In his own words, James Blunt once stated that this song is about escaping from the pressures to conform to social norms. In this case it is imperative to quote him directly as the meaning...
“You’re Beautiful” is one of those songs that once it’s stuck in your head it may never come out. That’s another way of saying that it is extremely popular! And accordingly most listeners are under...
The way the story in “Goodbye My Lover” starts off is as if James Blunt took advantage of a lady. That is he knew from the onset that their relationship would not last. However, he...
The common theory is that the true addressee of “Wild World” is one Patti D’Arbanville. Patti is the lady whom Cat Stevens dated during the late 1960s/early 1970s. And it is known that their relationship didn’t...
On “The Truth” the narrator (James blunt) is addressing a romantic interest. James has been trying to thoroughly enjoy life, i.e. ‘chasing highs’, without her. But such efforts have proven to be acts of vanity,...
The distance which makes up the title (“5 Miles”) of this song is more symbolic than literal. And what it represents is the singer telling the addressee that he’s simply a phone call away...
As one can deduce by listening to the chorus, James Blunt’s “Monster” is a song in which the singer is addressing his father. Indeed it is true-to-life. And as of the release of this...
In the song “Cold”, James Blunt is addressing a lover whom he is separated from by a great distance, indeed even “an ocean”. In other words, the first verse sets the scene as him being...