"Jealous" lyrics
"Jealous"
I'm jealous of the rain
That falls upon your skin
It's closer than my hands have been
I'm jealous of the rain
I'm jealous of the wind
That ripples through your clothes
It's closer than your shadow
Oh, I'm jealous of the wind
'Cause I wished you the best of all this world could give
And I told you when you left me
There's nothing to forgive
But I always thought you'd come back
Tell me all you found was heartbreak and misery
It's hard for me to say
I'm jealous of the way
You're happy without me
I'm jealous of the nights
That I don't spend with you
I'm wondering who you lay next to
Oh, I'm jealous of the nights
I'm jealous of the love
Love that was in here
Gone for someone else to share
Oh, I'm jealous of the love
'Cause I wished you the best of all this world could give
And I told you when you left me
There's nothing to forgive
But I always thought you'd come back
Tell me all you found was heartbreak and misery
It's hard for me to say
I'm jealous of the way
You're happy without me
As I sink in the sand
Watch you slip through my hands
Oh, as I die here another day
'Cause all I do is cry behind this smile
I wished you the best of all this world could give
And I told you when you left me
There's nothing to forgive
But I always thought you'd come back
Tell me all you found was heartbreak and misery
It's hard for me to say
I'm jealous of the way
You're happy without me
It's hard for me to say
I'm jealous of the way
You're happy without me
Thanks to Wesley Mak for adding these lyrics.
Thanks to Erlanda Zakaria, dg, Myka Meri, Mohamed, Star Garcia for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Timothy McKenzie, Natalie Hemby, Joshua Kear
This song addresses one of Labrinth's parents who left the family when Labrinth was four years old. He said about the lyrics, "A lot of people have been through that experience. It's kind of written from the perspective of how my family felt at the time, but I wanted to write it so anyone could dig into the song and relate to it to their own situation."
Labrinth explained to The Evening Standard, "I grew up not really having a father figure and it didn't bother me because he wasn't there in the first place. But then he started other families and I was jealous. It was like he was happy without our family."
The song and its
music video premiered on the 31st of October 2014, the single was released on the 23rd of November 2014.
"Jealous" was certified "Platinum" in the UK and Australia.
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