The 6th track of Under The Iron Sea. Tim has said:
Hamburg Song is definitely about a particular feeling of… You don’t want someone’s attention all the time, you don’t want to be the star of the show all the time, but you just wanna be the kind of… what they consider to be their home. Even though y...
[Pump organ intro: Tom Chaplin]
[Verse 1]
I don't want to be adored
Don't want to be first in line
Or make myself heard
I'd like to bring a little light
To shine a light on your life
To make you feel loved
[Pre-Chorus 1]
No, don't want to be the only one you know
I want to be the place you call home
[Chorus 1]
I lay myself down to make it so
But you don't want to know
I give much more than I'd ever ask for
[Verse 2]
Will you see me in the end?
Or is it just a waste of time
Trying to be your friend?
Just shine, shine, shine
Shine a little light
Shine a light on my life
And warm me up again
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Fool, I wonder if you know yourself at all
You know that it could be so simple
[Chorus 2]
I lay myself down to make it so
But you don't want to know
You take much more than I'd ever ask for
[Instrumental bridge with piano lead: Tim Rice-Oxley]
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Say a word or two to brighten my day
Do you think that you could see a way
[Chorus 3]
To lay yourself down and make it so?
But you don't want to know
You take much more than I'd ever ask for
Hamburg Song was written by Tim Rice-Oxley & Tom Chaplin & Richard Hughes.
Hamburg Song was produced by Andy Green & Keane.
Keane released Hamburg Song on Mon Jun 12 2006.