Dido

Released: November 17, 2008

Songwriter: Rollo Armstrong Dido

Producer: Jon Brion

[Verse 1]
I have returned to northern skies
Where summer hasn't touched the clouds that pass above
I have returned to the somber grays
Of days too early to come and too hurried to stay

I have left a million stars
And an ocean light and clearly blue
I have left the warmth of the sun
And a million adventures not yet begun

[Chorus]
For once there was beauty here for me
Under the wide northern skies
And once there was magic here for me
Under the wide northern skies

[Verse 2]
I saw trees as green and as dark as blue
I break in poetry the deeper roots
Now I know this is lonely country
And leads me only back to the sea

[Chorus]
For once there was beauty here for me
Under the wide northern skies
And once there was magic here for me
Under the wide northern skies

[Verse 3]
I have returned to northern skies
Where summer hasn't touched the clouds that pass above
I have returned to the somber grays
Days too early to come and too hurried to stay

[Chorus]
For once there was beauty here for me
Under the wide northern skies
And once there was magic here for me
Under the wide northern skies
And once there was beauty here for me
Under the wide northern skies
And once there was magic here for me
Under the wide northern skies

[Outro]
I have returned
I have returned
I have returned

Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, better known as Dido, is a singer-songwriter from London, born 25 December 1971. Her elder brother, Rollo Armstrong, is part of the British electronica trio Faithless.

Dido attained international success with her debut album No Angel (1999), which sold over 21 million copies worldwide.

Her next album, Life for Rent (2003), continued her success with the hit singles “White Flag” and “Life for Rent”.

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