Hello fellow singers and musicians. It feels great to be back participating on Hive Open Mic, and it's week 254 already.
For this week's theme being "Break away', I decided to present a song that has been on my heart for the last couple of weeks. "Somewhere Only We Know" sung by Keane.
The lyrics tell a story of two lovers propelling each other to find their way back to a place where they once knew. In the first verse, it portrays one of them walking across what I would presume to be a forest, or a field.
He describes it as an empty land, apparently to him, every step into this land feels familiar, every brush against the leaves and the earth beneath his feet all feel like home to him.
I resonated with this concept because when I feel overwhelmed, and taking a break sounds like a great idea, I also tend to seek solace in nature. And so even if I'm walking a path for the first time, it still would feel familiar.
So "breaking away", for me, involves nature and light. That is why I chose this particular song.
I hope you enjoy my rendition, thank you.
Lyrics
I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete
Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old, and I need something to rely on
So, tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired, and I need somewhere to begin
I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?
Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old, and I need something to rely on
So, tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired, and I need somewhere to begin
And if you have a minute, why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So, why don't we go somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know
Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old, and I need something to rely on
So, tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired, and I need somewhere to begin
And if you have a minute, why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So, why don't we go?
So, why don't we go?
Ooh, oh-oh
Ah, oh
This could be the end of everything
So, why don't we go somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know
Somewhere only we know
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