Learning lyrics

Don’t be lonely

My mother told me

Choosing lonely is the worst thing you can do

Find a sweetheart

Start a family

When the lights go out have someone next to you

I found a lover

Who became a mother

A little house a tire swing a maple tree

Hold my baby

Touch my lady

But late at night its just loneliness and me

And I’m learning to be lonely

I am learning it’s okay

To be lonely

Don’t be scared son

My father’s warning

You’ll never make it in this world if you’re afraid

Be a man, kid

Quit you’re cryin

I loved my dad I needed him so I obeyed

Got a good job

Make six figures

Can’t shake the feeling that it all one day could end

I never show it

In the daylight

The fear comes crashing in each night at 3:00 a.m.

And I’m learning to be scared

I am learning it’s okay

To be scared

All my old friends

Were so happy

I followed them from town to town and place to place

I had a sadness

I couldn’t show them

I wore a mask so long that it became my face

Now its different

The glaciers melting

The man can handle things the boy could never bear

It gets dark now

An hour early

Light my way home, Lord, that’s my only prayer

And I’m learning to be sad

I am learning it’s okay

To be sad

To be sad to be scared to be lonely

To be sad to be scared to be lonely and afraid

To be a human being

Who feels everything

I am learning

I'm still learning

• Artist:Josh Radnor