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Speeches won't be made today, clocks will carry on
Flowers won't be left in parks, work will still be done
People won't be dressed in black, and babies will be born
No flags will fly, the sun will rise,
But we know that you are gone
You who love to love, and believed we can never give enough
It wakes me every single night, thinking through the day
Did you stop at any time, have doubts at any stage?
Were you calm or were you numb, or happy just to get it done?
Well I've lived my life without regret, until today
You who love to love, and believed we can never give enough
I didn't get to say goodbye, the day before the day
Was trying to get to work on time, and that's why I turned away
And missed the most important thing, you've ever tried to say
Well I've lived my life without regret until today
You who love to love, and believed we can never give enough
And you who hoped that underneath, we all felt the same
That was until the day before the day
The day before the day
The day before the day
Oh, the day before the day
The day before the day
Oh, the day before the day
Oh, the day before the day
Oh, the day before the day.
Flowers won't be left in parks, work will still be done
People won't be dressed in black, and babies will be born
No flags will fly, the sun will rise,
But we know that you are gone
You who love to love, and believed we can never give enough
It wakes me every single night, thinking through the day
Did you stop at any time, have doubts at any stage?
Were you calm or were you numb, or happy just to get it done?
Well I've lived my life without regret, until today
You who love to love, and believed we can never give enough
I didn't get to say goodbye, the day before the day
Was trying to get to work on time, and that's why I turned away
And missed the most important thing, you've ever tried to say
Well I've lived my life without regret until today
You who love to love, and believed we can never give enough
And you who hoped that underneath, we all felt the same
That was until the day before the day
The day before the day
The day before the day
Oh, the day before the day
The day before the day
Oh, the day before the day
Oh, the day before the day
Oh, the day before the day.
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"Did you stop at any time, have doubts at any stage?
Were you calm or were you numb, or happy just to get it done?"
Usually in concert, she will explain what each song means. Although she hasn't gone on tour yet for this one, I'm fairly sure it's safe to say this will have something to do with the loss of her father.
I think this song is about death. particularly suicide. the speaker is talking as if it is after the funeral of a lost loved one.
This first verse is about how even though this person dying seems like the end of the world to the speaker, the world will not stop. It will go on. nothing more will be made of the person.
The second verse i beleive is about the suicide of the person.
The third verse is about how the speaker presumably met the person the day before they took their own life and did not ask what was wrong, did not pick up that the person was particularly down because she was rushing to work. The speaker now regrets this.
The day before the day whom ever killed their self.
morbid interpretation but i think this is pretty clear from the lyrics...
any1 else?