Happily Lyrics
You don't understand, you don't understand (Yeah)
What you do to me when you hold his hand (Hey)
We were meant to be, but a twist of fate (Yeah)
Made it so we had to walk away (Hey)
[Pre-Chorus: Niall, Zayn]
'Cause we're on fire
We are on fire
We're on fire now
Yeah, we're on fire
We are on fire
We're on fire now
(One, two, three)
[Chorus: All, Harry]
I don't care what people say when we're together
You know I wanna be the one
Who'll hold you when you sleep
I just want it to be you and I forever
I know you wanna leave, so c'mon
Baby, be with me so happily
[Verse 2: Liam, Louis, All]
(Hey) It's 4AM and I know that you're with him
(Yeah) I wonder if he knows that I touched your skin
(Hey) And if he feels my traces in your hair
(Yeah) I'm sorry, love, but I don't really care
'Cause we're on fire
We are on fire
We're on fire now
Yeah, we're on fire
We are on fire
We're on fire now
(One, two, three)
[Chorus: All, Harry, Liam]
I don't care what people say when we're together
You know I wanna be the one
Who'll hold you when you sleep
I just want it to be you and I forever
I know you wanna leave, so c'mon
Baby, be with me so happily
So happily
[Bridge: Harry, All, Liam]
One, two, three, four
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, we're on fire now
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, we're on fire now (We're on fire)
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, we're on fire now
[Chorus: All, Niall, Harry]
I don't care what people say when we're together
You know I wanna be the one
Who'll hold you when you sleep
I just want it to be you and I forever (Yeah, yeah)
I know you wanna leave, so c'mon
Baby, be with me so happily
I don't care what people say when we're together
You know I wanna be the one
Who'll hold you when you sleep
I just want it to be you and I forever
I know you wanna leave, so c'mon
Baby, be with me so happily
About
“Happily” is track 8 on their 3rd album “Midnight Memories”.This song describes how the singer feels and wants to be with a person, but due to other people comments and judgements. They cannot be together, and the love interest the singer sings about is now with someone new or is seeing someone else.
Some say “Fireproof” which is from their next album “FOUR” is a continuation of this song.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Harry Styles revealed the personal nature of this song – his first ever to be credited with in print – on a 2019 interview with Rolling Stone. The article explains:
For Styles, it has something to do with stepping out on his own. When he began songwriting, it was as a member of the group. “‘Happily’ was the first time I saw my name in the credits. I liked that,” he says. “But I knew I’d only sing part of it. I knew if I wrote a really personal song, I wouldn’t sing it. It was like a safety net. If a song was too personal, I could back away and say, ‘Well, I don’t have anything to do with it.’ The writing was like, ‘Well, if I was going to write a song about myself, I’d probably never sing it.’ It’s like storytelling. Sometimes if you’re, like, telling a really personal story, then the voice changes every few lines; it doesn’t quite do the same thing. As the songs got more personal, I think I just became more aware that at some point there might be a moment where I would want to sing it myself.”
- 3.Diana
- 5.You & I
- 7.Strong
- 8.Happily
- 9.Right Now
- 11.Through the Dark
- 12.Something Great
- 16.Does He Know?
- 17.Alive
- 18.Half a Heart