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The 41-year-old singer – whose track was named Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the Ivor Novello Awards this week – was “extremely honoured” by the recognition, and he has opened up about the origins of the single.<\/p>\n

He told The Guardian newspaper: “Someone was talking about me not sharing enough of my personal life, and I was feeling as if I wanted to jump out of the window.<\/p>\n

“This line came to me: ‘I just want to live inside sometimes.’ “<\/p>\n

The lyrics and track as a whole then became a “free association [of] all the things that make [him] feel anxious”.<\/p>\n

He also acknowledged the way some of the words about asylum seekers can resonate with recent news.<\/p>\n

He sings: “No, I won’t be your apparatchik, and be the kind who’s blind to all its magic. So here comes your European exit, with asylum seekers in your attic.”<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the powerful verse, he explained: “We have a duty to show compassion, to people who are in the greatest kind of need.<\/p>\n

“But there are no simple answers, and I hope this song isn’t heavy-handedly saying there are.<\/p>\n

“Songs are uniquely positioned to hold the opposites perhaps more than some other mediums can.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Jamie has also recently revealed the song also refers to texts he received from the late Amy Winehouse, who passed away in 2011, and he’s described it as a track he “really believed in”.<\/p>\n

He said: “I’d been going through my studio and found some old phones and I did find a bunch of texts.
“Amy and I were good friends and my first tour was with her. She was my support act, if you can believe it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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