I let
it fall, my heartAnd as it fell, you rose to claim itIt was dark and I was overUntil
you kissed my lips and you saved me
My hands, they're strongBut my knees were far too weakTo stand in your armsWithout falling to your feet
But there's a side to you that I never knew, never knewAll the things you'd say, they were never true, never trueAnd the games you play, you would always win, always win
But I set fire to the rainWatched it pour as I touched your faceLet it burn while I cry'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name
When laying with youI could stay there, close my eyesFeel you here, foreverYou and me together, nothing is better
'Cause there's a side to you that I never knew, never knewAll the things you'd say, they were never true, never trueAnd the games you'd play, you would always win, always win
But I set fire to the rainWatched it pour as I touched your faceLet it burn while I cried'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name
I set fire to the rainAnd I threw us into the flamesWhere I felt somethin' die, 'cause I knew thatThat was the last time, the last time
Sometimes I wake up by the doorNow that you've gone, must be waiting for youEven now when it's already overI can't help myself from looking for you
I set fire to the rainWatched it pour as I touched your faceLet it burn while I cried'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name
I set fire to the rainAnd I threw us into the flamesWhere I felt somethin' die'Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time, oh
Oh, noLet it burn, ohLet it burnLet it burn
My hands, they're strongBut my knees were far too weakTo stand in your armsWithout falling to your feet
But there's a side to you that I never knew, never knewAll the things you'd say, they were never true, never trueAnd the games you play, you would always win, always win
But I set fire to the rainWatched it pour as I touched your faceLet it burn while I cry'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name
When laying with youI could stay there, close my eyesFeel you here, foreverYou and me together, nothing is better
'Cause there's a side to you that I never knew, never knewAll the things you'd say, they were never true, never trueAnd the games you'd play, you would always win, always win
But I set fire to the rainWatched it pour as I touched your faceLet it burn while I cried'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name
I set fire to the rainAnd I threw us into the flamesWhere I felt somethin' die, 'cause I knew thatThat was the last time, the last time
Sometimes I wake up by the doorNow that you've gone, must be waiting for youEven now when it's already overI can't help myself from looking for you
I set fire to the rainWatched it pour as I touched your faceLet it burn while I cried'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name
I set fire to the rainAnd I threw us into the flamesWhere I felt somethin' die'Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time, oh
Oh, noLet it burn, ohLet it burnLet it burn
Song Notes - Go behind the words!
During an interview about the meaning behind
the songs Adele described this song as "burning the pain and getting rid
of it and demolishing it...and its sort of like a liberating song because you
know when you break up and the other person who you've left or who has left you
knows how much you love them and they try and make your life hell and make it
so that you can never get over them by constantly being in touch...its kind of
like that and its about taking it into your own hands and just saying go away
f*** off"
