The Meaning of “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi

This is a song a lot of people can relate to as we sometimes take people for granted without realizing it and then eventually it becomes too late to do anything about it. When the relationship ends we are left with nothing and begin to feel empty and it’s around that time that we start to dwell on all of the things we will actually miss about that person.

This song is about investing all of your time and energy into a person and how hard it is when things don’t work out the way you wanted them too.

I’m going under and this time I fear there’s no one to save me
This all or nothing really got a way of driving me crazy

These two lines really summarize the entire song. The use of “this time” means that this has happened before, possibly many times where whenever he’s felt defeated or overwhelmed she was there to save him, not necessarily just a battle between two people, but him battling life and it’s challenges.

The “all or nothing way”, means that it’s either really good or that it’s really bad, that there isn’t really any in between for them. They are either on a high or a low without any stability.

I need somebody to heal
Somebody to know
Somebody to have
Somebody to hold

This is basically explaining the feelings of somebody that is codependent (relies on another person to fill their voids). He basically can’t function without her.

It’s easy to say
But it’s never the same
I guess I kinda liked the way you numbed all the pain

He’s starting to realize how much he needed her and all of the things he actually had wrong in his life were ignored because of her presence.

Now the day bleeds
Into nightfall
And you’re not here
To get me through it all
I let my guard down
And then you pulled the rug
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved

What is normally meant by the day bleeding into nightfall, is that he’s been waiting around all day for her to basically return from work or her days activities like normal but she never came home.

He is then reflecting on letting his guard down which means he probably took her for granted and that when he least expected it she left him after he had really just become accustomed to that lifestyle with her.

I’m going under and this time I fear there’s no one to turn to
This all or nothing way of loving got me sleeping without you
Now, I need somebody to know
Somebody to heal
Somebody to have
Just to know how it feels

It’s easy to say but it’s never the same
I guess I kinda liked the way you helped me escape

This is very similar to numbing the pain except he’s using different terminology, where now she helps him escape from his life into their fantasy or life they have together.

The rest of the song repeats what’s already been explained above except for the bridge below.

Now the day bleeds
Into nightfall
And you’re not here
To get me through it all
I let my guard down
And then you pulled the rug
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved

And I tend to close my eyes when it hurts sometimes
I fall into your arms
I’ll be safe in your sound ’til I come back around

This is explaining a daydream type of remembrance. His safe place has become shutting his eyes, shutting out the world, and pretending he is back with his lost love.

For now the day bleeds
Into nightfall
And you’re not here
To get me through it all
I let my guard down
And then you pulled the rug
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved

But now the day bleeds
Into nightfall
And you’re not here
To get me through it all
I let my guard down
And then you pulled the rug
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved

I let my guard down
And then you pulled the rug
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved

Learn To Play Someone You Loved on Guitar

Check out this video below if you own a guitar and want to play the song for yourself.