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Clinging to me
Like a last breath you would breathe
You were like home to me
I don't recognize the street
Please don't close your eyes
Don't know where to look without them
Outside, the cars speed by
I never heard them until now
I know you care
I know it has always been there
But there is trouble ahead, I can feel it
You are just saving yourself when you hide it
Yeah, I know you care
I see it in the way that you stare
As if there was trouble ahead and you knew it
I'll be saving myself from the ruin
And I know you care
I use to run down the stairs
To the door when I thought you were there
Do you shape to the comfort of us
Two lovers locked out of love
Oh, but I know you care
I know it has always been there
But there is trouble ahead, I can feel it
You are just saving yourself when you hide it
Yeah, I know you care
I see it in the way that you stare
As if there was trouble ahead and you knew it
I'll be saving myself from the ruin
I know it wasn't always wrong
But I've never known a winter so cold
Now I don't want my hands in your coat
But I still hope
'Cause this is how things ought to have been
And I know the worst of it wasn't all that it seemed
Why can't I dream?
And why can't I dream?
'Cause I know you care
And I know you care
I know you care
I know you care
I know it's always been there
Like a last breath you would breathe
You were like home to me
I don't recognize the street
Please don't close your eyes
Don't know where to look without them
Outside, the cars speed by
I never heard them until now
I know you care
I know it has always been there
But there is trouble ahead, I can feel it
You are just saving yourself when you hide it
Yeah, I know you care
I see it in the way that you stare
As if there was trouble ahead and you knew it
I'll be saving myself from the ruin
And I know you care
I use to run down the stairs
To the door when I thought you were there
Do you shape to the comfort of us
Two lovers locked out of love
Oh, but I know you care
I know it has always been there
But there is trouble ahead, I can feel it
You are just saving yourself when you hide it
Yeah, I know you care
I see it in the way that you stare
As if there was trouble ahead and you knew it
I'll be saving myself from the ruin
I know it wasn't always wrong
But I've never known a winter so cold
Now I don't want my hands in your coat
But I still hope
'Cause this is how things ought to have been
And I know the worst of it wasn't all that it seemed
Why can't I dream?
And why can't I dream?
'Cause I know you care
And I know you care
I know you care
I know you care
I know it's always been there
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I Know You Care Lyrics as written by Justin Parker Elena Jane Goulding
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<a href="telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/9734724/Ellie-Goulding-interview-I-do-have-a-dark-side.html">This interview</a> suggests that it's about her father (her parents divorced when she was a young child and she has no contact with him). The speaker is looking at photographs taken of the two of them when she was little and living in a street she no longer remembers. She's looking for reassurance that he did love her, even though there was 'trouble ahead' and he ended up leaving. The pictures are an image of 'how things ought to have been' and she still dreams of getting that back, somehow.