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Bruno Mars – Only When You're Lonely lyrics
Here I am again, doing things I said that I wouldn't do
It's 3AM and I'm rushing out the door to see you
Waiting, all day, but now you wanna call me
Why do you do this to me all the time?

After all the things you put me through, still I come right back
But now I know the truth, I can finally see
You only want me when you're lonely
If I say I'm gonna leave, that's the only time you want me
Next time you need me there I won't make it
Another late night call I won't take it
Cause now I finally see, you only want me when you're lonely
Only when you're lonely, lonely
Only when you're lonely
Only when you're lonely, lonely
Only when you're lonely

Had me fooled from the start and I quickly gave my heart
Cause I loved you, loved you, loved you
But this is what happens when you're a lonely girl with no one to turn you
Now I'm stronger, don't need you any longer
So get off your knees, your words don't mean anything

After all the things you put me through, ooh still I come right back
But now I know the truth, I can finally see
You only want me when you're lonely
If I say I'm gonna leave, that's the only time you want me
Next time you need me there I won't make it
Another late night call I won't take it
Cause now I finally see, you only want me when you're lonely

Oh, nothing's ever changing, decisions you can't make it
You just think of yourself and never me at all
If you're with your friends, you just string me along
But I won't allow it anymore, so it's time for me to move on

Cause I can finally see
, you only want me when you're lonely
If I say I'm gonna leave, that's the only time you want me
Next time you need me there I won't make it
Another late night call I won't take it
Cause now I finally see, you only want me when you're lonely
Only when you're lonely, lonely
Only when you're lonely
Only when you're lonely, lonely
Only when you're lonely

I can finally see, you only want me when you're lonely
If I say I'm gonna leave, that's the only time you want me
Next time you need me there I won't make it
Another late night call I won't take it
Cause now I finally see, you only want me when you're lonely
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    It seems like when you love someone you think that he or she is the one and the best for you but after lot of mistakes you open your eyes and you see that he or she doesn't want you but you are the last resolution for him or her. When he or she is alone then remember that you live but it doesn't mean that he or she understood who you are and what did for her and him.
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    No one deserves to be someones 2nd choice. Bruno mars is emphasizing how blind love makes you to the obvious thing but he's finally realizing that the girl only needs him when she has nobody else. He's saying no more walking all over me and putting me 2nd when I should be first. I love bruno mars, he's great. And not to mention he has the voice of an angel:)
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    I feel like I can relater to this song. It's like when you love someone so much and they know it. So they just use you basically. And they know they can have you whenever they want. They think that it'll continue. The "you only want me when you're lonely" is like when the person only really wants to see/talk to you when they're alone, no one else is there for them. & this song is like saying that you can't have me only when you want to. It's hard to explain, but hopefully this makes sense. It's really emotional.
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    No matter what the girl puts bruno through, he's still running to see her. But this only happens when she needs him. Exactly why he says; only when you're lonely.
    The girl is only thinking of her satisfaction, and she knows she can use him whenever she wants to, 'cause she knows that he'd be there at her every beck and call.
    And now that's he's finally realised that she's using him, he is stepping away from her. And it's a bit too late, since she realizes now that he was there every step of the way.
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