[Verse 1:]
Honest where I start from
I try and impart my wisdom
A combination of truth and fear
That’s the way it’s always been
My father and his before him
At times we hurt the …
[Verse 1]
Oh, pity me
I’m so alone and so blue
My friends have all gone away
Their friendliness too
[Pre-Chorus]
It was I on my own
With no need to belong
And I wanted to die
That’s when …
[Verse 1]
Got some money, got some cash
I’m rich and now I’m sad
And I wonder if I’m sad about the money that I have
Got some boats on my plane
At the hotel …
[Intro]
Yeah
Polishin’ a goddamn sword, you know what I’m sayin’?
Polishin’ a sword (Uh, uh, uh, uh)
Concrete Family, Concrete Industries, Concrete Boys up, always, never down
(And this beat from Cash, not from …
When the only sound in the empty street
Is the heavy tread of the heavy feet
That belong to a lonesome cop
I open shop
When the moon so long has been gazing down
On …
Yes I do, I believe
That one day I will be, where I was
Right there, right next to you1
And it’s hard, the days just seem so dark
The moon, and the stars, are nothing without you2
Your touch, your skin, where do I begin?3
No words can explain, the way I’m missing you
The night, this emptiness, this hole that I’m inside
These tears, they tell their own story4
You told me not to cry when you were gone
But the feeling’s overwhelming, it’s much too strong5
Can I lay by your side, next to you, you
And make sure you’re alright
I’ll take care of you
And I don’t want to be here if I can’t be with you tonight6
I’m reaching out to you
Can you hear my call?7 (Who’s to say you won’t hear me?)
This hurt that I’ve been through
I’m missing you, missing you like crazy8
You told me not to cry when you were gone
But the feeling’s overwhelming, it’s much too strong
Can I lay by your side, next to you, you
And make sure you’re alright
I’ll take care of you
And I don’t wanna be here if I can’t be with you tonight
Lay me down tonight, lay me by your side
Lay me down tonight, lay me by your side
Can I lay by your side, next to you, you9
Sam Smith was apparently once engaged in a romantic relationship. He misses his former lover a lot.
Nothing seems to bring Sam Smith sufficient happiness when he is not sharing it with his ex-partner.
Sam Smith misses everything about his beloved.
Sam Smith’s despair is so extreme that he cannot express his heartbreak in words.
Although his former lover did not want Sam Smith to experience pain after their break-up, Sam Smith still feels very hurt.
The only thing Sam Smith wants in this life is to be with his beloved and have a mutually-enjoyed relationship with her.
Sam Smith hopes that some metaphysical phenomenon will occur, allowing his beloved to hear him even though he is a great distance from her.
Sam Smith’s point is very clear: he wants to reunite with his former partner.
Sam Smith concludes his song by asking whether his former lover will reunite with him. He loves her very much.
7 user explanations and meanings
NoName
I think this song does seem to be about the loss of a loved one :’) and the things that you feel when your loved one is not by your side. You know that feelings, empty, even the sun is not shining as bright as before. The rain is much colder than it use to be. Well, that is what in my mind when i listen to this song 🙂 my personal opinion.
Anonymous
You didn’t add the song structure like the rest of the songs.
Kris Cirillo
I feel like it’s something like these two loved ones are apart and have been for a while, maybe it’s a soldier over seas and a wife at home, or vice versa. The person singing is “missing you like crazy”, “you told me not to cry while you are gone” then asking to “lay by your side” and “make sure you’re alright”. I don’t think that person he’s singing about is dead.
Jed Napier
I don’t know why but the song to me seems like his lover may of died and that wold explain the coffin in the music video but that’s just my opinoin
David
Sam Smith is gay. his spouse in this song is not “her”, it’s “him”. And it’s not a lover or boyfriend, as the video features their wedding.
This song isn’t about a break-up, he’s been widowed. The video also shows, his husband’s funeral. When he wishes “that one day I will be, where I was, tight there, right next to you”, he means that one day, when he dies, he will be where he used to be, by his husband’s side in the same grave.
I lost my first lover to suicide, I understand this feeling of not wanting to live without him, even laying next to him in a grave seems better than going on without him.
Anonymous
I agree.
Brianna
I guess there’s two ways in which you can interpret this song. One way may be taken as being apart from your partner such as a break up or something. Howver, I take it as being apart from a loved one who has passed due to “you told me not to cry when you were gone” and the whole first verse “Yes I do, I believe
That one day I will be, where I was
Right there, right next to you
And it’s hard, the days just seem so dark
The moon, and the stars, are nothing without you
Your touch, your skin, where do I begin?
No words can explain, the way I’m missing you
The night, this emptiness, this hole that I’m inside
These tears, they tell their own story”. Life experiences will tell how you take this song 🙂