LIGHTS

GUNS AND HORSES

STARRY EYED
THIS LOVE (WILL BE YOUR DOWNFALL)
UNDER THE SHEETS
THE WRITER
ANIMAL
EVERY TIME YOU GO
YOUR BIGGEST MISTAKE
SALT SKIN
BONUS TRACK
YOUR SONG
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YOUR POP ALTERNATIVE
LIGHTS
I had a way then losing it all on my own
I had a heart then
but the queen has been overthrown
And I'm not sleeping now
the dark is too hard to beat
And I'm not keeping now
the strength I need to push me
You show the lights
that stop me turn to stone
You shine it when I'm alone
And so I tell myself that I'll be strong
And dreaming when they're gone
'Cause they're calling,
calling, calling me home
Calling, calling, calling home
You show the lights
that stop me turn to stone
You shine it when I'm alone
GUNS AND HORSES
You're so quiet
But it doesn't faze me
You're on time
You move so fast makes me feel lazy
Let s join forces
We've got our guns and horses
I know you've been burned
But every fire is a lesson learned
I left my house
Left my clothes
Door wide open, heaven knows
That you're so worth it,
You are
But I wish I could feel it all for you
I wish I could be it all for you
If I could erase the pain
Then maybe you'd feel the same
I'd do it all for you, I would
Let s type words
Because they amount to nothing
Play it down
Pretend you can't take what you found
But you found me
On a screen you sit at permanently
I left my house
Left my clothes
Door wide open
Heaven knows
You're so worth it, you are
But I wish I could feel it all for you
I wish I could be it all for you
If I could erase the pain
Maybe you'd feel the same
I'd do it all for you, I would
It s time to come clean,
And make sense of everything
It s time that we found out who we are
Cos when I'm standing here in the dark
I see your face in every star
But I wish I could feel it all for you
I wish I could be it all for you
If I could erase the pain
Maybe you'd feel the same
I'd do it all for you, I would
I'd do it all for you
STARRY EYED
Handle Bars
That I let go, let go
For anyone
Take me in
And I'll throw out my heart
And get a new one
Next thing, we're touching
You look at me it s like you hit me with lightning
Oh
Everybody's starry-eyed,
and everybody glows
Oh
Everybody's starry-eyed,
and my body goes
So we burst
Into colours
Colours
And carousels
Fall head first
Like paper planes and playground games
Next thing, we're touching
You look at me it s like you hit me with lightning
Oh
Everybody's starry eyed,
and everybody glows
Oh
Everybody's starry eyed,
and my body goes
Next thing, we're touching
Next thing, we're touching
We come and we go
but we're not in love
Next thing, we're touching
We come and we go
but we're not in love
Next thing, we're touching
Next thing, you hit me with lightning
Oh
Everybody's starry-eyed,
and everybody glows
Oh
Everybody's starry-eyed,
and my body goes
THIS LOVE (WILL BE YOUR DOWNFALL)
Who are we to be emotional
Who are we to play with hearts
and throw away it all
Who are we to turn each others heads
Who are we to find ourselves
in other people s beds
I don't like the way I never listen to myself
I feel like I'm on fire, I'm too shy
to cry for help
I don't think you know me much at all
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
I'm feeling down about this love
Who are you to make me feel so good
Who are we to tell ourselves
that we're misunderstood
Oh who am I to say I'm always yours
Who am I to choose the boy that
everyone adores
I don't see a reason why
we can't just be apart
Now we're falling on each other
like we're always in the dark
I don't think you warned me much at all
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
This love is not what you want
This heart will never be yours
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
UNDER THE SHEETS
Like all the boys before
You left a blood stain on the floor
You set your sights on him
You left a hand print on the door
Like all the boys before,
like all the boys before
This is our luck baby, running out
Our clothes were never off
We still have our roads to run about
To scale the map, scale the map,
to get us back on track
I ve seen you in a fight you lost,
I ve seen you in a fight
We're under the sheets
and you re killing me
In our house made of paper,
your words all over me
We're under the sheets
and you re killing me
Like all the boys before
In here the world won t bring us down
Our plan is gold dust
Out there a lonely girl could drown
In here we're frozen
Where did the people go?
