Listen: Sam Smith Has Debuted His New Song & Says It's "The Saddest Song I've Ever Written"

Sam Smith just debuted his brand new song “Drowning Shadows” on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 Radio show.

“[It's] the saddest song I’ve ever written and probably the least radio-friendly song I’ve ever written,” the 23-year-old entertainer said on the radio show about the song. “I thought of it recently when we were thinking about the repackage, and we went in and just did it with piano.”

The song will appear on the deluxe version of In The Lonely Hour, which will be out on November 6.

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
Running around chasing hearts
Chasing bodies to fix the parts
I don't know how I reached this place
So far from heaven, so far from grace

[Pre-Chorus]
Am I wrong to give in to the pressure?
Cause I feel like the city's got the better of me
Oh, this casual love isn't what it seems
And I try to imagine something closer
And somebody who is good for me
I'm so tired of all this searching
Do I, do I, do I, do I

[Chorus]
Go home to nothing or stay out for more?
Give in to someone or lock down my door?
Or drown all my shadows, drown them like before?
I'm drowning shadows once more

[Verse 2]
The more I drink, the more I drown
If I'm not thinking, I won't get down
The more I rise above it all
The less I care about the fall

[Pre-Chorus]
Am I wrong to give in to the pressure?
Cause I feel like the city's got the better of me
Oh, this casual love isn't what it seems
And I try to imagine something closer
And somebody who is good for me
I'm so tired of all this searching
Do I, do I, do I, do I

[Chorus]
Go home to nothing or stay out for more?
Give in to someone or lock down my door?
Or drown all my shadows, drown them like before?
I'm drowning shadows once more
Once more
Once more, ooh

[Chorus]
Go home to nothing or stay out for more?
Give in to someone or lock down my door?
Or drown all my shadows, drown them like before?
I'm drowning shadows once more

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