Right under my feet there's air made of bricks
Pulls me down turns me weak for you
I find myself repeating like a broken tune
And I'm forever excusing your intentions
That I give in to my pretendings
Which forgive you each time
Without me knowing
They melt my heart to stone

[Chorus]
And I hear your words that I made up
You say my name like there could be an us
I best tidy up my head I'm the only one in love
I'm the only one in love

Each and every time I turn around to leave
I feel my heart begin to burst and bleed
So desperately I try to link it with my head
But instead I fall back to my knees
As you tear your way right through me
I forgive you once again
Without me knowing
You've burnt my heart to stone

And I hear your words that I made up
You say my name like there could be an us
I best tidy up my head I'm the only one in love
I'm the only one in love

Why do you steal my hand
Whenever I'm standing my own ground
You build me up, then leave me dead

I hear your words you made up
I say your name like there should be an us
I best tidy up my head I'm the only one, in love
I'm the only one in love



Lyrics submitted by *lala*, edited by Mellow_Harsher

Track duration: 03:23

"Melt My Heart to Stone" as written by Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, Francis Eg White

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    My Opinion:I love this song!!!! It completely describes what I'm going through right now. I'm really shy and the guy I like is really shy and so it's hard to tell where we stand with each other. He'll say or do something that makes me so sure, he'll "say my name like there could be an us" but then I tell myself to "tidy up my head' and that "I'm the only one in love", or that I love him but that doesn't mean he loves me back. Another beautiful song from the Lovely Adele.
    Flagged RosesAndRuffleson December 01, 2012   Link
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    Song Meaning:Right under my feet there's air made of bricks
    Pulls me down turns me weak for you
    I find myself repeating like a broken tune
    And I'm forever excusing your intentions
    That I give in to my pretendings
    Which forgive you each time
    Without me knowing
    They melt my heart to stone

    every time she sees him she is weak. she repeats in her head that he must like her even if he doesnt look like that, hes just trying to hide his feelings. she forgets things that dont fit with this idea.

    And I hear your words that I made up
    You say my name like there could be an us
    I best tidy up my head I'm the only one in love
    I'm the only one in love

    she imagines him saying that he is in love with her. he says her name like he loves her but deep down she knows he doesnt. she is trying to convince herself she is the only one in love.

    Each and every time I turn around to leave
    I feel my heart begin to burst and bleed
    So desperately I try to link it with my head
    But instead I fall back to my knees
    As you tear your way right through me
    I forgive you once again
    Without me knowing
    You've burnt my heart to stone

    each time she tries to stop she gets a heartache. she tries to pretend it is just her brain and not her heart but she fails and cant do it. he breaks her heart but she forgives him.

    And I hear your words that I made up
    You say my name like there could be an us
    I best tidy up my head I'm the only one in love
    I'm the only one in love

    Why do you steal my hand
    Whenever I'm standing my own ground
    You build me up, then leave me dead

    shes asking why he has to make her feel like this, why he gets her hopes up and then crushes them.

    I hear your words you made up
    I say your name like there should be an us
    I best tidy up my head I'm the only one, in love
    I'm the only one in love

    she hears him saying what he actually says and talks to him like them becoming a couple is inevitable but she knows that is never going to happen because she is the only one who feels that way
    Flag singsongs1on November 15, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:And I hear your words that I made up
    You say my name like there could be an us
    I best tidy up my head I'm the only one in love
    I'm the only one in love

    I can't handle this song. It kills me. This song is me and my ex. we broke up and got back together 5 times. Each time i thought it meant he really loved me. And each time i was more wrong. but i couldn't believe it. After every break up, i would start to get back on my feet and he would come back. And it hurts so bad when you finally realize what's going on, that you want to like turn your off and never have that happen again.
    Flag SomethingClever730on August 30, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song means that She's in love with someone who's not in love with her back. Someone who probabaly just sees her as a friend and nothing more. "You say my name, like there could be, an us" Yeah, she loves the way he said her name, and the way everything he said was attractive but it was all made up in her mind. He either led her on to believe that something could have been there, or just didnt see her that way. But she knew she couldnt blame him, for not seeing her the way she saw him. She knew that it was her fault for believing in a false reality.She was "The only one in love." He wasnt.
    Flag piper888on May 24, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:To me this song is about somebody who is stringing her heart along, who manipulates someone because he knows she loves him i never wants to let him go.
    Flag relatableon May 21, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Oh this song is just brilliant.

    this song is for anyone who has fell for someone who doesnt love them back.So the person who is in love starts making up fantasy's in their head but then realise "Im the only one in love, the only one in love"

    The fantasy's start to take over and it gets to a point where she cant see whats reality anymore. and forever thinking that this person is actually in love with her.

    when in reality they're not and thats what she realises at the end of the song.
    Flag Lambrinion January 01, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:this might sound crazy but, sometimes when i like someone, i have imaginary conversations in my head with them where they say all the things i wish they would in real life - as a substitute for it not actually happening. so to me the 'i hear your words that i made up' is kinda about that.

    Flag bratpacker1on November 18, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:adele is a great singer and this song is basically about being a fool for love and how no matter how hard she pushes away she can't stop giving to this person she cares for although he doesn't feel the same way. she relates to anyone who is in love with someone who occasionally loves them back. in the last verse adele says she giving up giving in to this lover but then again she know in reality that she cant't. she wants to believe that it will work but also wants to be done trying because she knows it won't.
    Flag butterflie2on July 11, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I feel like this song is about her relationship with a guy where she is giving so much and feeling so much, thinking he's perfect but in reality he isn't giving her much back. She's imagining him being a perfect guy and she's falling so hard for him but he isn't what she's making him out to be. He's leading her on, but he doesn't feel as strongly for her as she does for him.

    that's what I think, I love this song so much it describes situations I've been in in the past.
    Flag TravisMusic32on June 15, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:best,most powerful song on the album.i pretty much agree with everyones interpretation..adele is simply an amazing songwriter
    .)
    Flag gunner-chicaon May 23, 2009   Link

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