![]() ![]() You know, when - there's been a few times where I've been in the studio or been at a label meeting, and there will be an instance where a man tries to exert that kind of power over me. I've experienced this a lot in my career and in my personal life. GOULDING: (Singing) Baby, I'm a better man 'cause I'm soft as a shadow and strong as a drink I like. It is about me feeling a kind of resentment towards a man for feeling like they have a - like, a kind of innate dominance over me. It's certainly not about, like, a rivalry with another female. I think that "Better Man" is just having a quiet confidence that you can overpower someone, like a male, in particular, with that confidence. Wouldn't kick it when you're down, but I hate it when you lie. GOULDING: (Singing) You can meet me outside. And you take me higher than heaven above - you know, there's nothing - you couldn't get higher than that, so, I just think it was perfect for the title of the album. And so, you know, the lyric - like, it's very clear then that the lyrics aren't, like, from personal and meaningful experiences. This is just being, you know, lost in some kind of dream. And this is like being lost in a good way. They take you to another place, and, you know, sometimes songs just hit you really hard with cold reality of heartbreak and, you know, not feeling yourself and feeling lost. It's all fictional things that just feel so good. This thin air that we're breathing, you know, so it's just all escape. Pick me up, our bodies bending into shape. (Singing) Grab my heart and pull me far from yesterday. Got to leave it all behind and forget we're alive.Īnd just feeling like you're high because you're so in love and. I love the title track "Higher Than Heaven" because it just feels like love. GOULDING: (Singing) Oh, it hurts so amazing, my body ablaze from this heat we're creating tonight. There will be no tears when listening to this album unless it's tears of joy. ![]() (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HIGHER THAN HEAVEN")ĮLLIE GOULDING: (Singing) You take me higher than heaven above. You may know British pop star Ellie Goulding for major hits like "Lights," "Love Me Like You Do" and "Burn." After years out of the spotlight, she's back and out with her fourth solo album, "Higher Than Heaven." She stopped by to talk about some of the album's standout tracks and told us that she had one goal - to get people dancing.
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