Watch Tim Rice-Oxley discuss the real-life locations in Battle that inspired the song's most famous lyrics:
The "somewhere" referenced in the song is a real location in the band's hometown of . Keane - Somewhere Only We Know (Official Music Video)
A local woodland area where the trio spent their childhood days. Watch Tim Rice-Oxley discuss the real-life locations in
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. Rice-Oxley has described the song as a message
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.
The video features the band performing in a forest glade, which is inhabited by small, alien-like spirits.
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