Lyric Analysis - Tom Odell - "Grow Old With Me"

This song could be interpreted from either a male or female point of view however because the singer of the song is a male and the music video which accompanies the song is also shot from a male perspective where the man seems to be singing the song to the woman as though it was written for purposely for her.

I can feel you breathing
With your hair on my skin
As we lie here within
The night

I'll pull the sheets
When it's cold on your feet
Cause you'll fall back to sleep
Every time

The above two verses suggest that they are very content in each other's presence and that they appreciate one another's company. The imagery that these lyrics create is that they are simply laid together in a peaceful surrounding and are enjoying just being together rather than having to be surrounded by other people to have a good time. They appreciate the simple, little things that they do for one another and do not need anything extravagant to show the other that they love them or to feel that they loved by the other.

Grow old with me
Let us share what we see
And oh the best it could be
Just you and I

Here, in the chorus, he is asking the girl he is singing to, to spend the rest of her life with him and this shows the audience how much she means to him and how much he loves her. He is saying that he wants to share all of his life experiences with her and nobody else because with her they will be the best that they can be, and this reinforces the point above - that they are happy doing anything as long as they are doing it together.

And our hands they might age
And our bodies will change
But we'll still be the same
As we are

We'll still sing our song
When our hair ain't so blonde
And our children have sung
We were right

These two verses are about the couple recognising that their experiences in life will shape who they become and also accepting that their bodies will change over the years as they grow old, but they put this aside and promise each other that they will still always see the person that they fell in love at the start when they were young and will always be attracted to each other.  
The part about their children suggests that they will have brought their children up well and have acted like good role models throughout their lives because by singing the same song as their parents it suggests that they want to be like them in their older age as well.
They'll sing
Grow old with me
Let us share what we see
And oh the best it could be
Just you and I

(chorus)

And the hairs they stand up
And my feet start to thump
Yer the feeling is dreaming
Around

You'll be the one
Make me hurt, make me come
Make me feel like I'm real
And alive

The song, throughout, has a sense of innocence because it is sung from the perspective of a young person because they talk about becoming old in the future which suggests that they are still young, the video confirms this. 

However, the verses above are the only two verses that describe the physical side of their relationship as they have strong sexual connotations and they describe how they make one another feel but also showing that they are a mature couple who have respect for and are committed to each other.

Grow old with me
Let us share what we see
And oh the best it could be
Just you and I

Grow old with me
Let us share what we see
And oh the best it could be
Just you and I

(chorus x2)