Sam Smith

Released: October 30, 2020

Songwriter: Sam Smith Jimmy Napes Mikkel Storleer Eriksen Tor Erik Hermansen

Producer: Jimmy Napes StarGate

[Verse 1]
Think about your lips and the way they kiss
There's so much I really miss about you
Sitting on the beach, you were still in reach
And I haven't felt free without you

[Pre-Chorus]
All of the memories feel like magic
All of the fighting seems so sweet
All that we were, my love, was tragic
And you're the last thing that I need

[Chorus]
So I lay a dozen roses
For the lover that I've lost
I stand by all my choices
Even though I paid the cost
Oh, all those nights, the lows and highs
I share them all with you
So I lay a dozen roses
I lay them there, I lay them there for you, mmm

[Verse 2]
You've been on my mind every single night
I can't visualize life without you
I've been tryin' to go a week without losing sleep
But there's something that I need to go through

[Pre-Chorus]
All of the memories feel like magic
All of the fighting seems so sweet
All that we were, my love, was tragic
And you're the last thing that I need

[Chorus]
So I lay a dozen roses
For the lover that I've lost
I stand by all my choices
Even though I paid the cost
All those nights, the lows and highs
I share them all with you
So I lay a dozen roses
I lay them there, I lay them there for you

[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh

[Chorus]
So I lay a dozen roses
For the lover that I've lost
I stand by all my choices
Even though I paid the cost
All those nights, the lows and highs
I share them all with you
So I lay a dozen roses
I lay them there, I lay them there for you

Sam Smith was born on 19th May 1992 and grew up in a rural village on the border of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, the nearest town being Bishops Stortford. They’re the oldest of three siblings and are said to be close to their younger sisters. Their mother is a successful City of London trader and their father a stay-at-home dad who brought up the children.

Smith showed an early talent for singing, and their parents responded by arranging singing lessons from the age of eight with professional jazz singer and songwriter, Joanna Eden. At the early age of seventeen, they left school to pursue their dream, living in a small one-bed flat and working in a London pub, but ended up isolated and beset by loneliness.

Sam knew they were gay, they said, for as long as they could remember. They suffered bullying at school and were shocked to find that even in London—close to gay communities—they were subjected to homophobic attacks. These negative experiences, combined with an inherently emotional nature, inform their songwriting and delivery. The soulful, beautifully rich tone of their voice and the subject of the lyrics ‘speak’ to many people and have led to their success.

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