My hands are empty
You re not the answer I should know
Like all the boys before, like all the boys before
We're under the sheets
and you re killing me
In our house made of paper,
your words all over me
We're under the sheets
and you re killing me
We re in a mess baby,
we re in a mess babe
Your more is less babe
We re in a mess baby,
we re in a mess babe
Your more is less babe
We re under the sheets
and you re killing me
In our house made of paper,
and your words all over me
We re under the sheets
and you re killing me
(I ve seen you in a fight you lost)
Like all the boys before,
like all the boys before
We re under the sheets
and you re killing me
Our house full of paper,
and your words all over me
We re under the sheets
and you re killing me
We re under the sheets
and you re killing me
In our house made of paper,
your words all over me
We re under the sheets
and you re killing me
THE WRITER
You wait for a silence
I wait for a word
Lie next to your frame
Girl unobserved
You change your position
And you are changing me
Casting these shadows
Where they shouldn't be
We're interrupted by the heat of the sun
Trying to prevent what s already begun
You're just a body
I can smell your skin
And when I feel it, you're wearing thin
But I've got a plan
Why don't you be the artist;
and make me out of clay?
Why don't you be the writer
and decide the words I say?
Because I'd rather pretend
I'll still be there at the end
Only it s too hard to ask...
won't you try to help me
Sat on your sofa...it s all broken springs
This isn't the place for those violin strings
I try out a smile and I aim it at you
You must have missed it
You always do
But I've got a plan
Why don't you be the artist;
and make me out of clay?
Why don't you be the writer
and decide the words I say?
Because I'd rather pretend
I'll still be there at the end
Only it s too hard to ask...
won't you try to help me
You wait, I wait, casting shadows,
interrupted
You wait, I wait, casting shadows,
interrupted
You wait, I wait, casting shadows
Why don't you be the artist;
and make me out of clay?
Why don't you be the writer
and decide the words I say?
Because I'd rather pretend
I'll still be there at the end
Only it s too hard to ask...
won't you try to help me
Why don't you be the artist;
and make me out of clay?
Why don't you be the writer
and decide the words I say?
Because I'd rather pretend
I'll still be there at the end
Only it s too hard to ask...
won't you try to help me
ANIMAL
I'll show you all the places I'm dreaming of.
I'll take you to the Ocean,
I'll bring the Sun
We are seventeen, we are just begun...
I have loved a five four and then some but you
are the one
Wake up in the morning, we're
paralysed...We'll fly into the garden
like butterflies
There will be no blood
and there'll be no pain
I want to fall in love with you
again again again
You have stolen all my senses
There's a fever in my heart
and you are taking my defences
You are pulling me apart
Forever we're young and we are dying
and we will be spilling all our blood
So I will take away my feelings
I will be an animal
An animal
I'll tie you in my arms, I will smother you
We'll tell each other lies
like we tell the truth
I want to draw on your skin
again again again
We will run away from danger
EVERY TIME YOU GO
It starts with a picture
And it sits in your frame
And we part with a letter
And it ends in my name
It starts with forever
And it ends with a touch
And I know that you're clever
And I don't ask for much
Maybe we forgot all the things we are when
we are together
Wake me up
Wake me up
Stop my fall
Every time you go
Tape me up
Then break me up
Ever so gently
When I'm my weakest
Then it s not so hard
Every time you go
You said I'm arresting
You said I had heat
I really thought that we would go further
The second time we'd meet
Now I'm tired of trying to keep you
All I want to do is sleep
But perhaps when I'm sleeping
You'll get back on your feet
Maybe we forgot all the things we were when
we were together
Wake me up
Wake me up
Stop my fall
Every time you go
Tape me up
Then break me up
Ever so gently
When I'm my weakest
Then it s not so hard
Every time you go
Maybe we forgot, are we awake, or not?
Maybe we forgot, are we awake, or not?
Maybe we forgot, are we awake, or not?
