Somewhere.
Though there are other versions of this song – namely that the song was originally written by Keane – this version by Lily Allen is my favorite version because of the sweet animation that is this video.
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I can be in the shittiest, saddest mood
– as I have been lately –
but I find it comforting, if not downright soothing to watch this amazing ‘animation process’ video.
Perhaps it is the combination of that lovely process animation along with Lily’s lilting voice.
The words, the melody, the forest/nature imagery – both within the lyrics and through the animation – resonate deeply with something in my soul:
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?
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?
I don’t know, but every time I need a little lift to my spirits, I listen/watch this video.
It makes me think of Freyr.
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