Hope lyrics

Shadow walks faster than you,

you don't really know what to do,1

do you think that you're not alone?

You really think that you are immune to2

it's gonna get the best of you.

It's gonna lift you up and let you down.

It will defeat you, then teach you to get back up

after it takes away all that you learn to love.

Your reflection is a blur,

out of focus, but in confusion,

the frames are suddenly burnt

and in the end of a roll of illusion,

a ghost waiting its turn.

Now I can see right through,

it's a warning that nobody heard.

It will teach you to love what you're afraid of

After it takes away all that you learn to love

But you don't always

have to hold your head

higher than your heart.

You better hope you're not alone

You better hope you're not alone

You better hope you're not alone

You better hope you're not alone

You better hope you're not alone

You better hope you're not alone

You better hope you're not alone

You better be hopin' you're not so...

Hope you're not alone

Your, your echo comes back out of tune.

Now, you can't quite get used to it,

reverb is just a room.

The problem is that there's no truth to3

it's fadin' away too soon.

The shadow is on the move

and maybe you should be moving, too,

before it takes away all that you learn to love.

It will defeat you, then teach you to get back up

'Cause you don't always

have to hold your head

higher than your heart.

You better hope you're not alone

You better hope you're not alone

You better hope you're not alone

You better be hopin' you're not alone

You better hope you're not alone

You better hope you're not alone

You better hope you're not alone

You better hope you're not so...

Hope you're not alone

Better hope

Hope, better hope you're not alone

Hope

Hope

1. Some of the lines in this song use a songwriting technique where the last word of one line is also meant to be read as the first word of the next line. The word is therefore not repeated, so the lines look incomplete. This line would be read as "You don't really know what to do, do you?" and the next line as "Do you think that you're not alone?"2. Same technique as above, this line seems incomplete but is meant is "You really think that you are immune to it" and the next line is "It's gonna get the best of you."3. Same technique as above, this line is meant as "The problem is that there's no truth to it" and the next is "It's fading way too soon."

• Artist:Jack Johnson
• Album:Sleep Through the Static