Sad Devotion – Out There

Sad Devotion and the search for connection in ‘Out There’

Sometimes a song man­ages to com­bine nos­tal­gia and emo­tions so per­fectly that it hits me right in the heart – that's exactly what Sad Devotion does with ‘Out There’. The track is a rous­ing synth pop anthem that feels deeply rooted in the 80s yet remains mod­ern. Tobias Isaksson proves once again why I was already thrilled by ‘Where Are You (Feat. Azure Blue)’ a year and a half ago. It's just great to hear new music from him again.

The clear, almost fra­gile voice car­ries the song's under­ly­ing mel­an­choly, while the driv­ing uptempo beat ensures that I can't sit still. Especially the refrain – with the haunt­ing ques­tion "Is there any­body out there?" – is stuck in my head. To me, the song is about loneli­ness and, at the same time, about the hope that we are con­nec­ted des­pite everything. It's exactly this mix­ture of mel­an­choly and euphor­ia that makes ‘Out There’ so special.

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Lyrics of "Sad Devotion – Out There"

Here, in the night
A have a place to call my own
The loneliness
I find myself
To play your voice­mail on repeat
To hear your voice
Calling out my name
And say that it will be okay
Suddenly I see
I'm lonely but I'm free
I'm silent but I screaming
Out your name

We'll see anoth­er day
Is there any­body out there?
The end is far away
It all will be okay
If there's any­body out there
Is there any­body out there?

Here, in the night
I have a chance to realise
That in our minds
And in our dreams
We're in this thing together
I think

We'll see anoth­er day
Is there any­body out there?
No mat­ter what you say
The night will fade away
If there's any­body out there
Is there any­body out there?

Is there any­body out there?

We'll see anoth­er day
Is there any­body out there?
The end is far away
It all will be okay
If there's any­body out there
Is there any­body out there?