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I'm holdin' on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground.
And I'm hearin' what you say,
But I just can't make a sound.
You tell me that you need me,
Then you go and cut me down.
But wait.
You tell me that you're sorry,
Didn't think I'd turn around.
And say.
That it's too late to apologize.
It's too late.
I said it's too late to apologize.
It's too late.
Too late, oh uh
I'd take another chance,
Take a fall, take a shot for you.
I need you like a heart needs a beat,
But it's nothin' new, yeah!
I loved you with a fire red,
Now it's turnin' blue.
And you say.
Sorry, like an angel
Heaven let me think was you.
But I'm afraid.
It's too late to apologize.
It's too late.
I said it's too late to apologize.
It's too late.
Whoa!
It's too late to apologize.
It's too late.
I said it's too late to apologize.
It's too late.
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah!
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah!
I'm holdin' on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground.
Got me ten feet off the ground.
And I'm hearin' what you say,
But I just can't make a sound.
You tell me that you need me,
Then you go and cut me down.
But wait.
You tell me that you're sorry,
Didn't think I'd turn around.
And say.
That it's too late to apologize.
It's too late.
I said it's too late to apologize.
It's too late.
Too late, oh uh
I'd take another chance,
Take a fall, take a shot for you.
I need you like a heart needs a beat,
But it's nothin' new, yeah!
I loved you with a fire red,
Now it's turnin' blue.
And you say.
Sorry, like an angel
Heaven let me think was you.
But I'm afraid.
It's too late to apologize.
It's too late.
I said it's too late to apologize.
It's too late.
Whoa!
It's too late to apologize.
It's too late.
I said it's too late to apologize.
It's too late.
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah!
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah!
I'm holdin' on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground.
Lyrics submitted by Kimber-Leigh, edited by 1Republic
Track duration: 03:28
"Apologize" as written by Ryan Tedder
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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"I'm holding 'your' a rope
Got me ten feet off the ground
I'm hearin' what you say but I just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me then you go and cut me down
But wait
You tell me that you're sorry didn't think I'd turn around and say: "
To me, this means that something has gone very wrong for him. The part about the rope means that she is telling him that its ok, she is giving him a way to hold on. She tells him that she needs him, but, even though he is hearing all of what she is saying, he is too stunned and out of it that he can't respond. Holding on the rope he is "ten feet of the ground", if he lets go or she cuts the rope, he will get hurt, and depending on how he lands, he could never recover.
Because he is unable to respond in time, he just can't manage to find the words, she leaves him, cutting the rope (severing all ties). It devastates him that she left him. She sees him later, and he has turned around. She tells him she is sorry, she didn't think he would turn around. She didn't realize that it was "to late to apologize". The damage had been done and might never be repaired, he could never forgive her.
"I'd take another chance, take a fall, take a shot for you
I need you like a heart needs a beat, it's nothing new
Yeah yeah
I loved you with a fire red now it's turning blue
And you say
Sorry like the angel heaven let me think was you
But I'm afraid "
He would have done anything for her. He would take a shot for her. He needs her like a heart needs a beat (I've been told a heart needs that a lot). He loved (emphasis on the "d" at the end) her with a fire red (passion) now it's turning blue (calm, cold), she hurt him and he just can't believe it. She again says sorry, just like the angel he thought she was, but she hurt him, he doesn't believe thats what she is anymore. And he is afraid (he still loves her, it has cooled but he still says he would take a shot for her) that "its to late to apologize".
It is about two people who have loved each other through thick and thin and who's marriage has survived a lot, but something happens be it infidelity, addiction, or even her own suicide. Whatever her actions were, it was enough to break him irreparably. It is too late to apologize. What is done is done and the damage is too much to overcome.
Ain't nobody apoligizing here.
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Got me 10 feet off the ground"
He's clutching onto her because it's too dangerous not to. He has nowhere to go but down, where he will only crash and be hurt.
"You tell me that you're sorry didn't think I'd turn around and say:
That it's too late to apologize"
He doesn't forgive her. That surprises and upsets her.
"I'd take another chance, take a fall, take a shot for you
I need you like a heart needs a beat, it's nothing new
I loved you with a fire red now it's turning blue
And you say
Sorry like the angel heaven let me think was you
But I'm afraid"
He'll still go back to her despite his lack of forgiving because he has no choice. No choice not because he still loves her; in fact, he's not sure if he still does. What she did to him has affected him so severely that he can't love her with his whole heart ever again, but he can't be without her. His former love for her had distorted his perception of her character, causing him to believe she was a good person. He's afraid to go back to her because he knows that it's likely he will be hurt again, but as said before, he has no choice.