Okkervil River - Love Somebody lyrics

I'm staring down a stream
Of sweet impressions
I'm waiting just to sense
That special presence

I feel I wanna need somebody
And they can say I'm fine
There's nothing wrong with me somebody sees
Don't you believe me, honey?

I crawled up on the stage and felt so sleazy
But when I saw their faces it came easy
It freed me believe you me

And if you're gonna love somebody
You gotta lose some pride
But you can't be part of somebody else
Didn't they tell you, honey? Alright

Just like you said about your old boyfriend
And how he screamed his wasted
Song to the wind and also
You were talking about the teenage mom
The cellar stairs that she was crying upon
Said you could tell me about a pissed-off kid
Oh and I'm sure he'll be ashamed what he did
I'm even feeling for his
Desperate and doped-out dad
So dumb he doesn't know when he's feeling bad

My friend he told me that I can't depend
On anything that doesn't come from within
Oh but my God
How am I ever gonna help the world
When I can't even heal the heart of my girl?

I got a need that I just can't see through
I gotta guess that I'm exactly like you
And more and more I get a tightness
'bout right here in my chest
You lie in bed all day just getting depressed
Oh it's so bad I wanna break that wall
That always seems to cut me off from you all
Oh but I guess I should
Accept the way the world, as it stands
It's spinning totally outside of my hands
Lost in the stars
That are singing their light
Across a hundred million miles

And if you're gonna love somebody
You gotta lose some pride
But you can't be part of somebody else
Didn't they tell you, honey?

And if you're gonna love somebody
You gotta lose some pride
But you can't be part of somebody else
Didn't they tell you, honey?

You gotta love somebody
You gotta love somebody
But you can't be part of somebody else
Didn't they tell you, honey?