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I can't believe I just put any amount of work into this. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. ;____;
(I cannot find the lyrics to this in The Pinkerton Diaries. Did I miss them? Is it "rain falls around we too"? "Rain falls around we two"? DAMN IT RIVERS)
 
(I can't believe I just put any amount of work into this. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. ;____;)
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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| Name    = When You're Alone
| Name    = A Glorious Moment
| Cover    = Alone3CD.JPG
| Cover    = Alone3CD.JPG
| Type    = demo
| Type    =  
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Album    = Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997
| Album    = Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997
| Released = December 12, 2011
| Released = December 12, 2011
| Recorded = November/December '93
| Recorded = April 15, 1995
| Length  = 0:53
| Length  = 1:04
| Label    = self-released
| Label    = self-released
| Writer  = Rivers Cuomo
| Writer  = Rivers Cuomo
| RC#      = 66
| RC#      =  
| Producer = Rivers Cuomo
| Producer = Rivers Cuomo
| Status  = officially released
| Status  = officially released
| RC's last song  = "[[Longtime Sunshine]]"<br>(# 65)  
| RC's last song  = "[[What Is This I Find?]]"<br>(# 36)  
| This RC song    = "When You're Alone"<br>(# 66)
| This RC song    = "A Glorious Moment"<br>
| RC's next song  = "[[Victory on the Hill]]"<br>(# 67)
| RC's next song  = "[[Pink Triangle]]"<br>(# 36)
| Album          = Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997
| Album          = Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997
| Album type      = demo
| Album type      = demo
| Previous track  = "[[You Gave Your Love To Me Softly]]"<br>(5)
| Previous track  = "[[Clarinet Waltz]]"<br>(25)
| This track      = "When You're Alone"<br>(6)
| This track      = "A Glorious Moment"<br>(26)
| Next track      = "[[Susanne]]"<br>(7)
| Next track      = <br>
}}
}}
"'''When You're Alone'''" is the sixth track from ''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997]]''.
"'''A Glorious Moment'''" is the twenty-sixth and final track from ''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997]]''.


==Overview==
==Overview==
"When You're Alone" is an a capella composition, described in the recording history as a "barbershop original." It was recorded in November or December of [[1993]], and the [[Catalog of Riffs]] lists it as being written [[November 30]], [[1993]].
"A Glorious Moment" is a spoken word recording from [[April 15]], [[1995]], the day after [[Rivers Cuomo|Rivers]]' leg surgery which is heavily detailed in ''[[The Pinkerton Diaries]]'' and helped influence some of the content from ''[[Pinkerton]]''. A track listed as "1995-04-15 RC After Operation" in [[The 4 and 5 star demos of Rivers Cuomo]] likely refers to this recording.
 
Despite being released on ''Alone III'', the lyrics are not listed in ''[[The Pinkerton Diaries]]''.


== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
* [[Rivers Cuomo]] – vocals
* [[Rivers Cuomo]] – vocals


==Lyrics==
==Transcription==
<lyrics>
"It's 5:30 on... the 15th... the day after my operation. Um... I'm, eating saltines, drinking juice. I actually peed... for the first time... on my own. It was... a glorious moment. It was truly glorious. Now I'm going to try to... set up some music to listen to. Goodbye."
(interpretation)
 
What good is the sun that shines?
What good is the morning dew?
No matter how sweet
Or lovely the morn
It's no fun at all
When you're alone
 
Who cares that the sun has gone?
And rain falls around we too?
No matter how cold
Or dreary the night
I can't help but smile
When you're with me
</lyrics>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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