The speaker longs for a loving partner and feels deeply alone. At first, the repeated claim that loneliness โcanโt beโ sounds like a protest: the speaker cannot accept being left without love, yet sees no answer nearby. Later, the speaker turns toward hope, believing that love must arrive someday, even though the plea for help still sounds urgent.
The comparison โlike the air I breatheโ shows how essential love feels to the speaker, not merely pleasant or desirable. The image of arms moving โlike the circles going โround the sunโ suggests a wish for closeness that is steady and embracing. โUntil the morning comesโ may imply that the speaker wants comfort for the night, though the longing seems larger than a brief encounter.
The song holds desire and uncertainty together. The speaker insists that loneliness cannot be the final answer, but also asks why nobody can explain or relieve it. The endingโs faith that love is โbound to come alongโ may be genuine optimism, a way of keeping despair at bay, or both. The lyrics do not promise that love will solve everything; they convey how urgently the speaker hopes it will.