“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
a few dollars more
they'll hang me high
but still me spirit
will survive
there's money over there
but not for long
soon my worries
will be gone
rancheros (Clint)
rancheros (Eastwood)
rancheros (Clint)
rancheros
and there's a bullet with my name on it
times-a-coming
when a new breed say
welcome tomorrow
instead of yesterday
my times-a-coming
when those despised
take shelter in the power
of my Kiowa eyes
they'll hang me high
but still me spirit
will survive
there's money over there
but not for long
soon my worries
will be gone
rancheros (Clint)
rancheros (Eastwood)
rancheros (Clint)
rancheros
and there's a bullet with my name on it
times-a-coming
when a new breed say
welcome tomorrow
instead of yesterday
my times-a-coming
when those despised
take shelter in the power
of my Kiowa eyes
Lyrics submitted by Ice
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"We've been asked whether "Somewhere Only We Know" is about a specific place, and Tim has been saying that, for him, or us as individuals, it might be about a geographical space, or a feeling; it can mean something individual to each person, and they can interpret it to a memory of theirs... It's perhaps more of a theme rather than a specific message... Feelings that may be universal, without necessarily being totally specific to us, or a place, or a time..."
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It's about Clint Eastwood! Can we say duh?? =P
I mean, there's names of his movies in there even... geez.
Great song! A tribute to the Clint Eastwood 'Spaghetti Westerns".
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