A local woodland area where the trio spent their childhood days.
The story behind the official music video for "Somewhere Only We Know" is a blend of childhood nostalgia and a quiet message of perseverance . While the song is often interpreted as a romantic ballad, the band members—Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin, and Richard Hughes—view it as a tribute to their lifelong friendship and a specific refuge from their youth. The Inspiration: Manser's Shaw
These creatures are known as "Roxleys" (a play on Tim Rice-Oxley's name) or "Simple Things". Keane - Somewhere Only We Know (Official Music Video)
They represent the "simple things" mentioned in the lyrics—innocence and pure moments that are often lost as one grows older.
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. A local woodland area where the trio spent
The video features the band performing in a forest glade, which is inhabited by small, alien-like spirits.
Watch Tim Rice-Oxley discuss the real-life locations in Battle that inspired the song's most famous lyrics: The Inspiration: Manser's Shaw These creatures are known
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.