[Verse 1]
When my face is all changed from the cruelty of age
I'll still miss you
In a dream, you forgave me and I almost did it myself
Till I woke back up
I'm always procrastinating
Evading the job of going through them boxes in the attic
As long as they're in the dark
There's a flickering spark we'd repair
[Chorus]
Just wanna talk to you
Wanna talk with my best friend
Wanna let go of everything that I carry
Wanna shoulder some of yours instead
I wanna hurt with you
Hurt with somebody who understands
Have the strength to truly like myself
And have the love to take somеone's hand
[Verse 2]
I was down in the Low Lights, getting houndеd by moths and dickheads
Your uncle came in, I geared up for one on the nose
He was sombre and kind as I self-flagellated and grovelled
Told me to come back, but I cheated and it's over
Shrinks somehow link it all back to my upbringing
But I don't want an excuse for my mess
[Chorus]
I just wanna talk to you
Wanna talk with my best friend
Wanna let go of everything that I carry
Wanna shoulder some of yours instead
I wanna hurt with you
Hurt with somebody who understands
Have the strength to truly like myself
And have the love to take someone's hand
[Post-Chorus]
I wanna talk to you
I wanna talk to you
Oh, I just wanna talk to you
Only wanna talk to you
Only wanna talk to you
Only wanna talk to you, talk to you
[Bridge]
Seven years wrapped in youth's great love
Picked me up and sucked the cancer from my bones
Your old man loved me like a son he never had
And I ate him outta house and home
I have learnt and I will never stop learning
My failures are my prized possessions
I don't deserve to talk to you
But I hope that I can root for you
Give 'em hell, darling
[Instrumental Outro]
Talk to You was written by Sam Fender.
Talk to You was produced by Sam Fender & Markus Dravs.
Sam Fender released Talk to You on Fri Oct 17 2025.
“Talk To You” was written during the People Watching sessions at British Grove. It’s a song about the end of a long relationship — about the regret, the mistakes and the lessons that come with it. It’s that feeling of losing your best friend and coming to terms with that. I was playing around with t...
Sam was writing and recording in a studio in West London and called to say he’d written a song with a piano riff that he thought would sound great with me playing it. I couldn’t resist, and it was so much fun playing it for him. I truly love Sam. He’s been a friend for many, many years and it’s incr...