Woman Lyrics
Woman
Caught behind those burning eyes
Tangled up in morning white
Do you ever really know?
Can you ever really know?
[Verse 2]
Woman
Watch her take me by surprise
When she lets me call her mine
Do you ever really know?
Can you ever really know?
[Pre-Chorus]
And I don't know the loneliness you've known
I don't hear the frosty words echo inside
When you're gone again
[Chorus]
I can't read your mind though I'm trying all the time, oh-oh-ohh
There's something I don't know, I can see it in your eyes
As the night ascends, all will slow again, oh-oh-ohh
I am left in awe of the woman I adore
[Verse 3]
Woman
I never had such a sight
Burn itself onto my mind
Do you ever really know?
Can you ever really know?
But say the sun doesn't shine for you
I hope you learn that that's not true, in time
When you're gone again
Just as long again
[Chorus]
I can't read your mind though I'm trying all the time
There's something I don't know, I can see it in your eyes
As the night ascends, all will slow again
But I am left in awe of the woman I adore
I can't read your mind though I'm trying all the time
There's something I don't know, I can see it in your eyes
But as the night ascends, all will slow again
And I am left in awe of the woman I adore
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I remember when Winston brought “Woman” into the studio. We were just doing some writing sessions in Brooklyn, and he’d been in Nashville, and he turned up with the beginnings of the idea – the first verse, and the falsetto hook – and just felt like something that was very, very different, but also felt really good. Maybe that was a moment that we felt unshackled by anything that we had done previously.
We’ve got this concept, which is to, before committing to a track, completely strip it down to its absolute, bare-naked truth, which would be just to strum the chords along on an acoustic guitar and sing it. Marcus went through each of those 40-odd songs and played them without any kind of bells and whistles, nothing to distract you, and with “Woman”, it was almost more compelling than ever. There’s a part of me that wished we had that sort of solo acoustic version, but actually the direction that it’s taken feels really exciting to us.
- 1.42
- 3.Woman
- 4.Beloved
- 5.The Wild
- 7.Slip Away
- 9.Picture You
- 10.Darkness Visible
- 11.If I Say
- 12.Wild Heart
- 13.Forever
- 14.Delta