For The Loverless

Onyxx posted this video in her Facebook page, and I suspect it was because of George, the very adorable cat perched on the the singer's guitar. Admittedly, I myself went to the YouTube page because of the cat, but I stayed because of the voice. Ayleen O'Hanlon is a singer from Melbourne, and she's an amazing songwriter as well, matching her hauntingly beautiful voice with soulful lyrics. Loverless is her debut single, and it's a beautiful song about finding ourselves in solitude: "I think it’s time we talked to ourselves a little more...And it’s time we held our own hands a little more. Our hands."

LOVERLESS

Out in the pouring rain

The bending trees

Salute the wind

Do they hear me singing

I’m calling out

To the ends

Of the earth

Do they see me dancing

I’m swaying side to side

Holding on to nothing

I am loverless

And light

Countless are the days

Of the year

The year gone by

And so time stands still

While the colours

And the lovers that I’ve known

Blend and spill

But they’ll wash out with the tide

While I’m

Swaying side to side

Holding on to nothing

I am loverless

And light

I think it’s time

We talked

To ourselves a little more

Ourselves

And it’s time

We held

Our own hands a little more

Our hands

I’m a strong believer

That the soul won’t defeat us

And the rain

It will clear up

For the loverless

Out in the pouring rain

The bending trees

Salute the wind

Because how can we share ourselves, our love, with another person if we haven't found or don't love ourselves first?