Released: October 5, 2012

Songwriter: Ellie Goulding Jim Eliot Mima Stilwell

Producer: Jim Eliot Ellie Goulding

[Verse 1]
That feeling that doesn't go away just did
And I walked a thousand miles to prove it
And I'm caught in the crossfire of my own thoughts
The color of my blood is all I see on the rocks
As you sail from me

[Pre-Chorus]
Alarms will ring for eternity
The waves will break every chain on me
My bones will bleach
My flesh will flee
So help my lifeless frame to breathe

[Chorus]
And God knows, I'm not dying but I breathe now
And God knows, it's the only way to heal now
With all the blood I lost with you
It drowns the love I thought I knew

[Verse 2]
The lost dreams are buried in my sleep for him
And this was the ecstasy of a love forgotten
And I'm thrown in the gunfire of empty bullets
And my blood is all I see
As you steal my soul from me

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Alarms will ring for eternity
The waves will break every chain on me

[Chorus]
And God knows, I'm not dying but I bleed now
And God knows, it's the only way to heal now
With all the blood I lost with you
It drowns the love I thought I knew

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Chorus]
And God knows, I'm not dying but I bleed now
And God knows, it's the only way to heal now
With all the blood I lost with you
It drowns the love I thought I knew
And God knows, I'm not dying but I bleed now
And God knows, it's the only way to heal now
With all the blood I lost with you
(I lost with you, I lost with you)
It drowns the love I thought I knew
(I thought I knew, I thought I)

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.