Heal Me

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A song that blends acoustic guitar and electronic beats, on the surface it looks addressed to a would-be lover to save them, but in reality Gary Lightbody wrote “Heal Me”… Read More

May. 25, 20181 viewer18.3K views

Heal Me Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Can you heal me, baby?
I’ve been dancing in this fire for way too long
But I kind of like it
Oh I like it 'cause it's more dangerous than me
There’s a siren somewhere
But I’m pretty sure it’s only in my head
So tell me how'd you hear it?
Is there something supernatural in your bones?

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh this is love like wildness coursing through you like a drug
And this is hurt like kindness breaking you with gentle hands

[Chorus]
I call out your name, it feels like a song I know so well
And it whispers and roars like an orchestra
You call out my name like no one before, it sounds like I...
Am called to a home that I never had

[Verse 2]
Can you heal me, baby?
I've been wasted in the arms of everyone
I wasn't looking for you
But I think maybe I was and didn’t know

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[Pre-Chorus]
Oh this is love like wildness coursing through you like a drug
And this is hurt like kindness breaking you with gentle hands

[Chorus]
I call out your name, it feels like a song I know so well
It whispers and roars like an orchestra
You call out my name like no one before, it sounds like I...
Am called to a home that I never had

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A song that blends acoustic guitar and electronic beats, on the surface it looks addressed to a would-be lover to save them, but in reality Gary Lightbody wrote “Heal Me” for Gabrielle Hammond, an acupuncturist and friend who helped him overcome the drinking problem that was endangering his life.

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What did Snow Patrol say about "Heal Me"?

According to Gary Lightbody in 2018:

We were pretty much on tour [through] 2012. The problem started when we went off tour. Then I started drinking in earnest. I was never brave enough to not drink. And I really drank myself to a real mess. My health deteriorated to a massive degree. I went to see the doctor and he was like, ‘Whatever you’re doing, stop doing that.’ I was like, ‘OK.’ ‘Stop drinking or you’ll die’ is a pretty good deterrent. So I stopped for a month. I went to get acupuncture from a really good friend. The song ‘Heal Me’ is about [that] person who saved my life.

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