This Town Artist: Niall Horan Waking up to kiss you and nobody’s there The smell of your perfume still stuck in the air It’s hard Yesterday I thought I saw your shadow running round It’s funny how things never change in this old town So far from the stars And I want to tell you everything The words I never got to say the first time around And I remember everything From when we were the children playing in this fairground Wish I was there with you now If the whole world was watching I’d still dance with you Drive highways and byways to be there with you Over and over the only truth Everything comes back to you I saw that you moved on with someone new In the pub that we met he’s got his arms around you It’s so hard So hard And I want to tell you everything The words I never got to say the first time around And I remember everything From when we were the children playing in this fairground Wish I was there with you now ... And I know that it’s wrong That I can’t move on But there’s something about you If the whole world was watching I’d still dance with you Drive highways and byways to be there with you Over and over the only truth Everything comes back to you You still make me nervous when you walk in the room Them butterflies they come alive when I’m next to you Over and over the only truth Everything comes back to you Everything comes back to you Background At its core, “This Town” could be viewed as something rather similar to One Direction’s minimal acoustic ballads. The song places most of its focus on the acoustic guitar that opens the song and the piano that soon follows, but backs it up with a mere glimpse at a percussive beat and a swell of strings as it enters its later stages. Niall’s voice slots into the track perfectly, and the entire package just works together. |