all the time you'd spent alone in your room

with all the dreams you'd set aside

they've all come back again and none to soon

and some might say just in time



but do you really need someone

do you really need someone to stay



the things you'd said to me I took to heart

I didn't want to and I tried

to let them drift away to stand apart

and just for once take this in stride



but I really need someone

you know I really need someone

you know I really need someone

you know I really need someone to stay



ring that evening bell, oh, when all is well

what it means, oh, but you can't tell

if it's lost or if it's just falling down



as all your pilots died one by one

their ashes scattered to the wind

you'll circle far'n'wide, face towards the sun

you'll never fly this high again



that's when you're gonna need someone

you know you're gonna need someone

that's when you're gonna need someone

you know you're gonna need someone



you know you're gonna need someone ...