The song shares similarities with “Drowning Shadow” to the slow 2nd Movement of Rachmaninov’s 2nd Piano Concerto. It is this combination - controlled and unique voice sincere, relatable and skilled song-writing a story that is searingly sad - that has won Sam their fans and success. In interviews they sound upbeat and anything but self-pitying, yet their performances are heart-breaking. Apart from Sam’s pure, haunting voice which expresses the meaning so effectively, many listeners admire their honesty and courage in telling this story of casual sex, drink and unhappiness.
This song is powerful and many will relate to it. Find top songs and albums by Sam Smith, including Too Good at Goodbyes, Dancing with a Stranger and more. Its official release came on Novemas Zane Lowe’s World Record on Beats 1. Pancras Old Church in London surfaced online in early 2015.
They revisited the song while discussing the album repackage with their label, and “it came alive again” when they sang it with a simple piano accompaniment.Īn unreleased recording of the song from St. “Drowning Shadows” was written before many of the hits from In The Lonely Hour, including “Stay With Me” and “I’m Not The Only One”, but wasn’t included on the album because Smith felt the production never fit the song well. One road would lead to gay clubs that I used to go out to and then the other road would go home and I was in such a lonely, sad place when I was writing this album that sometimes I would literally have to choose, ’Do I go home to nothing? Or stay out for more?’ And that was a genuine choice for me some nights.” Drowning Shadows Lyrics Verse 1 Running 'round, chasing hearts Chasing bodies to fix the parts I don't know how I reached this place So far from heaven, so far from grace Pre-Chorus Am I wrong. The track describes Smith’s feelings of loneliness while living in London – as they described in an interview with Zane Lowe, it was written with a literal crossroads in mind: Called “the saddest song I have ever written,” “Drowning Shadows” is the title track from the Drowning Shadows Edition re-release of Sam Smith’s 2014 debut album, In The Lonely Hour.
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