Ellie Goulding – Halcyon Lyrics

Ellie Goulding – Halcyon Lyrics

Halcyon Lyrics by Ellie Goulding

Ellie Goulding attempts to shine the line on a damaged relationship on “Halcyon”, the title track to her second album.

The meaning of the song lies in the title “Halcyon” which according to Wikipedia is a species of birds that held the “ancient belief that the bird nested on the sea, which they calmed in order to lay its eggs on a floating nest. Two weeks of calm weather were therefore expected around the winter solstice. This myth leads to the use of halcyon as a term for peace or calmness.”

Ellie Goulding is comparing herself to the Halcyon bird, calming the “sea” (or the turmoil in her relationship) for a short period of peace during the “winter” (the dark period/end of their relationship). Nautical references are a big theme on this album which links it back to the its title Halcyon.

[Verse 1]
I know it’s not over, baby, I worked this out for sure
It’s going to be colder, now you’ve forced open the door
I know you better than I ever have before
I know you

I know you’re a fighter
But you never fought for me when I was a shelter
So you’re not heading home to me

We could be closer, we could be closer
We could be

[Pre-Chorus]
When it’s just us
You show me what it feels like to be lonely
You show me what it feels like to be lost
I take your hand for you to let it go
Let it go, let it go, let it go

[Pre-Chorus]
When it’s just us
You show me what it feels like to be lonely
You show me what it feels like to be lost
I take your hand for you to let it go
Let it go, let it go, let it go

[Chorus]
It’s going to be, it’s gonna be better
It’s going to be better, it’s gonna be better
It’s going to be better
It’s going to be better
It’s going to be better
It’s going to be
It’s going to be better
It’s going to be better

[Verse 2]
We’ll take a long walk, down the alleys of these houses
And we’ll talk, see what conversation rouses when we’re alone
When we’re alone, it could be home

[Pre-Chorus]
When it’s just us
You show me what it feels like to be lonely
You show me what it feels like to be lost
I take your hand for you to let it go
Let it go, let it go, let it go

[Chorus]
It’s going to be, it’s gonna be better
It’s going to be better, it’s gonna be better
It’s going to be better
It’s going to be better
It’s going to be better
It’s going to be
It’s going to be better
It’s going to be better