We’re All Alone

“We’re All Alone.” I’ve had this song simmering in the vault for quite some time now. I demoed it after I came back from a trip to the lovely island of Mykonos where I was invited for a wedding.

Being the insomniac that I am, I was unable to sleep on my first night on the island. Our hotel was this lovely place run by a family of four located by the shore of the crystal waters of the sea. So I decided to take a walk on the beach by myself to clear my head.

I remember looking up at the stars, the cool summer midnight breeze on my face and the calming rustling of waves acting as background music. I had left my phone in the room. There were no digital soundscapes or apps; just mother nature doing her magic.

I walked for about an hour in that meditative setting and I didn’t spot a soul. “We’re All Alone.” “We’re all alone.” Those words kept running through my brain. After that soul-cleansing walk, I went back to my room, wrote a song called “We’re All Alone,” and slept.

I came back from my trip and demoed the song. I showed the demo to a friend and his words were, “This is your ‘Shine on You Crazy Diamond.’” 


Come to think of it, he might be right. The song has a similar structure in terms of composition—a long instrumental intro, tasteful guitar solos, a long haunting outro, and it has that psychedelic ‘70s rock feel to it, albeit much shorter.

Unlike a lot of my other songs, this song is not about a particular subject matter. It’s just me describing a zeitgeist in my life. A moment in time when I was really and truly in the moment. No distractions. No noise. No nothing.

Many self-help gurus preach and advise about being “in the moment” but, in today’s modern world, I feel that it’s really hard to disconnect and ignore the noise. Our thoughts are always racing. We are always thinking about something. Our phones keep reminding us to check something, and having a moment where you are truly present is extremely rare.

Each song of mine evokes certain emotions in me. In “We’re All Alone,” two particular emotions stand out: calmness and loneliness. Don’t ask me how this combo works because I don’t have an answer : )

This song is kind of like an open-ended essay. It’s open to interpretation, but one thing that still perplexes me to this day is: How can someone write a song about calmness and loneliness in one of the busiest party destination islands in the world, having been invited to a wedding—an event crowded with people?

The irony of it all :)