Released: November 29, 2010

Songwriter: Ellie Goulding Rob Blake Crispin Hunt

Producer: Fred Falke

[Verse 1]
Listen, I can hear the voice
I need a helping hand
Just to beat the void
I need a mission
A dream to stop me talking to myself
And now the silence is broken
And my soul is to sell
I need to pick up the pieces
To scatter to the wind
Hold the city to your ears
You can hear the wind come in

[Pre-Chorus]
But you can't change the world with a song
And you can't make it right when it's wrong

[Chorus]
I can't stop this music traveling round with me wherever I go
It's playing for you
I can't stop this voice unraveling round me whatever I do
It's talking to you
The world dances to the rhythm of its own heart beating for you
However you lose
So speak to me
Believe, believe, believe me

[Verse 2]
Don't let it slip through your fingertips
When there's a ghost
Don't try to reason with it
Because now I'm tired, I'm wired
So I won't miss a thing
I wrote my words out to dry
And I've forgotten what to sing

[Pre-Chorus]
But you can't change the world with a song
And you can't make it right when it's wrong

[Chorus]
I can't stop this music traveling round with me wherever I go
It's playing for you
I can't stop this voice unraveling round me whatever I do
It's talking to you
The world dances to the rhythm of its own heart beating for you
However you lose
So speak to me
Believe, believe, believe me

[Bridge]
If that's what it was to you
Then that's what it was to me
If that's what it was to you
Then that's what it was to me
If that's what it was to you
Then that's what it was to me

[Pre-Chorus]
But you can't change the world with a song
And you can't make it right when it's wrong

[Chorus x2]
I can't stop this music traveling round with me wherever I go
It's playing for you
I can't stop this voice unraveling round me whatever I do
It's talking to you
The world dances to the rhythm of its own heart beating for you
However you lose
So speak to me
Believe, believe, believe me

Ellie Goulding

Elena Jane “Ellie” Goulding (born 30 December 1986) – is an English singer-songwriter. In 2010, she became the second artist to both top the BBC’s annual Sound of… poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards in the same year, following Adele’s win of both in 2008. Originally her music incorporated elements of folk, pop, electronica, and folktronica.

In July 2009, Goulding signed with Polydor Records, and released her debut EP An Introduction to Ellie Goulding, later that year. Her debut single, “Under The Sheets” was then released in November.

In 2010 Goulding recorded and released her debut record Lights, which spawned four charting singles in the UK, the biggest of which “Starry Eyes” peaked at #4 in the UK and charted in many European countries and Australia.