Walking Out Alone

from Surgery by Machinery of the Human Heart

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

The feeling when you miss a step and fear comes flooding in
I don’t know where the shock will end or where the grief begins
As the procession marches in
She waits for you
Without a grin

And as the organ starts to drone
Its long and mournful tones
Take my hand and never let go
And as the double doors swing open
As she makes her journey home
I promise you today you won’t be walking out alone

When life throws you a dreadful hand, you must resume the game
Bitter as you play your card and tears stream down your face
And as the casket’s carried in
You realize
That no one wins

And as the organ starts to drone
Its long and mournful tones
Take my hand and crush all my bones
As the double doors swing open
As she makes her journey home
I promise you today you won’t be walking out alone

Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na

And so we walk with arms wide open
As she makes her journey home
I promise you today you won’t be walking out alone

credits

from Surgery, released December 5, 2022

license

about

Machinery of the Human Heart New Jersey

Machinery of the Human Heart is the theater-pop child of Marvin Allister - trans and queer singer, writer, and pianist. The project is currently rooted in New Jersey, where Marvin hides in a dark purple room and writes the next MOTHH album.

contact / help

Contact Machinery of the Human Heart

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Machinery of the Human Heart, you may also like:

The Normal Album
by Will Wood

supported by 14 fans who also own “Walking Out Alone”

you know why Voidsludge
go to album
"In case I make it,"
by Will Wood

supported by 10 fans who also own “Walking Out Alone”

where your nightmares end - will wood begins Peacooler
go to album
Hawaii: Part II
by ミラクルミュージカル

supported by 8 fans who also own “Walking Out Alone”

SEE HOW THEY FALL! mister_mediocre
go to album
Record Dealin' Dick EP
by THE MONA REELS

The Mona Reels take on record clerk mansplainers with catchy power pop on this lively new EP. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 26, 2023
go to album
Good American Songbook
by Bob Cummins Jr.

Radiant ’60s-style psych pop lights up the latest from Bob Cummins Jr., with harmonies impossible to resist. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 30, 2023
go to album
Chansons tristes pour Noël
by Cœur de pirate

Spare, beautiful seasonal music, with proceeds going to Le Phare Lighthouse. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 16, 2016
go to album
Spirit Phone
by Lemon Demon

supported by 6 fans who also own “Walking Out Alone”

one of the best musical projects ever probably afterlifeskedaddle
go to album