BACKSTREET BOYS - SHOW ME THE MEANING OF BEING LONELY

SHOW ME THE MEANING OF BEING LONELY

BACKSTREET BOYS

SONGWRITERS: HERBERT ST CLAIR CRICHLOW & MARTIN MAX

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: MILLENNIUM

LABEL: JIVE RECORDS

GENRE: POP MUSIC

YEAR: 1999

 

         The Backstreet Boys(often abbreviated as BSB) are an American boy band consisting of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, and cousins Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson. The group was formed in 1993 in Orlando, Florida.

    The group rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys(1996). In the following year, they released their second international album Backstreet's Back(1997) along with their self-titled U.S. debut album, Backstreet Boys(1997), which continued the group's success worldwide. They rose to superstardom with their third studio album Millennium(1999) and its follow-up album, Black & Blue(2000). They also released a greatest hits album, The Hits - Chapter One(2001), with a new single, "Drowning". After a two-year hiatus, they regrouped and released a comeback album Never Gone(2005). After the conclusion of the Never Gone Tour in 2006, Richardson left the group to pursue other interests. The group then released two albums as a quartet: Unbreakable(2007) and This Is Us(2009).

      Richardson permanently rejoined the group in 2012. In the following year, they celebrated their 20th anniversary and released their first independent album, In a World Like This. Their follow-up album DNA(2019) debuted at number one, more than two decades after the group formed, and 19 years after they last topped in 2000. They also became the first boy band to top the U.S. album charts in three different decades.

        The Backstreet Boys have sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling boy band of all time, and one of the world's best-selling music artists. They are the first group since Led Zeppelin to have their first ten albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200, and the only boy band to do so. The albums Backstreet Boys and Millennium were both certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA), making them one of the few bands to have multiple diamond albums.

       The group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 22, 2013. They also released their first documentary movie, titled Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of in January 2015. In March 2017, the group began a residency in Las Vegas that lasted two years, titled Backstreet Boys: Larger Than Life.

       Millennium is the third studio album (second in the United States) by American boy band Backstreet Boys, released by Jive Records on May 18, 1999. It was a highly anticipated follow-up to both their US debut album, and their second internationally released album. It was their first album to be released in both the US and internationally in the same form, at the same time.

         Millennium held the record for most shipments in one year, with 11 million shipments sold in the United States in 1999. It was nominated for five Grammy Awards and became one of the best-selling albums of all time, selling 24 million copies worldwide. The Backstreet Boys promoted Millennium through the Into the Millennium Tour, which became one of the fastest-grossing tours of all time.

Show me the meaning of being lonely

So many words for the broken heart

It's hard to see in a crimson love

So hard to breathe

Walk with me, and maybe

Nights of light so soon become

Wild and free I could feel the sun

Your every wish will be done

They tell me

 

Show me the meaning of being lonely

Is this the feeling I need to walk with?

Tell me why I can't be there where you are

There's something missing in my heart

 

Life goes on as it never ends

Eyes of stone observe the trends

They never say forever gaze, if only

Guilty roads to an endless love (endless love)

There's no control

Are you with me now?

Your every wish will be done

They tell me

 

Show me the meaning of being lonely

Is this the feeling I need to walk with?

(Tell me why) tell me why I can't be there where you are

There's something missing in my heart

 

There's nowhere to run

I have no place to go

Surrender my heart, body, and soul

How can it be

You're asking me

To feel the things you never show

 

You are missing in my heart

Tell me why can't I be there where you are?

 

Show me the meaning of being lonely

Is this the feeling I need to walk with?

(Tell me why) tell me why I can't be there where you are (where you are)

There's something missing in my heart

 

Show me the meaning of being lonely (being lonely)

Is this the feeling I need to walk with?

(Tell me why) tell me why I can't be there where you are (where you are)

There's something missing in my heart.