Presuming Ed (Rest Easy)

Album: Asleep In The Back (2001)
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Songfacts®:

  • Singer Guy Garvey (from Drowned In Sound): "This was written in a little house in France, I remember my sister coming to visit, and walking up the country lane with her from the local village. Lyrically it's simple; just telling a friend, who's worried about an imminent child arriving, that everything will be fine."
  • Elbow's co-songwriter and bass player Pete Turner told Uncut magazine that this is his personal favorite track on Seldom Seen Kid. He explained: "I can remember writing it on a beautiful Winter's day in a small house in France. I think it's an area in our music we do well."

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