Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
“Lover to Lover” is a song from Florence + the Machine’s Ceremonials, reportedly directly inspired by Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding.
Florence stated that she wrote this song thinking of the perspective of an aggressive male soul singer. She claimed to be obsessed by Otis Redding and Sam & Dave,...
[Verse 1]
I've been losing sleep
I've been keeping myself awake
I've been wandering the streets
For days and days and days
[Chorus]
Going from road to road
Bed to bed
Lover to lover
And black to red
But I believe
I believe
[Post-Chorus]
There's no salvation for me now
No space among the clouds
And I feel I'm heading down
That's alright
That's alright
That's alright
That's alright
[Verse 2]
And I've been taking chances
I've been setting myself up for the fall
I've been keeping secrets
From my heart and from my soul
[Chorus]
Going from road to road
Bed to bed
Lover to lover
And black to red
But I believe
I believe
[Post-Chorus]
There's no salvation for me now
No space among the clouds
And I feel I'm heading down
But that's alright
That's alright
That's alright
That's alright
[Chorus]
Road to road, bed to bed
And lover to lover and black to red
And road to road, bed to bed
And lover to lover
[Bridge]
No space among the clouds
And I feel I'm heading down
That's alright
That's alright
That's alright
That's alright
That's alright
That's alright
[Chorus]
Yeah, road to road, bed to bed
And lover to lover and black to red
And road to road, bed to bed
Lover to lover, to lover, to lover, to lover, to lover, to lover, to lover
To lover, to lover, to lover, to lover (Woo-hoo)
[Outro]
No salvation for me now
No salvation for me now
No salvation for me now
No salvation for me now
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh)
Lover to Lover was written by Florence Welch.
Lover to Lover was produced by Paul Epworth.
Florence + the Machine released Lover to Lover on Fri Oct 28 2011.
This song finds Florence Welch singing of hopping from “room to room, bed to bed.” It was inspired by ‘60s Soul numbers such as “I Heard It Through The Grapevine.” She explained to Mojo magazine:
It’s me saying, ‘I want to make a song just like this.’ I was listening to lots of Marvin Gaye and lots...