Aplin developed a fanbase by posting performance videos to YouTube in 2008. Her most popular videos include her original composition "Home", and covers of "The Liar and the Lighter" by You Me At Six, "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry and "Forget You" by Cee Lo Green. She has described her music as "very family orientated, very personal". In July 2010, Aplin performed on her local radio station BBC Wiltshire. Her first release was the 5-track Acoustic EP which was released on the iTunes Store on 13 September 2010. It reached the top 25 in the UK iTunes album chart, and features the song "Reverse" which was used on E4 TV show Made in Chelsea.
Her debut album English Rain was released in May 2013, to positive reviews it debuted and peaked at number 2 in the UK album charts, along with new single "Panic Cord", which peaked at number 19 in the UK.
How Do You Feel Today?
Gabrielle Aplin Lyrics
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The night has a thousand eyes and your smile of heaviness
I've always asked for nothing but you've found it hard to see
So I gathered all I had and laid it down before you feet
I gathered all I had
So how do you feel today?
How do you feel today?
So stay outside or lay down with our flaws
How do you feel today?
We moved faster than fate but it came at a cost
Now you're tripping over backwards for the days of youth you lost
I offered you my hands and I've given you my hope
So let me be your salvation, I refuse to be your rope
So how do you feel today?
How do you feel today?
'Cause tonight I'm closing all the doors
So stay outside or lay down with our flaws
How do you feel today?
I've seen the glory but it wasn't enough
Those songs and bells were just the laughter of guns
I knew your stories, I knew it was love
But those songs and bells were the laughter of guns
So how do you feel today?
How do you feel today?
'Cause tonight I'm closing all the doors
So stay outside or lay down with our flaws
How do you feel today?
The lyrics of Gabrielle Aplin's "How Do You Feel Today?" is about a relationship that has lost its spark, and one person is struggling to find happiness. The first two lines describe the weariness that can be heard in the laughter of a loved one. The night having a thousand eyes and the heaviness of their smile show that they are struggling to put on a happy face. The singer says that they have always asked for nothing, but their loved one has difficulty seeing that. They gather all they have and lay it at the feet of their loved one, hoping that they can help.
The chorus asks the question, "How do you feel today?" The singer is trying to understand their loved one's emotions and state of mind. They also say that they are closing all the doors tonight, suggesting that they want to confront the problems within their relationship. The second verse talks about how the couple moved too fast, and it came at a cost. Now, their loved one is regretting the days of their youth that are gone. The singer offers their hands and hope as a way to save their relationship, but they refuse to be their loved one's rope.
The final verse talks about the singer having seen glory, but it not being enough. The sound of songs and bells are just the laughter of guns, which means that the singer has seen through the façade of war and knows that it is not glorious. They still love their partner but want to know how they feel today, and if they are willing to lay down their flaws and work on the relationship together.
Line by Line Meaning
The sound of your laugh has a ring of weariness
Your laughter carries a hint of fatigue or exhaustion.
The night has a thousand eyes and your smile of heaviness
The darkness seems to amplify the worries or hardships that weigh down your smile.
I’ve always asked for nothing but you’ve found it hard to see
I have never been demanding, but it appears challenging for you to understand or acknowledge that fact.
So I gathered all I had and laid it down before you feet
I collected everything that I had, and I humbled myself by offering them to you out of my respect or love for you.
How do you feel today?
I am checking in on your emotional state, wanting to understand where you are at right now.
‘Cause tonight I’m closing all the doors
I am shutting everything out, and I am not letting anyone in tonight.
So stay outside or lay down with our flaws
If you are not feeling your best, then do not bother coming in, but if you accept me as I am, come and lay with me as two imperfect people.
We moved faster than fate but it came at a cost
We rushed into things and moved too quickly, but we had to pay the price for it.
Now you’re tripping over backwards for the days of youth you lost
You seem to be regretting the past and wishing to go back to a younger, perhaps simpler time.
I offered you my hands and I’ve given you my hope
I have extended my hands to you in a gesture of help and support, and I have shared with you my dreams and aspirations.
So let me be your salvation, I refuse to be your rope
I want to be the one that saves you, but I cannot be the one that causes you harm or brings you down.
I’ve seen the glory but it wasn’t enough
I have experienced moments of triumph, but they could not fulfill me entirely.
Those songs and bells were just the laughter of guns
The sounds I once found beautiful or meaningful turned out to be nothing more than the noise of violence or conflict.
I knew your stories, I knew it was love
I listened to your tales and knew in my heart that it was genuine love that we shared.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: THOMAS BRUCE WILDING, GABRIELLE ANN APLIN, NICHOLAS WILLIAM ATKINSON
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