During his speech at The BRIT Awards 2020, Lewis confirmed that contrary to popular belief, this song is about his grandmother (as opposed to an ex-lover).
The music video, starring the former Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi, depicts him as a widower. He is content, but when he meets a young mother...
[Verse 1]
I'm going under, and this time, I fear there's no one to save me
This all or nothing really got a way of driving me crazy
I need somebody to hear, somebody to know
Somebody to have, somebody to hold
It's easy to say, but it's never the same
I guess I kinda liked the way you numbed all the pain
[Chorus]
Now, the day bleeds into nightfall
And you're not here to get me through it all
I let my guard down and then you pulled the rug
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved
[Verse 2]
I'm going under, and this time, I fear there's no one to turn to
This all or nothing way of loving got me sleeping without you
Now, I need somebody to know, somebody to hear
Somebody to have, just to know how it feels
It's easy to say, but it's never the same
I guess I kinda like the way you help me escape
[Chorus]
Now, the day bleeds into nightfall
And you're not here to get me through it all
I let my guard down and then you pulled the rug
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved
[Bridge]
And I tend to close my eyes when it hurts sometimes
I fall into your arms
I'll be safe in your sound till I come back around
[Chorus]
For now, the day bleeds into nightfall
And you're not here to get me through it all
I let my guard down and then you pulled the rug
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved
But now the day bleeds into nightfall
And you're not here to get me through it all
I let my guard down and then you pulled the rug
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved
I let my guard down and then you pulled the rug
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved
Someone You Loved was written by Ben Kohn & Lewis Capaldi & Pete Kelleher & RØMANS & Tom Barnes.
Someone You Loved was produced by TMS.
Lewis Capaldi released Someone You Loved on Thu Nov 08 2018.
“Someone You Loved” wasn’t originally part of the Breach EP. It was written four weeks before the EP’s release and Lewis insisted that it be included in the EP.
Source – Lewis' interview on the Zach Sang show
There are many live versions of “Someone You Loved.” A few of them are listed below.
Live from Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Live at the London Road Fire Station
The Jonathan Ross Show
BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge
Vevo Lift
BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge (2022)
During the week ending November 2, 2019, “Someone You Loved” peaked at #1 on the Hot 100. It is Capaldi’s first song to top the chart.
So the first ever studio session I had for the song was actually in a shed in my back garden. I had started doing it, my album was finished and then I had just started to just kind of thrown down ideas and be like “I wonder if there’s anything else that I could, anything else going on in there”, and...
No I didn’t think this song would take us as far as it’s taken us. Because it’s weird we were touring for two years before this song, and I had thought, right it’s has already reached a point of … In the UK we were doing rooms of 2000 people, and it was great. And this is beyond anything that I’d ev...
I feel like America’s sweetheart, at least for a moment. I feel like I’m the sweetest heart in all of the U.S. of A. I feel like I’m a wrestler, and I’m just walking out [to the ring] and there’s an American flag, and I’m saying, ‘U.S.A! U.S.A.!’ That’s what I feel like, a wrestler. I have no clue w...
On November 8, 2023, “Someone You Loved” was certified diamond by the RIAA.