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Zizouzie

Zizouzie

Indonesia

I feel so difficult to understand about muse “time is running out” lyric


#”Our time is running out, you can’t push it underground, you can’t stop it screaming out”


#”I wanted freedom, bound and restricted, I tried to give you up, but I’m addicted”


what is the meaning “I tried to give you up” and “You can’t push it underground”?


Please explan to me



Thanks



Danial Mahdy

07:29 AM Jul 13 2012 |

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Zizouzie

Zizouzie

Indonesia

how about the meaning is “You will be the death of me”


Thanks

07:41 AM Jul 13 2012 |

Zizouzie

Zizouzie

Indonesia

Hi Teacher I do really in complication to make clear about the meaning of lyric “set fire to the rain” adelle.


Many analogy pharse and words difficulty, I do really need your help so much


This is Lyric of Adelle “set fire to the rain”


I let it fall, my heart
And as it fell, you rose to claim it
It was dark and I was over
Until you kissed my lips and you saved me
My hands, they were strong, but my knees were far too weak
To stand in your arms without falling to your feet

But there’s a side to you that I never knew, never knew
All the things you’d say, they were never true, never true
And the games you’d play, you would always win, always win

But I set fire 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

When laying with you I could stay there
Close my eyes, feel you here forever
You and me together, nothing is better

‘Cause there’s a side to you that I never knew, never knew
All the things you’d say, they were never true, never true
And the games you’d play, you would always win, always win

But I set fire 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
I set fire to the rain
And I threw us into the flames
When we fell, something died
‘Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time

Sometimes I wake up by the door
That heart you caught must be waiting for you
Even now when we’re already over
I can’t help myself from looking for you

I set fire to the rain
Watched it pour as I touch your face
Well, it burned while I cried
‘Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name
I set fire to the rain
And I threw us into the flames
When we fell, something died
‘Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time, oh

OH, no
Let it burn, oh
Let it burn
Let it burn


Thanks my good teacher

08:28 AM Jul 13 2012 |

Teacher AmySuper Member!

United States

Hi! “I tried to give you up” means I tried to live without you (but I couldn’t). “You can’t push it underground” means you can’t ignore the strong feelings the speaker shares with the person she is singing to. “You will be the death of me” is an expression. It means something like “you are driving me crazy.”


AmySmile

05:06 PM Jul 15 2012 |

Teacher AmySuper Member!

United States

Hi again! 


In the song “Set Fire to the Rain,” Adele is singing about falling in love with someone and then later feeling betrayed by that person and deciding to end the relationship. In the first verse she talks about falling deeply in love and how the person she fell in love with “saved” her. But then in the chorus she says that this person hid things from her and wasn’t honest with her. At the end of the song she talks about how much she misses him and wants to be with him still, even though she knows she shouldn’t because of how he lied to her.


AmySmile

05:11 PM Jul 15 2012 |

Zizouzie

Zizouzie

Indonesia

Oh you are the best my teacher that I have. it was awsome!


Thanks for your expanation. It will be useful for me too much.



Best Regards,



Danial Mahdy

02:37 AM Jul 20 2012 |