ENGLISH WITH MUSIC - BACKSTREET BOYS

“SHOW ME THE MEANING

OF BEING LONELY”

BACKSTREET BOYS

Written by Max Martin and Herbie Crichlow.
Produced by Max Martin and Kristian Lundin.
Released on December 14, 1999.
From the 1999 Jive album Millennium.

Show me the meaning of being lonely

So many words for the broken heart
It is hard to see in a crimson love
So hard to breathe
Walk with me and maybe
Nights of light so soon become
Wild and free I could feel the sun
Your every wish will be done
They tell me

Show me the meaning of being lonely
Is this the feeling I need to walk with
Tell me why I can't be there where you are
There is something missing in my heart

Life goes on as it never ends
Eyes of stone observe the trends
They never say forever gaze, if only
Guilty roads to an endless love (endless love)
There is no control, are you with me now?
Your every wish will be done
They tell me

Show me the meaning of being lonely
Is this the feeling I need to walk with (tell me why)
Tell me why I can't be there where you are
There is something missing in my heart (heart!)

There is nowhere to run
I have no place to go
Surrender my heart, body, and soul
How can it be you are asking me
To feel the things you never show?
(Show-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh!)

You are missing in my heart
Tell me why can't I be there where you are

Show me the meaning of being lonely (being lonely)
Is this the feeling I need to walk with (tell me why)
Tell me why I can't be there where you are (where you are)
There is something missing in my heart
(You are missing from my heart)
Show me the meaning of being lonely (being lonely)
Is this the feeling I need to walk with
Tell me why I cannot be there where you are (where you are)
There is something missing in my heart

Conductor: Henrik Janson and Ulf Janson
A&R (artists and repertoire): Steve Lunt
Recording Engineer: Bo Reimer
Acoustic Guitar: Jojje Wadenius and Esbjörn Öhrwall
Mixing Engineer: Kristian Lundin and Max Martin
Violin: Annette Mannheimer, Tomas Andersson, and Monika Stanikoliska
Cello: Asa Forsberg and Samuli Ornstromer
Viola: Svein Martinsen, Asa Stove Paulsson, Elizabeth Arnberg Ranmo, Hans Akeson, Ulf Forsberg, and Torbjørn Brundtland
Double Bass: Michael Karlsson
Bass: Tomas Lindberg
Guitar: Jojje Wadenius & Esbjörn Öhrwall
Engineering: Bo Reimer
Video Director: Stuart Gosling

Recorded at Polar Studios, Stockholm and Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.
Produced for Cheiron Productions.
Made by Zomba Recording Corporation.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ Zomba Recording Corporation.
Copyright © Zomba Recording Corporation.
Published by Zomba Recording Corporation.
Recorded by Bo Reimer.
Mixed by Max Martin & Kristian Lundin.
Mixed at Polar Studios, Stockholm & Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.

This song and its video were dedicated to Dennis PoP (1963 – 1998), who produced some Backstreet Boys tracks.

℗ & © 1999 Jive Records, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Zomba Recording Corporation. Exclusively licensed to Sony Music Entertainment. All rights reserved.

For more information about the song, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show_Me_the_Meaning_of_Being_Lonely and https://genius.com/Backstreet-boys-show-me-the-meaning-of-being-lonely-lyrics. Accessed on December 11, 2021.