn's early light



And we find, we're alone



We're lucky, you and I

We're alive and secure

But in the bank and the church

We can never feel sure



And we find, we're alone



We've made it, you and I

We have glory and fame

Yet we never know why

We feel so ashamed



And we find, we're alone



We have power, you and I

But what good is that now

We would build a new world

If we only knew how



And we find, we're alone



We are old, you and I

We beg warmth from the sun

In the dreams that we dream

We ask what have we done



And we find, we're alone