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 TITLE: We're Alone ARTIST: Zane Sharp WRITERS: Zane Sharp, Sonja Montgomery LENGTH: 3:11 GENRE: Alternative rock, indie rock, indie pop PRODUCER: Zane Sharp LABEL: Independent RELEASED: June 6th, 2015 From the Album: TBA
After only a month since Zane Sharp released his first song on his website (zanesharp.com - very creative name), catching the attention of many big names and landing himself in the Top 20 charts, both Airplay and Digital, Zane is back at it, releasing his second song - "We're Alone." Already it's obvious that, although the young man still doesn't have a label, he is getting more attention than before, as evidence by the co-writing credit that Sonja Montgomery has on the song - Sonja is best known for writing Cherry Street's newest single "Living In Your Mind" with her twin sister, Luna Montgomery. After "Living In Your Mind"'s success, they continued to write music for not only their own upcoming musical act, but also for singers of the indie genre.
Although the song isn't completely written just by himself, Zane still makes "We're Alone" just as emotional - if not more emotional - than "Know Too Much," seeming to begin to make his indie acoustic delivery his trademark in the music world. The song starts with a heavy, echoing guitar chord, permenating the silence that came before the song. The sound is jarring enough to make the beginning of the song seem almost a little uncomfortable, but Zane's voice comes in - patient and controlled - and gives juxtaposition to the sudden guitar, making it even out. As Zane sings, a piano joins him, playing a note on the beat of each line of lyrics. The piano gives a tempo in a song that was free-flowing before. In the first verse, Zane sings directly to the woman the song is about, narrating the kind of love life that they have. He is obviously deeply in love with her, and apparently she at least kind of loves him as well, but she is with somebody else and, for some reason, can't leave that person. Although Zane and this woman aren't really together, everybody knows what they have (except for the woman's signficant other), so that makes their secret relationship all the more complicated. He wants to ask her if they'll ever be able to drop the charade of just being friends and actually be able to be open with their relationship, but he knows that he can't ask questions like that because it'll only scare her away. With all the complexities of their relationship and anxiety over the people around them, Zane sounds absolutely relieved as he sings the final line, "For now, we are alone."
The second verse - one much shorter than the second - speaks directly about them being alone together. Without anybody around, the woman can wear Zane's coat, and they can pretend to be a normal couple together. Zane says that he hopes that one day she'll be able to wear it freely in public, although it can be assumed that he doesn't say that out loud to the woman, as it was stated that any kind of mention of them being a real couple together might scare her off. He references the actual song, singing that he hopes it'll be the key to get the woman to leave her boyfriend and be with him. But, for now, they are alone. In the chorus, Zane basks in being alone with this woman for a little bit, but knows that they won't be alone for long. "The sun will reappear / You'll go with him, my dear," he sings, referencing not only the fact that they sneak away in the night to be together, so that when the sun rises again, she'll have to leave - but also the fact that he's calling her real boyfriend "the sun," because he is what her world revolves around. In keeping with the second metaphor, Zane states that when "the sun" appears, he won't try to fight for her, because he knows that he'll only burn, meaning that there's no way for him to win again her boyfriend until she leaves him. But again, for now, they don't need to think about all of that because they're alone.
The third verse is a shorter one again, with Zane singing in almost a pleading voice to the woman he loves. He sings that he hopes when she thinks about love, she thinks only about him, and that she smiles and feels free when she's with him. He finishes the verse by letting him know that he will wait for her, and that he'll always be her's, even when she isn't his. The chorus repeats twice, bringing the song to a close, leaving most listeners with a lingering feeling that Zane is either being taken advantage of, or that Zane is just a wild romantic that is getting what he deserves by falling in love with another man's girlfriend.
I held your hand tight
Swore I'd never let go
You don't belong to me
But everyone knows
Can we take off these masks?
Those questions we don't ask
For now, we are alone
You shiver so lightly in the arms of my coat
One day you'll wear it freely, that is my hope
This song is the key that will bring you to me
For now, we are alone
We're alone, we're alone
But we won't be for long
The sun will appear
You'll go with him, my dear
I won't try to fight him
Because I'll only burn
For now, we are alone
I hope when you think of love, you think of me
I hope you smile, and you feel free
But until you are mine, know that I am still yours to keep
For now, we are alone
We're alone, we're alone
But we won't be for long
The sun will appear
You'll go with him, my dear
I won't try to fight him
Because I'll only burn
For now, we are alone
We're alone, we're alone
But we won't be for long
The sun will appear
You'll go with him, my dear
I won't try to fight him
Because I'll only burn
For now, we are alone
For now, we are aloneSOUNDS LIKE:
Death Cab for Cutie - Someday You Will Be Loved
Edited by user 07 June 2015 03:36:22(UTC)
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