The song describes the contradictory elements of a relationship, and the impossibility of letting go which is displayed in the lyrics "You and me together, nothing gets better/But there’s a side to 당신 that I never knew, never knew/All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true/ And the games 당신 play, 당신 would always win." source: wikipedia
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In the beginning, it seems as if she has just ended a relationship. She is torn from that relationship and is in pieces (i.e. "I let it fall, my heart" and "It was dark and I was over"). She 코멘트 at how this new relationship helped her pull herself together (i.e. "And as it fell, 당신 rose to claim it" [...] "Until 당신 kissed my lips and 당신 saved me"). She emphasizes how much influence this new relationship had on her and maybe how she didn't recognize her weaknesses in the new relationship (i.e. "My hands, they were strong, but my knees were far too weak / To stand in your arms without falling to your feet"). The rest of the song is exploring this 초 partner and how she ended the 초 relationship. It is evident that this partner is two-sided, deceitful and manipulative (i.e. "But there's a side to 당신 that I never knew, never knew / All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true / And the games you'd play, 당신 would always win, always win"). 아델 uses a very deep metaphor to describe how she ends the relationship (i.e. "But I set 불, 화재 to the rain / Watched it pour as I touched your face / Well, it burned while I cried / 'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name). The metaphor is obviously open to many interpretations, but I think there are some basic things that she is trying to say. 의해 "setting 불, 화재 to the rain", I believe 아델 is saying that had the courage to confront a situation that was draining her. I think she goes on to say that she was left hurt and deeply moved ("it burned while I cried") 의해 the situation because all she could focus on was still her partner (" 'Cause I heard it screaming out your name"). She continues to explain the relationship 의해 saying, "When laying with 당신 I could stay there / Close my eyes, feel 당신 here forever / 당신 and me together, nothing is better". So emphasizing how much faith she had in this partner. And again highlighting that 의해 confronting the situation, she knew there would be no going back (i.e. "And I threw us into the flames / Well I felt something die"). Setting 불, 화재 to something changes it forever and she recognizes that since she confronted the situation, she has to walk away from it because it is fundamentally changed (i.e. "'Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time) . It is clear that she misses her partner and is left in pieces yet again (i.e. "Sometimes I wake up 의해 the door / And heard 당신 calling, must be waiting for 당신 / Even now when we're already over / I can't help myself from looking for you"). But again she repeats the chorus to finalize her decision to be 메리다와 마법의 숲 enough to face something, to confront it and to walk away from it.
