This song. this song. This was the song I was absolutely obsessed with. this was the song i listened to maybe 3869236 times in the year of 2006. this was the song of high school for me.
hearing it now, i smile and think of how silly i was to be so obsessed with such a cheesy song. such an upbeat melody accompanied with such sad lyrics? strange. but i loved it.

but now i listen to it and it gives me this odd sense of hope.
i'm in crowded rooms everyday, and yet i am very very alone. i'm sure everyone has felt this at some point or another. i thought i felt it when i was 15. but now i know i wasn't alone back then. in fact, i had no reason for the sulking i did when i was 15. but that's besides the point.
i didn't know what those lyrics really meant until today.

the whole "well, i'm here with you" part really gives me hope. gah i'm so cheesy! it's just nice to know that someone else may be alone in the crowded room with me. yes, i realize i'm taking the lyrics out of their context, but it's how i interpret it lately.
i like hearing this song and thinking that one day the fates will bring me and all the other lonely people that are coexisting close together in the same room and we will eventually find one another. i'm an idealist, whatever.

"if you've ever been alone...
you'll know."

the pain i thought i felt at 15...man, i wish i knew what i was in for.