“When Everyone’s a Stranger” was written late last year, a reflection on individuality, solitude, and the strangeness that can descend when memory fades…

All music written and performed by Michael Francis McCarthy (Northland, New Zealand). No AI used.

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Lyrics

It’s no use crying
The story ends the same
Some of us remember
Who’s to blame
Nothing seems to change
The suffering and shame
As the story goes
With nowhere left to go

We’re gone…

When everyone’s a stranger
Watch out for desire
We had a taste of love
But it was just for fun
Lost in thought
These moonlit days
Trying but forgot
How’d to get away

No one else remembers
So I keep the flame
When everyone’s a stranger
Then everyone’s the same

The stars who wrote this song
Well they got it wrong
They weren’t here very long
And now they’re gone

When everyone’s a stranger
Watch out for desire
We had a taste of love
But it was just for fun
same old sing song
It’s all long gone
Nothing here belongs
At all