Maybe we forgot
Wake me up
Wake me up
Stop my fall
Every time you go
Tape me up
Then break me up
Ever so gently
When I'm my weakest
Then it s not so hard
Every time you go
Every time you go
YOUR BIGGEST MISTAKE
Take cover
Signs don't show
You drove me off the road
But you let go
Cos your hope is gone
And every question fades away
It s a shame you don't know
what you're running from
Would your bones have to break
and your lights turn off
Would it take the end of time
to hear your heart s false start?
You know this is your biggest mistake
What a waste, what a waste,
what a waste
And of all of the things
you never explained
You know this is your biggest mistake
You tread water
Fighting for the air in your lungs
Move
Move closer
Maybe you can right all your wrongs
But you let go
Cos your hope is gone
And every answer fades away
It s a shame you don't know
what you're running from
Would your bones have to break
and your lights turn off
Would it take the end of time
to hear your hearts false start?
Wipe the mud stains
from the face stop the engine
Stop pretending
Wipe the mud spray
from your face stop the engine,
Stop pretending, that you're still breathing
SALT SKIN
You're as sharp as a knife
and you fit like a glove
That is no way to live
that is no way to love
Full of fear in your skin
and the weakness in giving in
Stabbed in the back but you feel no pain
Push the heaviest doors
that you can't open
Yeah they tied me up
and my body lies still, again
You're as bright as the sun
and as bold as the moon
I don't know when you'll break
but it s gonna be soon
If my will caves in, I'll be in the same boat as you
I've got the salt skin
Running to where he is
Never going to give in
Even with the strength
He's stealing salt skin
Telling me I'm winning wars they created just to
understand..."the meaning of"
Hands on strings and my mouth open
Find the perfect words
that I've not spoken
And I won't tell the truth
unless you want me to
For all of the times that I lost my head
When it rolled to the floor
and I found it again
But when it came back,
I didn't know why own name
I've got the salt skin
Running to where he is
Never going to give in
Even with the strength
He's stealing salt skin
Telling me I'm winning wars they created just to
understand..."the meaning of"
I've got the salt skin
Running to where he is
Never going to give in
Even with the strength
He's stealing salt skin
Telling me I'm winning wars they created just to
understand..."the meaning of"
I'd like to thank everyone at my US home
Cherrytree Records, who have made me feel so
welcome and have supported me so much. I'd
especially like to thank Jimmy, Martin, Andrea, Jen,
Hillary and Nick who have all been incredible.
A special thank you to Jamie Lillywhite who is always
teaching me, keeping me strong and making me smile.
Thank you to my band, I am so proud to play with you.
Thanks to Starsmith for making songs with me, and
sharing my vision. I couldn't think of anyone I'd
rather share this all with and you always reminded
me how lucky I was to create music with someone so
wonderful. Thanks for putting up with me and making
me tea / cup-a-soup sometimes.
Thanks to everyone else who has worked on this
record with me. To Jonny Lattimer, John Fortis,
Fraser T Smith, Ben Lovett and Ruth, Joe Clegg.
Eternal Thank You to the wise and beautiful friends
and family who have continued to support me and
enlighten me on my journey. This is only the beginning.
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Lastly an eternal thank you to my fans, who are ever
so special to me.
LIGHTS: Written by Ellie Goulding, Richard
Stannard and Ash Howes. Published by Global
Talent Publishing / Major 3rd Music Publishing Ltd
/ BMG Rights Management / Sony / ATV Music
Publishing (UK). Vocals and Guitar by Ellie
Goulding. Produced and mixed by Richard 'Biff'
Stannard for Biffco / 365 Artists and Ash Howes
for Big Life Management. Programmed by Steve
Malcomson. Bass and Keys by Richard 'Biff'
Stannard. Drums and Keys by Ash Howes.
GUNS AND HORSES: Written by Ellie Goulding
and John Fortis. Published by Global Talent
Publishing / Reverb Music Publishing. Produced
by Starsmith. Vocals and Acoustic Guitar by Ellie
Goulding. Keyboards, Drum Programming and
Bass by Starsmith.
