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The birds still sing outside these
These windows where we sat together
Like nothing ever happened here oh
The white house on the hill
And black clouds the weather
And the church spire, over the river
She still sits there warmin' the evening glow

But you don't care about
These scenes I treasure
About these west winds
I know, I know
Seems everything around here
Stays like stone
Seems it's about time darling
About time we let this all go

'Cause everything will start again anew
'Cause everything just goes away my friend
And every king knows it to be true
And every kingdom must one day come to an end

And the sun vanished, may be long gone
All lost to these memories we've found
But she'll be here when it's all done
When our bodies are laying beneath the ground
Seems that everything that goes around
Comes, comes around here
She knows everything that stays here somehow
Gets me down again

Everything will start again anew
'Cause everything just goes away my friend
And every king knows it to be true
And every kingdom must one day come to an end
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dasgupta On Oct 15, 2011
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Cover art for Everything lyrics by Ben Howard

The birds still sing outside these These windows Where we sat together Like nothing ever happened here oh The white house on the hill And black clouds the weather And the church spire, over the river She still sits there Warmin' the evening glow But you don't care about These scenes I treasure About these wore swimmers I know, I know Seems everything around here Stays like stone Seems it's about time darling About time we let this all go

Cause everything will start again anew Cause everything just goes away my friend And every king knows it to be true And every kingdom must one day come to an end

And the sun vanished, may be long gone And all these memories we've found But she'll be here When it's all done When our bodies laying beneath the ground She knows everything that goes around Comes, comes around here She knows everything that stays here somehow Guess we'd all begin

Everything will start again anew Cause everything just goes away my friend And every king knows it to be true And every kingdom must one day come to an end

Cover art for Everything lyrics by Ben Howard

For me this song is about nature overriding and surviving us all through a process of regeneration. Whilst everything within our heads stays the same, nature is forever changing and renewing things, even after we're long gone.

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Cover art for Everything lyrics by Ben Howard

I hear this song and think of a love lost. She has died and he is sitting on the porch remembering their life together and has accepted that his kingdom was only meant to last for a time. He knows she never appreciated the view from where he sits as much as he does, but in his grief, the place where they used to sit is a piece of her memory that he feels close to in this moment. There is a warmth in this song that comforts my soul.

My Interpretation
Cover art for Everything lyrics by Ben Howard

I feel like this song is about his first love that he met in Devon hence the west winds reference, he has to leave Devon and therefore his love. It's a song about leaving love and leaving someone you need but that you have to leave. Sad but necessary

Cover art for Everything lyrics by Ben Howard

gets me down again*

Cover art for Everything lyrics by Ben Howard

the way i see this song is that a girl has just left him and he's left sitting in his house and everything around him is the same except the fact that she isnt there, he feels like the world is forcing him to move on because no it feels like it never happened. i think this whole song is basically a break-up song with a bit of a twist

My Interpretation

A girl has left him, however it's not a break up song. Ben's partner took her life early into the relationship. Listen to Follaton Wood & Wouldn't Be A Lie. They're heavily about it.

Cover art for Everything lyrics by Ben Howard

always reminds me of game of thrones. and that's what it sounds..

This will all end.. it doesn't really matter what you do, everything comes to an end. But on the end of the day you gotta do what you gotta do...and go by what you believe

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