ABBA:"One Of Us" Cover

"One of Us," which had the working titles "Number 1" and "Mio Amore", was one of the last songs recorded for ABBA's 1981 album The Visitors. It was one of only a handful of tracks that explored the darker territory of Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson's songwriting as the two men's divorces were beginning to influence their musical output. Indeed, the message of the song was about a woman trying to revive a dead relationship.

One of us lyrics
ABBA

They passed me by, all of those great romances
You were, I felt, robbing me of my rightful chances.
My picture clear, everything seemed so easy
And so I dealt you the blow
One of us had to go.
Now it's different, I want you to know...

One of us is crying,
One of us is lying
In her lonely bed.
Staring at the ceiling
Wishing she was somewhere else instead.
One of us is lonely,
One of us is only
Waiting for a call.
Sorry for herself, feeling stupid feeling small,
Wishing she had never left at all.

I saw myself as a concealed attraction.
I felt you kept me away from the heat and the action.
Just like a child, stubborn and misconceiving
That's how I started the show.
One of us had to go.
Now I've changed and I want you to know...

One of us is crying,
One of us is lying
In her lonely bed
Staring at the ceiling,
Wishing she was somewhere else instead.

One of us is lonely,
One of us is only
Waiting for a call,
Sorry for herself, feeling stupid feeling small,
Wishing she had never left at all,
Never left at all.

Staring at the ceiling
Wishing she was somewhere else instead
One of us is lonely,
One of us is only
Waiting for a call
Sorry for herself, feeling stupid feeling small,
Wishing she had never left at all,
Never left at all,
Never left at all,
Never left at all.

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