In “Two People,” Sam Fender takes on the role of a bystanding balladeer, recalling the domestic violence he’d hear as a teen from a neighboring couple and feeling powerless to help. The man and woman in the couple are both individually characterized in the song’s verses (the ambiguous, implicit desc...
[Verse 1]
Two people under bedsheets
One unrelenting heartbeat
One unrequited belief
Two fools in a one-horse town
Two people under bedsheets
One wallowing in defeat
One crumbling under heat
Two fools in a one-horse town
Mmm
[Verse 2]
Two people under bedsheets
One liar in the hot seat
Why cry over a deadbeat?
Two fools in a one-horse town
Two people under bedsheets
One shivering with cold feet
One suffocating lover
One fool in a wedding gown
Mmm
[Chorus]
Outside, the world is turning
A different life, you're yearning
But you just sit there, burning
Lying in his fire
And all the while, you're learning
Hope, you're yearning
You just sit there, burning
Lying in his fire
[Verse 3]
Two people under bedsheets
Two fists to play around with
One has to keep her mouth shut
Victims of a one-horse town
Two people under bedsheets
One does whatever he pleases
And one tries to speak to Jesus
But Jesus won't hear a sound
Mmm
[Chorus]
Outside, the world is turning
A different life, you're yearning
But you just sit there, burning
Lying in his fire
And all the while, you're learning
Hope you're learning
That you just sit there burning
Lying in his fire
[Outro]
Two people under bedsheets
Two children raising children
The same mistakes keep building
It's a mess of a one-horse town
It's a mess of a one-horse town
It's a mess of a one-horse town
It's a mess of a one-horse town
It's a mess of a one-horse town
Two People was written by Sam Fender.
Two People was produced by Bramwell Bronte.
Sam Fender released Two People on Fri Sep 13 2019.
‘Two People’ is about domestic violence – I used to live next to a couple I could hear through the walls – I could hear an abusive relationship…It was quite frightening, especially when you’re young, and it will have an impact on you growing up.
“It’s something that you can’t do anything about – yo...