I clear my throat as I hold the phone
And I've got so much to say,
But my courage fails and I'm silent anyway.

And I've been giving in to old mistakes,
There's comfort in familiar pain,
Oh it's the new kind of lonely that will drive my mind insane.
Oh it's the new kind of lonely that will drive my mind insane.

I attempt to sleep through the fever dreams,
But never quite win that fight.
So I compensate with nicotine and China white.

And as the moonlight shines upon my tired eyes,
I marvel before the view.
And I wonder if the light is shining on you too.
Yeah, I wonder if the light is shining on you too.

They say you just have to wait it out
It'll fade away like everything else.
But it's no easier now.
No, it's no easier now.
It's no easier now.
And you'd think after all this I'd have settled down.

I'm carrying on the best I can,
but that ain't saying much,
As most of my weight's still leaning on a crutch.
So I beg myself to just be brave,
though it seems I'll never start.
'Cause it's the new kind of lonely that weighs heavy on my heart.
Oh, it's the new kind of lonely that weighs heavy on my heart.

They say that time really ought to help,
and I'll forget in spite of myself
But it's no easier now
No, it's no easier now.
It's no easier now.
And you'd think after all this time I'd have settled down.