Outside
Calvin Harris w/ Ellie Goulding Lyrics
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Stand still, falling away from me
When it takes so long
For I desire, what do you want to be?
I'm holding on
Yourself was never enough for me
Gotta be so strong
There's a power in what you do
Oh oh, oh oh I'll show you what it feels like
Now I'm on the outside, oh oh
We did everything right
Now I'm on the outside, oh oh
I'll show you what it feels like
Now I'm on the outside, oh oh
We did everything right
Now I'm on the outside
So you give me no reason
For me to stay close to you
Tell me what lovers do
How are we still breathing
It's never for us to choose
I'll be the strength in you
Now I'm holding on
Yourself was never enough for me
Gotta be so strong
There's a power in what you do
Now every other day I've been watching you, oh oh oh oh
I'll show you what it feels like
Now I'm on the outside, oh oh
We did everything right
Now I'm on the outside, oh oh
I'll show you what it feels like
Now I'm on the outside, oh oh
We did everything right
Now I'm on the outside
I'll show you what it feels like
Now I'm on the outside
I'll show you what it feels like
I'll show you what it feels like
Now I'm on the outside
We did everything right
Now I'm on the outside
The song "Outside" by Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding is a breakup song about a couple who did everything right but still ended up falling apart. The lyrics reveal that the singer is feeling hurt and betrayed by their former partner. The opening lines, "Look at what you've done, stand still, falling away from me" express the singer's disappointment in their ex-partner's actions. The singer is holding onto their former partner, but they are not enough for them. The singer wants their partner to be strong and wants to show their partner what it feels like to be left alone.
The chorus of the song highlights the feeling of being left out or rejected. The repeated line "Now I'm on the outside" emphasizes that the singer feels like they have been left on the outside looking in. The feeling of rejection is further highlighted in the line "So you give me no reason for me to stay close to you." The singer wants to know what their partner wants from them and how they can make things right.
In the bridge of the song, the singer expresses their willingness to be the strength for their ex-partner. It is clear that the singer is hurt but still emotionally invested in the relationship.
Overall, "Outside" is a powerful song that expresses the pain of a broken relationship and the need for acceptance and understanding.
Line by Line Meaning
Look at what you've done
Reflecting on the impact of someone's actions
Stand still, falling away from me
Feeling a sense of distance and disconnection with someone
When it takes so long
Being patient and waiting for something
For I desire, what do you want to be?
Wondering about someone's aspirations and goals
I'm holding on
Trying to maintain a connection with someone
Yourself was never enough for me
Feeling unfulfilled by someone's efforts
Gotta be so strong
Needing to show resilience
There's a power in what you do
Acknowledging someone's ability to influence others
Now every other day I've been watching you
Keeping a close eye on someone's actions
Oh oh, oh oh I'll show you what it feels like
Expressing a desire to make someone understand how you feel
Now I'm on the outside, oh oh
Feeling excluded from someone's inner circle
We did everything right
Having done things the right way, according to expectation
So you give me no reason
Feeling uncertain about why someone is pushing you away
For me to stay close to you
Desiring intimacy with someone
Tell me what lovers do
Asking someone to define a relationship
How are we still breathing
Surviving despite the challenges faced
It's never for us to choose
Accepting that some things are out of our control
I'll be the strength in you
Offering support and encouragement to someone
I'll show you what it feels like
Reiterating the desire to help someone understand a feeling
Now I'm holding on
Determined to maintain a connection with someone
I'll show you what it feels like
Reiterating the desire to help someone understand a feeling
We did everything right
Having done things the right way, according to expectation
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Global Talent Publishing, SPIRIT /GLOBAL TALENT MUSIC
Written by: ELLIE GOULDING, ADAM WILES
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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I'm from her country village and I know a little bit about her struggles, highlighted here-
She doesn't get the recognition she really deserves ! Because she is extremely honest and true to herself in regard to her songwriting,which is evident in her first two albums. She was getting huge recognition just within a year of her career she topped the Prestigious BBC Sound Of ....2010 poll and bagged the BRITs Critic's Choice Award even before her debut album. Performing at huge venues like in British Royal Family, White House,Nobel Prize Concert, also invited in Russia but she boycotted in protest of some controversial laws. Her initial celeb fans include Beyonce and Rihanna herself ! Opening tours for Bruno Mars,Katy Perry, her fame shot up from a countrygirl to famous popstar just within few years of her debut. But after signing to her record label, she started to loose her independence which she once had in her early days of university.
" I was unprepared for success ", she told.
During her third album her label pushed her into the world of mainstream pop with big names like Max Martin, Greg Kurstin,Ryan Tedder.............and her album Delirium got a super huge success among the mass pop loving audience in both US and UK.(Debuted at #3 on Billboard and UK charts)
Unfortunately most of the album was not written by her and she was uncomfortable with that genre, " .......I knew in my bones it wasn’t right. I remember playing it to my family and friends: ‘Skip it, hate this one.’ I look back at pictures of myself performing and I just know I’m not happy. It’s in my face, it’s in my smile........ not an Ellie Goulding record."
Her fame suddenly skyrocketed in the circle of A-Line popstars like Taylor Swift,Katy Perry,Lady Gaga.
As she was a honest ,shy and quite naive countrygirl from Herefordshire,Britain she couldn't cope up with all this sudden fame & achievements and was also getting sick due to her Delirium World Tour ranging from London to NYC to Sydney to Toronto to Tokyo to Seoul to Moscow to Bejing everywhere , over 100 shows a year in 80+ countries !(She even started to suffer from severe insomnia,vocal chord disabilities,heart ailments due to exhaustion)
"I'd just become a robot ", she said.
Clearly she got pushed off beyond the limits.Once doctors said,"Ellie’s body clock is completely out of sync and she has found herself lying awake in bed most nights unable to get to sleep.All the travelling through random time zones has messed with her system. She just can’t get to sleep at night, and even when she’s back in England the insomnia is sapping her energy." Eventually she started to suffer from Imposter syndrome,Clinical Depression, Panic attacks ,Severe Insomnia - once thought to leave musical career !! This made her to take a five year long career hiatus (pause),she disappeared from the public media for a while & started to spend a normal life in her country home and New York, which I think caused the mass audience to divert into other singers. But whether you accept or not it's a fact that she gave life to the British Female Pop (also she holds the record for highest entries in Billboard Hot 100 by any British Female Artist in the History ). But all this fame was mercenary to her,it was literally destroying her inner peace.
Fortunately she recuperated and revived after the career hiatus and rexplored the world she knew by getting back into many philanthropic works with UN,WWF,.......... She was honored as UN Goodwill Ambassador by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in UNGA, and also got the UN Global Leadership Award for her contributions in social justice activism. Actively involved in climate change, helping homeless people,victims of domestic violence,protecting wildlife,considers Dr Jane Goodall,Sir David Attenborough as her hero. Joined global summits like World Economic Forum at Davos,One Young World 2019, COP26 with Emma Watson as the only two female stars in the summit.............
Presently she's is in a happy state of mind,married and just had her baby month ago,now working on her upcoming 5th album.
Her struggles are not so highlighted and remains buried under, but she revealed many of her stories and even spoke up against the atrocities faced by female stars in the industry and even indirectly took part in the MeToo movement revealing her struggles in early days of her career.She is thinking about to create a documentary or write a book all about these!
Just listen to her 4th new album BRIGHTEST BLUE, a story of reinventing oneself from the dark,mercenary days of fame,glamour & fake relationships to a state of self reliant euphoria. Follow the lyrics of tracks like START,Cyan,Woman,Ode to Myself,............. 💙
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