Someone I Can Talk To Lyrics – The Limps

Song Facts:

• Genre: Indie Rock
• Lyricist: The Limps
• Arranged by: The Limps
• Composers: The Limps
- "Featured on the Soundtrack: Snack Shack."

Annotations and Meaning:

"Someone I Can Talk to" by The Limps is a social and urban composition speaking of such issues as loneliness, friendship, and the search for something to relate to. The words are full of an intense longing for companionship and comprehension; for example, the line, "I must be someone I can talk to about this; I never realized how much friendship could be missed". These lines of the introduction provide an idea about the setting for the story of finding out the importance of real friendship in moments of loneliness. The literal paradoxical stress is in the refrain: "Well, I'm alone in the city with you," where the emphasis is laid on the site of corporeal proximity and affective distance. One really could be on their own in a town full of people, it seems, unless they have a 'special someone.' The repetition of this phrase throughout the song points out the feeling of loneliness whenever in a crowded place can never end. The line "You look so strange without the makeup upon your face" generally could bring out some theme of authenticity, most probably the wish to know and connect with someone above superficial traits. The song goes on to further elaborate with the help of this theme, using the ideas of complexity for understanding, as well as being understood by saying in the lyrics, "And there are sometimes when I don't know where I am, And there are some things that I'll never, never understand." The lyrics step into human relationships and self-awareness, usually confusing and labyrinthine, with the yearning feeling of making things clear and finding a valid binding together amidst these labyrinths that the urban world brings about. In the context of the "Snack Shack" soundtrack, this work is likely to underline scenes that go toward character development, specifically about relationships and personal growth. It may indicate times of thought or critical times of interaction in which the deeper emotional undercurrent of the plot is exposed.