[Verse 1]
The universe keeps singing this song
Your eyes are diabolical blue
Ooh
I've been watching you walk on the water lately
My arms outstretched when you do
What am I?
What am I on the earth for
If not to put you to bed?
If not to remind you to eat sometimes?
If
If not to cradle your head?
What am I without you?
[Verse 2]
The universe keeps singing its song
I can't get it out of my head
It skips right along like a stone on water
And I think I know how it ends
The last eyes I wanna see
Are yours
Are brown and diabolical blue
They never once criеd without laughing, baby
So I'll line up a zinger for you
That's what I'll do
Ooh
What am I without you?
Ooh
[Refrain]
What am I without you?
What am I without you?
What am I?
[Instrumental Outro]
What Am I Without You was written by Pete Turner & Mark Potter & Guy Garvey & Craig Potter.
What Am I Without You was produced by Craig Potter.
Elbow released What Am I Without You on Fri Nov 19 2021.
Lyrically it’s about a beautiful acceptance that death is as much a part of life as much as birth, the idea that the world keeps turning without us. It may sound like I’m singing to a child but it’s actually written to my wife whilst she was nursing her mother when she was terminally ill, and my rol...