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The video for "I Know You Care" shows scenes of new British film Now Is Good featuring Dakota Fanning and Jeremy Irvine that is interspersed with footage of Goulding performing the song. Now Is Good is based on the popular 2007 youth adult novel Before I Die written by Jenny Downham that tells the story of a terminally-ill teenager who compiles a list of things she wants to do before she dies.

The emotional intensity of Goulding's "I Know You Care" is a perfect fit for a movie about keeping a brave face while confronted with an unbearable and inescapable truth. After the hopeful joy of "Anything Could Happen," the tender "I Know You Care" unveils some of the sadder hues on Goulding's forthcoming new LP. A similar sentiment is also reflected on tracks like "My Blood," Halcyon," "Figure 8" and "Explosions" that are sure to tug at your heartstrings.

Wonderfully produced by Jim Eliot, "I Know You Care" is a deeply moving tune about looking back at a relationship that ran its course. There's no anger or spite, but instead Goulding has the courage to show empathy for her lover lost when she sings, "We are two lovers locked out of love. I will be saving myself from the ruin, but I know you care."

Despite the emotional turmoil that drives her gut-wrenching delivery she is able to serve up hope and comfort. "I've never known a winter so cold, now I don't want my hands in your coat," she shares. "But I still have hope because this is how things ought to have been. I know the worst of it wasn't all that it seemed." It's an incredibly powerful emotion poignantly captured by Goulding's brilliant songwriting that everyone who has ever loved and lost can instantly relate to. (Ellie Goulding "Halcyon" will be released on October 9 in the U.S. on Cherrytree Records/Interscope. Download "Anything Could Happen" now.)