Fields Of Gold
Sting Lyrics

You'll remember me when the west wind moves upon the fields of barley
The singer is confident that the listener will think of them when the west wind blows across the fields of barley.

You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky as we walk in fields of gold
When the singer and the listener are together in the fields of gold, the sun's presence will be overshadowed and forgotten.

So she took her love for to gaze awhile upon the fields of barley
A woman took her lover to look at the fields of barley.

In his arms she fell as her hair came down among the fields of gold
She fell into his arms and her hair fell around them while they were in the fields of gold.

Will you stay with me, will you be my love among the fields of barley?
The artist is asking the listener to stay with them and be their love in the fields of barley.

We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky as we lie in fields of gold
When they are lying in the fields of gold, the singer and the listener will forget about the jealous sun.

See the west wind move like a lover so upon the fields of barley.
The west wind moves across the fields of barley like a lover would.

Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth among the fields of gold
When the artist kisses their lover's mouth in the fields of gold, they feel their lover's body rise.

I never made promises lightly and there have been some that I've broken
The artist takes promises seriously, but they have not always been able to keep them.

But I swear in the days still left we'll walk in fields of gold
The artist promises that they will walk in fields of gold together in the time they have left.

Many years have passed since those summer days among the fields of barley
It has been many years since the days when they spent time in the fields of barley.

See the children run as the sun goes down among the fields of gold
The artist observes children running as the sun sets among the fields of gold.

You'll remember me when the west wind moves upon the fields of barley
The singer is confident that the listener will remember them when the west wind moves across the fields of barley.

You can tell the sun in his jealous sky when we walked in fields of gold
The singer believes that when the listener sees the sun in the jealous sky, they will remember the times they walked in fields of gold together.

When we walked in fields of gold, when we walked in fields of gold
The singer is reminiscing about the times they walked in fields of gold with the listener.