Cover art for Everybody Needs Someone by James Bay

Everybody Needs Someone

James Bay
Track 4 on Leap 

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Jun. 24, 20221 viewer

Everybody Needs Someone Lyrics

[Verse 1]
We're staying up
We're gonna watch the sun come out
Everyone's here
There's silver slipping through the clouds
I pull this moment close
To stop me running out of hope

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm holding on to patience, undefined
We're a world of strangers, chasing signs
Hear this complicated heart of mine

[Chorus]
Oh-oh, oh-oh, all I want
Is someone when the night is long
Half a lonely soul to make me whole
'Cause everybody needs someone

[Verse 2]
That's all it takes
A simple little twist of fate
A little spark
Some strength to keep your heart from breaking when
You get so close
'Cause breaking comes and breaking goes
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm holding on to patience, losing time
We're a world of strangers, chasing signs
Hear this complicated heart of mine (Woah, oh)

[Chorus]
Oh-oh, oh-oh, all I want
Is someone when the night is long
Half a lonely soul to make me whole
'Cause everybody needs someone
Oh-oh, oh-oh, all I want
Is someone when the crowd is gone
To see that I'm alone, to take me home
'Cause everybody needs someone

[Bridge]
Yeah, we all need somebody
Yeah, I got you if you got me
Yeah, we all need somebody
Yeah, I got you if you got me
Yeah, we all need somebody

[Chorus]
All I want
Is someone when the night is long
Half a lonely soul to make me whole
'Cause everybody needs someone, oh-oh
All I want
Is someone when the crowd is gone
To see that I'm alone, to take me home
'Cause everybody needs someone
[Outro]
All I want
Is someone when the night is long
Half a lonely soul to make me whole
'Cause everybody needs someone
We all need someone

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What did James Bay say about "Everybody Needs Someone"?
Genius Answer

I love this song so much. I know in hindsight that despite lots of fun work and touring back in 2019 I wrote this song because I was feeling lost and alone. The feeling came like a quiet tidal wave. It really threw me around for a while. But thanks to the people closest to me in my life, I made it through that time. They know how to hold me up when I’m down.

—via Instagram

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Synth Bass
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Percussion
Release Date
June 24, 2022
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