CHER - I WALK ALONE

I WALK ALONE

CHER

SONGWRITERS: Alecia Moore, Billy Mann, Niklas Olovson & Robin Lynch

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: CLOSER TO THE TRUTH

LABEL: WARNER BROS

GENRE: DISCO

YEAR: 2013

I Walk Alone is a song by American recording artist Cher and the fourth single from her twenty-fifth studio album, Closer to the Truth. Written by fellow pop Singer Pink, who also contributed backing vocals, it was produced for the album by Billy Mann and MachoPsycho. "I Walk Alone" was sent to UK pop radio stations in early 2014 as a promotional single. Simultaneously to the start of Cher's Dressed to Kill Tour, the song got serviced to US dance clubs and radio stations, and an extended play featuring nine dance remixes of "I Walk Alone" was released to digital retailers on April 25, 2014.

The song has been praised for its lyrical depth, exploring themes such as self-empowerment and independence. Musically, it showcases a rather experimental sound, mixing elements of both country and dance-pop with instruments such as a banjo alongside EDM beats. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.

There's a poet in me that remembers

And there's an honesty in every word

There's a dancer that feels her own beat

And there's a daughter who loves

There's a sinner in my bones

And there's a joker in my head

There are secrets in my soul

And there are sorries that I have never said

But there's a time to dance

Time to laugh, time to cry

Time to go, time to grieve

Time to come

Oh, I still got time to cope

Time to hope, time to play

Time to grow

But for now I gotta walk alone

I gotta walk alone

There's a tight rope that I've been walking

There's a daisy in my hair

There's a heartbreak that has taught me

Of what is raging

And there's only love and fear

There's a sadness in my confessions

There's a hyena howling at the moon

And there's a gypsy in me that keeps on roaming

And there's a an anger as I get closer to the truth

But there's a time to dance

Time to laugh, time to cry

Time to go, time to grieve

Time to come

Oh, I still got time to cope

Time to hope, time to play

Time to grow

But for now I gotta walk alone

I gotta walk alone

I gotta walk alone

I've got to walk alone

But for now I gotta walk alone

Oh, I hear the thunder but I won't back down

A soldier marches through the wrong side of town

I'm gonna love you until I bleed

And that's the story of me

I gotta walk alone

If they say time is everything

But there's a time to dance

Time to laugh, time to cry

Time to go, time to grieve

Time to come

Oh, I still got time to cope

Time to hope, time to play

Time to grow

But for now I gotta walk alone

I gotta walk alone

I gotta walk alone

I gotta walk alone

For now I gotta walk alone.