Discover the story of the song > I Hate To Eat Alone – 10Cc

The protagonist is feeling down and decides to go to a bar. He realizes that it's easy to drink when nobody is at home, but he hates eating alone. He doesn't like eating frozen dinners with the TV on because it's not enjoyable. He compares the feeling of eating alone to an actor forgetting his lines. The city has become distant and lacks communication, but the protagonist and his partner stopped talking a long time ago. He wears a disguise since she left and waits for the morning and sunshine before the night. He didn't communicate that he needed to change and she assumed they would stay the same. He knows that nobody is at fault and ends up eating alone, which he hates.