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Bedshaped by Keane

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Bedshaped

Release date: 16th August 2004

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A song about distance and misunderstanding, 'Bedshaped' moves between memory and present tense. Keane sketch a relationship fractured by diverging paths: one person believes they're holding the other back, the other insists they understand less than they claim. The lyrics drift between nostalgia for shared youth and the difficulty of staying close when lives have moved in different directions. There's a quiet resignation in the repeated refrain, a speaker caught between what they know and what they cannot quite articulate. The track builds around a simple melodic hook and Tom Chaplin's restrained vocal delivery, letting the emotional weight settle in the space between statements rather than in any dramatic swell. It became their third consecutive top-10 hit on the UK Singles Chart, following 'Somewhere Only We Know' and 'Everybody's Changing'.

"Bedshaped" is a single by Keane, released 16th August 2004. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Keane

Keane

Lyrics

Bedshaped

Many's the time I ran with you down
The rainy roads of our old town
Many the lives we lived in each day
And buried altogether

Don't laugh at me
Don't look away

You'll follow me back with the sun in your eyes
And on your own
Bedshaped
And legs of stone
You will knock on my door
And up, we'll go
In white light
I don't think so...
But what do I know?
What do I know?
I know.

I know you think I'm holding you down
And I've fallen by the wayside now
And I don't understand the same things as you
But I do

Don't laugh at me
Don't look away

You'll follow me back with the sun in your eyes
And on your own
Bedshaped
And legs of stone
You will knock on my door
And up, we'll go
In white light
I don't think so...
But what do I know?
What do I know?
I know.

(Ah, ah, ah)
(Ah, ah, ah)
(Ah, ah, ah)
(Ah, ah, ah)

Oh, and up, we'll go
In white light
I don't think so...
But what do I know?
What do I know?

I know.

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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    James Sanger, Richard Hughes, Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin
    Producer
    Andy Green, James Sanger, Keane
    Engineer
    Andy Green
    Drums
    Richard Hughes
    Keyboards
    Tim Rice-Oxley
    Vocals
    Tom Chaplin
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    David Treahearn, Rob Haggett
    Bass Guitar
    Tim Rice-Oxley
    Mastering Engineer
    Ted Jensen
    Mixing Engineer
    Mark “Spike” Stent
    Piano
    Tim Rice-Oxley
    Programmer
    Andy Green, James Sanger, Richard Hughes, Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin
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