Released: June 12, 2020

Songwriter: Jim Eliot Joe Kearns Ellie Goulding

Producer: Jim Eliot Joe Kearns

[Verse 1]
Everything is heightened now
It's looking so much brighter now
I was lost and now I'm found
Fell off the merry-go-round
I was into politics
Obsessed with things I couldn't fix
Kissing bigger with a fist
Addicted to the thrill of it

[Pre-Chorus]
And with these
Colors fading, people changing feelings
Faking some kind of love
A different flavor, seek the danger
Feel new life rush into my blood
Illuminated, never shaded
See the future when I look in the sky
When I look in the sky
You give me, you give me

[Chorus]
The brightest blue (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
The brightest blue (Ooh)
Tonight (Ooh, ooh)
Give me the brightest blue (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
The brightest blue (Ooh)
So bright (Ooh, ooh)

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh

[Verse 2]
There's no blue in the odyssey
Even in the calmest seas
Now it's all I wanna be
A semi-precious mystery
Yeah, I love me more than you
Doesn't mean I can't be true
Slip into the blue lagoons
I could be your muse

[Pre-Chorus]
Times are hard, people scarred
We don't know if we're gonna fight
Break a heart, play the card
We just came along for the ride
But in the dark, you're the spark
See the future when I look in your eyes
'Cause you've given me
You give me, you give me

[Chorus]
The brightest blue (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
The brightest blue (Ooh)
Tonight (Ooh, ooh)
Give me the brightest blue (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
The brightest blue (Ooh)
So bright (Ooh, ooh)

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh

[Bridge]
Don't you worry about the future
'Cause this is the blue evolution
I don't think this love's an illusion
So let's wake up
Don't you worry about the future
'Cause this is the blue evolution
I finally see you're my greatest
You're my greatest revelation

[Chorus]
The brightest blue (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
The brightest blue (Ooh)
Tonight (Ooh, ooh)
Give me the brightest blue (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
The brightest blue (Ooh)
So bright, oh (Ooh, ooh)

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh

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.