Lonely Ness
A hefty helping of alienation and disillusionment from a lonesome protagonist whose name you just want to sneer at. But by the end of the song you realize the lyrics are not just about Ness, but about a much larger cultural divide, a dissonance, a malaise plaguing society as a whole. Where to be a disaffected youth is both cool and shunned, where it's alright to alienate others but God help you when you get older. It's about a culture of loneliness growing comfortable in that funk, then living tired lives of regret, growing old in their underwater caverns, shunning the light that was once so uncooth to bask freely and publicly in.
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Loneliness is a comfort
When you're playing for time
The salmon swims downstream
When grown tired of life
You'll see me once a year
Protruding from the deep
You're close for a picture
But say "he looks like a creep"
(Chorus)
Thoughts like water torture
A tight fitting vest
At his best when he's lonely
And he's lonely at best
God help you, Lonesome Ness
Now I'm not a cynic
I'm a realistic guy
If you speak your mind
You'd better be prepared to die
Conversational confessions
Testament to my pride
But maybe I've been fooling myself
And maybe I just lie
(Chorus repeated)
Oh Lonely Ness
Maybe you just hide
Drink the water deep
But never imbibe
Save his soul
Tan my hide
We're all neighbors here
In the great divide
© Hayden Coil 2019
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