From Afar
Lyrics
Vance Joy
Written by: James Keogh
Produced by: James Keogh, Edwin White, John Castle
You told me "boy look the other way"
You told me "boy bite your tongue"
Cause that's not the way,
Yeah that's not the way,
Ah that's just not the way that friends behave
Ah that's just not the way that friends behave
Oh no, no, no,
No, no, no, no
You lined me up
Across the room
Two falling sparks
One willing fool
And I, I always knew
That I would love you from afar
You told me "boy look the other way"
You told me "boy hide those hands"
But I've been living on the crumbs of your love
And I'm starving now
And that is just the way that we remain
Ah that will be the way that we remain
Oh no, no, no,
No, no, no, no
You lined me up
Across the room
Two falling sparks
One willing fool
And I, I always knew
That I would love you from afar
You lined me up
Across the room
Two falling sparks
One willing fool
And I, I always knew
That I would love you from afar
It shouldn't come as a surprise
What I'm feeling, what I'm feeling now
It shouldn't come as a surprise
She got darling hazel eyes
It shouldn't come as a surprise
What I'm feeling, what I'm feeling now
[x4]
You told me "boy bite your tongue"
Cause that's not the way,
Yeah that's not the way,
Ah that's just not the way that friends behave
Ah that's just not the way that friends behave
Oh no, no, no,
No, no, no, no
You lined me up
Across the room
Two falling sparks
One willing fool
And I, I always knew
That I would love you from afar
You told me "boy look the other way"
You told me "boy hide those hands"
But I've been living on the crumbs of your love
And I'm starving now
And that is just the way that we remain
Ah that will be the way that we remain
Oh no, no, no,
No, no, no, no
You lined me up
Across the room
Two falling sparks
One willing fool
And I, I always knew
That I would love you from afar
You lined me up
Across the room
Two falling sparks
One willing fool
And I, I always knew
That I would love you from afar
It shouldn't come as a surprise
What I'm feeling, what I'm feeling now
It shouldn't come as a surprise
She got darling hazel eyes
It shouldn't come as a surprise
What I'm feeling, what I'm feeling now
[x4]
Song facts
"This one I wrote in 2010 and wrote the outro in 2012, and it's a been a song I've played regularly the last couple of years because I just think it's a really universal theme of loving someone from a distance. It's a sad kind of song though the outro is a bit more upbeat and slightly more epic. That was something that happened when we produced the song. It's an old favourite of mine anyway." - Vance Joy
