Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwrit… Read Full Bio ↴Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. They rose to prominence in October 2012 after being featured on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. Smith was subsequently featured on Naughty Boy's "La La La", which became a number one single in May 2013. In December 2013, they were nominated for the 2014 Brit Critics' Choice Award and the BBC's Sound of 2014 poll, winning both.

Smith's debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, was released in May 2014 on Capitol Records UK. The album's lead single, "Lay Me Down", was released prior to "La La La". The album's second single, "Money on My Mind", became Smith's second number one single in the UK. The third single, "Stay with Me", was an international success, reaching number one in the UK and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, while their singles "I'm Not the Only One" and "Like I Can" reached the top ten in the UK. The album won four awards, at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album, Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.

For Smith's and Jimmy Napes's song "Writing's on the Wall", the theme for the James Bond film Spectre (2015), Smith won the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Smith's second studio album, The Thrill of It All, was released in November 2017 and debuted atop the UK and US album charts. The lead single, "Too Good at Goodbyes", reached number one in the UK and Australia and number four in the US. They released the single "Promises" with Calvin Harris, which peaked at number one in the UK. Smith released "Dancing with a Stranger" with Normani in 2019, which reached the top ten in the UK and the US and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2020 Brit Awards, and followed it by releasing a string of commercially successful singles "How Do You Sleep?", "To Die For" and "I'm Ready" with Demi Lovato; all of which feature on Smith's third album, Love Goes.

Smith has won four Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, and an American Music Award, as well as a Golden Globe and an Academy Award through their career. Smith has been publicly gay since 2014, genderqueer since 2017, and has used they/them pronouns since 2019.

Good Thing
Sam Smith Lyrics

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I had a dream I was mugged outside your house
I had a dream in a panic you came running out
For a moment you were sure I'd die on you
For a moment I believed you loved me too
But life is never like this, and you're never strong

Too much of a good thing won't be good for long
Although you made my heart sing, to stay with you would be wrong

Too much of a good thing won't be good anymore
Watch where I tread before I fall

We'd talk maybe 20 times a day
And still I never say what I want to say
I thought I wouldn't need to
I guess I read you wrong

Too much of a good thing won't be good for long
Although you made my heart sing, to stay with you would be wrong
Too much of a good thing won't be good anymore
Watch where I tread before I fall

You refuse to see this, don't see it anymore
I have made the decision not to answer your calls
'Cause I put everything out there and I got nothing at all

Too much of a good thing isn't good and you know

I watch where I walk before I fall
Before I fall

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Sam Smith's song, Good Thing, are filled with emotions of love, fear, and recognition. The song starts with the singer describing a dream where he was mugged outside his lover's house, and in the dream, the lover came running out to save him, and for a moment, he believed that the lover loved him too. However, he quickly realizes that life is never like this, and his lover is never strong enough. The singer recognizes that too much of a good thing won't be good for long and staying with the lover will be wrong.

The singer talks about how he talks to his lover multiple times a day, but he never says what he truly wants to say because he thought he wouldn't need to. He thought he understood his lover, but he read him wrong. In the end, he makes the decision not to answer the lover's calls because he put everything out there and got nothing at all. The singer knows that too much of a good thing isn't good and watches where he walks before he falls.

The lyrics to Good Thing reveal the complicated emotions of a relationship that seemed perfect but wasn't. The song speaks to the fear of falling in love and getting hurt and the recognition that sometimes a good thing can become toxic. Overall, the lyrics show how delicate love can be, and it's important to watch where one walks before falling.

Line by Line Meaning

I had a dream I was mugged outside your house
In my subconscious mind, I imagined being robbed near your residence

I had a dream in a panic you came running out
In my vision, you rushed to my aid with fear and concern

For a moment you were sure I'd die on you
You momentarily believed that I would pass away while in your presence

For a moment I believed you loved me too
Temporarily, I thought you also had strong feelings for me

But life is never like this, and you're never strong
However, reality is never so ideal and you lack the strength to handle such situations

Too much of a good thing won't be good for long
When you have an excess of a positive aspect, it can eventually become negative

Although you made my heart sing, to stay with you would be wrong
Even if you give me joy, it would not be wise to remain with you

Too much of a good thing won't be good anymore
An overabundance of something positive can ruin it completely

Watch where I tread before I fall
I need to be cautious before I get hurt

We'd talk maybe 20 times a day
We had frequent conversations throughout the day

And still I never say what I want to say
Despite our numerous exchanges, I never expressed my true thoughts

I thought I wouldn't need to
I assumed that you would understand me without me verbalizing my feelings

I guess I read you wrong
I misinterpreted your behavior and intentions

You refuse to see this, don't see it anymore
You deny the reality of our situation and ignore it

I have made the decision not to answer your calls
I chose to decline your phone calls

'Cause I put everything out there and I got nothing at all
Because I shared all of myself with you but received nothing in return

Too much of a good thing isn't good and you know
An overindulgence of something positive can have negative consequences, and you are aware of it

I watch where I walk before I fall
I am cautious in my actions to avoid harm

Before I fall
I want to ensure I am not hurt before it's too late

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Samuel Frederick Smith, Francis Anthony White

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