#somewhereonlyweknow #keane #songmeaning
Tim Rice-Oxley wrote the first demo sometime around 2001. "Hammering away on the piano" is how Rice-Oxley explained how the tune came to be. Inspired by the song "Heroes" by David Bowie, which had a great catchy beat and is enjoyable to drive along to.
Richard Hughes, Keane's drummer, explained the song meaning on Chris Flynn's fansite:
'We've been asked whether "Somewhere Only We Know" is abou't a specific place, and Tim has been saying that, for him, or us as individuals, it might be about a geographical space, or a feeling; it can mean something individual to each person, and they can interpret it to a memory of theirs...It's perhaps more of a theme rather than a specific message...Feelings that may be universal, without necessarily being totally specific to us, or a place, or a time...'
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