Only You Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Only you can be
The aching in my heart, my enemy
The only animal I couldn't fight
You hold me in the dark when storms arrive
Only you
[Verse 2]
Only you can see
The emptiness I feel when you're with me
When everything you say, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees, baby, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees (Only you)
[Chorus]
When everything you say, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees, baby, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees (Only you)
[Verse 3]
Only you can be
The aching in my heart, my enemy
The only animal I couldn't fight
You hold me in the dark when storms arrive
Only you
Only you can be
The aching in my heart, my enemy
The only animal I couldn't fight
You hold me in the dark when storms arrive
Only you
[Verse 2]
Only you can see
The emptiness I feel when you're with me
When everything you say, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees, baby, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees (Only you)
[Chorus]
When everything you say, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees, baby, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees (Only you)
[Verse 3]
Only you can be
The aching in my heart, my enemy
The only animal I couldn't fight
You hold me in the dark when storms arrive
Only you
[Bridge]
Only you
Only you
[Verse 4]
Only you can see
The emptiness I feel when you're with me
When everything you say, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees, baby, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees (Only you)
[Chorus]
When everything you say, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees, baby, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees (Only you)
[Verse 5]
Only you can be
The aching in my heart, my enemy
The only animal I couldn't fight
You hold me in the dark when storms arrive
Only you
[Bridge]
(Only you)
(Only you)
(Only you)
(Only you)
Only you, only you
Only you, only you
Only you, only you
Only you, only you
Only you
Only you
[Verse 4]
Only you can see
The emptiness I feel when you're with me
When everything you say, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees, baby, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees (Only you)
[Chorus]
When everything you say, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees, baby, I'm on my knees
Baby, I'm on my knees (Only you)
[Verse 5]
Only you can be
The aching in my heart, my enemy
The only animal I couldn't fight
You hold me in the dark when storms arrive
Only you
[Bridge]
(Only you)
(Only you)
(Only you)
(Only you)
Only you, only you
Only you, only you
Only you, only you
Only you, only you
About
Genius Annotation
On “Only You”, Ellie Goulding reflects on her lover being an enemy and an ally. It serves as the fourth track for Ellie’s second album Halcyon.
The song was referred to as “somewhere in between, thunderous and electrifying but bereft of the kind of earworms that would make it compulsively replayable”.
Structurally different from many of Goulding’s works in the past, “Only You” is comprised of only Chorus'.
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What did Ellie Goulding say about "Only You"?
Genius Answer
Ellie has said that
Only you is kinda very ritual, very repetitive, and rithmic and pounding […] I love the idea of using my voice as the main instrument of the song
- 2.My Blood
- 4.Only You
- 5.Halcyon
- 6.Figure 8
- 7.JOY
- 8.Hanging On
- 9.Explosions
- 10.I Know You Care
- 11.Atlantis
- 13.I Need Your Love
- 14.Ritual
- 15.In My City
- 18.Burn
- 22.Stay Awake
- 23.Under Control
- 24.Flashlight
- 26.Tessellate
- 27.Midas Touch
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Recorded At
Studio Splendido (Wales) & SARM Studios (London, England)
Released on
October 5, 2012
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