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 ...