Outside
Y.O.U. Lyrics


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you have to embrace your black eyes
for all the grey
for the grace
the dim light
and all disgrace called

can we jump at all
or we just stay here
looking down and stand back

casted away for all that was haunting my pride
forgetting all i have built together with you
(casted away for all that was)
together with you

changeis my rithmic embrace
for all that remains

i've got a fear of the wolves
on the road
maybe they will hunt me
i've fear of the road
i took but i need
to keep it up (raising hell)
to keep it up (falling heaven)

you have to embrace your black eyes
for all the grey
for the grace
the dim light
and all disgrace called

can we jump at all
or we just stay here
looking down and stand back

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Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Y.O.U.'s song "Outside" are about a person who is trying to understand and connect with someone who is closed off and guarded. The first verse asks the person to reveal what they are hiding, suggesting that there are secrets that are causing fear and preventing a closer relationship. The chorus expresses frustration with being stuck on the outside, not knowing what is inside, and wanting more. The second verse implies a level of familiarity but also highlights the lack of communication and openness from the other person. The bridge questions the purpose of the person's secrets and resistance to getting to know the singer better.


Overall, the lyrics are poignant and relatable to anyone who has experienced feeling shut out from someone they care about. The song captures the desire for deeper connections and the difficulty of breaking down walls that people build around themselves.


Line by Line Meaning

Tell me what are you hiding, under the stairs
I want to know what secrets you’re keeping that you don’t want others to know, secrets which are hidden from everyone's sight.


Tell me what's in your closet, what's got you scared
What scares you the most? Tell me what is it that you hide in the deepest crevice of your closet.


Cause I've come so far, to know who you are
I have tried to find out everything I can about you, yet I don't know the real you.


And you always leave me waiting
You always keep me waiting for your true self to show up, and I'm tired of it.


I'm so tired of standin' here at your door
I'm exhausted of standing at your door and waiting for it to open up, so I could have a glimpse of what’s inside.


It's not what I wanted I want more
What's inside is not the only thing I want. I crave for more than just that.


I wish I knew what was inside but I've always been
I desperately want to know what’s inside, but I’ve always been left to imagine it without any harsh facts to reinforce it.


On the outside looking in
I've always been on the outside looking in, my curiosity never satisfied.


Feels like I've know you forever but what do I know
It seems like I have known you for ages, but in reality, I know nothing about your real self.


You never answer my questions, only the door
You reply to the door by opening it, but never do you answer my questions about who you are.


So I wait for you to show me who
I am waiting for you to reveal your true self and show me who you really are.


You are, but I'm still waitin'
But despite the wait, you still haven’t shown me the real you.


Do your secrets keep you warm at night or do they keep you lonely?
Are you comforted by the secrets you're hiding or are they the reason why you feel lonely and lost?


Do the brick walls keep you safe from hammer, is that why you won't get to know me?
Are you led by your fears, hiding behind walls, from the people who could love you, and this is why you’re hesitant to reveal your true self to me?


I'm so tired of standin' here at your door It's not what I wanted I want more I wish I knew what was inside but I've always been On the outside looking in
This is the chorus of the song, restating the main idea of the lyrics where the singer confesses being tired of waiting, wants more than only looking at what's behind the door and voices his disappointment in being on the outside looking in.




Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Andrea Pin

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@top68songs

LYRICS:
Look at what you've done
Stand still, fallin' away from me
When it takes so long
Fire's out, what do you want to be?
Now I'm holdin' on
Myself was never enough for me
Gotta be so strong
There's a power in what you do
Now, every other day I'll be watching you, oh, oh
I'll show you what it feels like, now I'm on the outside, oh
We did everything right, now I'm on the outside, oh
I'll show you what it feels like, now I'm on the outside, oh
We did everything right, now I'm on the outside
So you gimme 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 holdin' on (now I'm holdin' on)
Myself was never enough for me
Gotta be so strong
There's a power in what you do
Now, every other day I'll be watching you, oh, oh
I'll show you what it feels like, now I'm on the outside, oh
We did everything right, now I'm on the outside, oh
I'll show you what it feels like, now I'm on the outside, 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, -ide
I'll show you what it feels like, ah-ah-ah-ah
I'll show you what it feels like, now I'm on the outside
We did everything right, now I'm on the outside



@goldentimes7731

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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