Story Behind the Song
Single delves into the frustrations of being... single. It relates how inadequate you can feel when you are not in a relationship while all your friends are, but ends happily as the singer ultimately "hooks-up". Everything changes at this point and he becomes the confident person he knew he always was. The song was written in 3 hours in a seedy little rehearsal room in Times Square NYC. The entrance smelled of Urine and an extremely loud opera singer was warming up next door while David and I created "Single". It was the first time I had ever met David. It was recorded in Miami at my home studio over one evening. This is the acoustic version that I created as a reference in order to create a final version with full band.
Lyrics
Single
Lyrics and Music by Pete Masitti and David Gray
I'm not so lovable, I'm not so wonderful, I'm not so beautiful inside
I'm not so confident, I feel so decadent, my life is a lie..
I'm so tired of being single
Al my friends are so attached, they sit there smiling
While their girlfriends melt into their laps.
I go home all alone I wish that I was better prone to get
A little taste of that
And it's drivin' me crazy, then I start thinking that maybe, maybe...
I'm not so lovable, I'm not so wonderful, I'm not so beautiful inside
I'm not so confident, I feel so decadent, my life is a lie..
I'm so tired of being single
I could tell by the way she looked at me
That she had a little crush upon my friend
Well that's close enough for me
'Cause I'll take whatever I can get
And she's drivin' me crazy, and I start thinking that maybe...
I'm not so lovable, I'm not so wonderful, I'm not so beautiful inside
I'm not so confident, I feel so decadent, my life is a lie..
I'm so tired of being single... (all alone)
Do you feel the same way too
It's a funny little wrinkle
That I hooked up with you, with you
'Cause now I'm lovable, and I'm so wonderful, I feel so beautiful inside
And now I'm confident, the truth is evident, that I am alive..
I was tired of being single
Yeah I was tired of being single
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