![]() ![]() “It's just that thing - life moves pretty fast,” Blunt says. ![]() “The questions of life are about not just whether I'll be all right,” says the now-husband and father, ”but whether my children will be all right, the passing of time and how it goes so quickly and that fear that you'll miss out on that time with them.”Įvery song on Who We Used to Be is permeated with this empathetic energy another key line for him comes from “Glow”: "I hope that this night never ends," he wishes aloud. More than that, it’s reflective of a sea change in his artistry 19 years on - the self-proclaimed past purveyor of “selfish songs about myself” is actively singing outside of himself. “It just feels spontaneous and exciting,” the singer/songwriter we all know for 2004’s “You’re Beautiful,” and its album, Back to Bedlam, tells. The kicker line: “Heaven’s a place where the lines get crossed.” He cites a starry-eyed verse from “Some Kind of Beautiful,” with references to winging through Elysia, shots in the dark and nights that never end. When asked to pull up a lyric from his new album, Who We Used to Be, that sums up its ethos, James Blunt ’s response is telling. ![]()
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