STARRY EYED: Written by Ellie Goulding and
Jonny Lattimer. Published by Global Talent
Publishing / Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Produced by Starsmith. Vocals by Ellie Goulding.
Backing Vocals and Acoustic Guitar by Seye
Adelekan. Keyboards, Drum Programming and
Bass by Starsmith. Mixed by Mark SpikeStent.
THIS LOVE (WILL BE YOUR DOWNFALL):
Written by Ellie Goulding and Starsmith. Published
by Global Talent Publishing / Warner Chappell
Music Ltd. Produced by Starsmith. Vocals and
Acoustic Guitar by Ellie Goulding. Electric Guitar
by Seye Adelekan. Keyboards, Drum Programming
and Bass by Starsmith. Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent.
UNDER THE SHEETS: Written by Ellie Goulding and
Starsmith. Published by Global Talent Publishing /
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. Produced by
Starsmith. Vocals and Acoustic Guitar by Ellie
Goulding. Background Vocals and Additional
Acoustic Guitar by Charlie Morton. Keyboards,
Drum Programming and Bass by Starsmith. Mixed
by Mark "Spike" Stent.
THE WRITER: Written by Ellie Goulding and Jonny
Lattimer. Published by Global Talent Publishing /
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. Produced by
Starsmith. Vocals and Acoustic Guitar by Ellie
Goulding. Drums by Joe Clegg. Joe plays Zildjian
Cymbals and Gretsch Drums. Drums engineered
by Julian Kindred at Nonsuch Studios, Epsom.
Keyboards, Drum Programming and Bass by
Starsmith. Live Strings by Stevie Blacke. Mixed by
Mark "Spike" Stent.
ANIMAL: Written by Ellie Goulding and Fin
Dow-Smith. Published by Global Talent Publishing
/ Warner Chappell Music Ltd. Produced by
Starsmith. Mixed by Jeremy Wheatley for 365 Artists
at Twenty One Studios, London. Assisted
by Richard Edgeler. Programmed by Starsmith.
Vocals by Ellie Goulding. Acoustic Guitar, Bass,
Electric Guitar and Backing Vocals by Starsmith.
EVERY TIME YOU GO: Written by Ellie Goulding,
John Fortis and Starsmith. Published by Global
Talent Publishing / Reverb Music Publishing /
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. Produced by
Starsmith. Vocals and Acoustic Guitar by Ellie
Goulding. Electric Guitar by Seye Adelekan.
Drums by Joe Clegg. Joe plays Zildjian Cymbals
and Gretsch Drums. Drums engineered by Matt
Hill at Audacious Studios, Manchester. Keyboards
and Drum Programming by Starsmith. Mixed by
Mark "Spike" Stent.
YOUR BIGGEST MISTAKE: Written by Ellie
Goulding and Fraser T. Smith. Published by
Global Talent Publishing / Chrysalis Music
Publishing Ltd. Produced by Fraser T. Smith.
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar and Piano by Ellie
Goulding. Keyboards by Fraser T. Smith. Mixed
by Fraser T. Smith. Engineered by Beatriz Artola
for MyAudiotonic Productions.
SALT SKIN: Written by Ellie Goulding and Star-
smith. Published by Global Talent Publishing /
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. Produced by
Starsmith. Vocals and Acoustic Guitar by Ellie
Goulding. Keyboards, Drum Programming and
Bass by Starsmith. Mixed by Mark SpikeStent.
YOUR SONG: Music by Elton John. Lyrics by
Bernie Taupin. Published by Universal/Dick James
Music Ltd. Produced by Ben Lovett. Engineered
and Mixed by Matt Lawrence. Vocals by Ellie
Goulding. Cello and Backing Vocals by Ruth de
Turberville. Piano, Backing Vocals and Kick Drum
by Ben Lovett. Timpani by Matt Wiggins.
Recorded at The Pool & The Square, London.
All tracks mastered by Naweed at Whitfield
Mastering, London. www.whitfieldmastering.com
Photography by Scott Trindle.
Design by Traffic.
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