You Needed Me

by Anne Murray

I cried a tear
You wiped it dry
I was confused
You cleared my mind
I sold my soul
You bought it back for me
And held me up and gave me dignity
Somehow you needed me.

Chorus
You gave me strength

To stand alone again
To face the world
Out on my own again
You put me high upon a pedestal
So high that I could almost see eternity
You needed me
You needed me

And I can't believe it's you I can't believe it's true
I needed you and you were there
And I'll never leave, why should I leave
I'd be a fool
'Cause I've finally found someone who really cares

You held my hand
When it was cold
When I was lost
You took me home
You gave me hope
When I was at the end
And turned my lies
Back into truth again
You even called me friend

Repeat Chorus

You needed me
You needed me

You know sometimes your player plays a song that you haven't heard in ages, and somehow once it ends, you want to hear it again, then again, and again. This song is just that. It's the Boyzone cover version though, but still it's a lovely song. I bought the Boyzone greatest hits album about 8 years ago and never transfered the songs to the computer until lately. I remember 8 years ago reading the lyrics of this song I wondered why a person can "need" a person, who, as the song goes, cries, was confused, and sold his soul. The me then didn't understand it, and the me now understands a little, I guess, but still not enough. I guess what the song is trying to say that, even the person who can do anything and everything, still needs someone to validate his/her existence.
The philosophical mumbo-jumbo aside, I think I've just found another song for the night.