JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "The Writer" telah menjadi singel dari Ellie Goulding sejak 2010 silam dan telah direkam di sekitar 2008 hingga 2009.
Bersama sembilan lagu lainnya, lagu ini dimuat dalam album studio debut Ellie Goulding yang diberi tajuk Lights.
Lagu ini terhitung menjadi singel keempat dari album tersebut, menyusul pendahulunya yaitu "Under The Sheets", "Starry Eyed" serta Guns and Horses".
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Sixteen - Ellie Goulding
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "The Writer" dari Ellie Goulding:
[Intro]
C Em D
C Em D
C Em D
D C Em G
[Verse 1]
C Em
You wait for a silence
G D
I wait for a word
C Em
Lying next to your frame
G D
Girl unobserved
C Em
You change your position
G D
You're changing me
C Em
Casting these shadows
D G
Where they shouldn't be
[Pre-Chorus]
C Em
We're interrupted
G D
By the heat of the sun
C Em
Trying to prevent
G D
What's already begun
C Em
You're just a body
G D
I can smell your skin
C Em
And when I feel it
D G
You're wearing thin
[Chorus]
Em C D
But I've got a plan
D Em
Why don't you be the artist
C G
And make me out of clay?
D Em
Why don't you be the writer
C G
Decide the words I say?
Em G
Cause I'd rather pretend
D Em
I'll still be there at the end
C Em
Only it's too hard to ask
D G
Won't you try to help me?
[Verse 2]
C Em
Sat on your sofa
G D
It's all broken springs
C Em
This isn't the place for
G D
Those violin strings
C Em
I try out a smile
G D
And I aim it at you
C Em
You must have missed it
D G
You always do
[Chorus]
Em C D
But I've got a plan
D Em
Why don't you be the artist
C G
And make me out of clay?
D Em
Why don't you be the writer
C G
Decide the words I say?
Em G
Cause I'd rather pretend
D Em
I'll still be there at the end
C Em
Only it's too hard to ask
D G
Won't you try to help me?
[Bridge]
C
You wait
Em
I wait
Em D
Casting shadows
D
Interrupted
C
You wait
Em
I wait
Em D
Casting shadows
D
Interrupted
C
You wait
Em
I wait
Em D
Casting shadows
D
Interrupted
C
You wait
Em
I wait
Em D
Casting shadows
[Chorus]
Em C D
But I've got a plan
D Em
Why don't you be the artist
C G
And make me out of clay?
D Em
Why don't you be the writer
C G
Decide the words I say?
Em G
Cause I'd rather pretend
D Em
I'll still be there at the end
C Em
Only it's too hard to ask
D G
Won't you try to help me?
[Chorus]
But I've got a plan
D Em
Why don't you be the artist
C G
And make me out of clay?
D Em
Why don't you be the writer
C G
Decide the words I say?
Em G
Cause I'd rather pretend
D Em
I'll still be there at the end
C Em
Only it's too hard to ask
D G
Won't you try to help me?