Keane - Somewhere Only We Know (official Music Video) Review

At the time the song was written, Keane was struggling to gain musical success in London and felt like "fish out of water". Rice-Oxley has described the song as a message to the band members to keep going and a reminder that, despite their failures, they still had each other and their shared history.

The line "I came across a fallen tree" refers to a specific fallen pine in those woods where the three band members were famously photographed together around the age of 11. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know (Official Music Video)

A local woodland area where the trio spent their childhood days. At the time the song was written, Keane

During the freezing midwinter shoot, frontman Tom Chaplin wore a coat gifted to the band by Chris Martin of Coldplay , who was a close friend of Tim Rice-Oxley from their university days. A Message of Perseverance A local woodland area where the trio spent

They represent the "simple things" mentioned in the lyrics—innocence and pure moments that are often lost as one grows older.

The "somewhere" referenced in the song is a real location in the band's hometown of .

These creatures are known as "Roxleys" (a play on Tim Rice-Oxley's name) or "Simple Things".