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Lyrics for Rolling in the Deep as interpreted by djpalmer93
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Rolling in the Deep Lyrics
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark Finally I can see you crystal clear Go 'head and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare See how I leave with every piece of you Don't underestimate the things that I will do There's a fire starting in my heart Reaching a fever pitch And its bringing me out the dark The scars of your love remind me of us They keep me thinking that we almost had it all The scars of your love they leave me breathless I can't help feeling We could have had it all Rolling in the deep You had my heart inside of your hand And you played it To the beat Baby I have no story to be told But I've heard one on you And I'm gonna make your head burn Think of me in the depths of your despair Making a home down there 'Cause mine sure won't be shared The scars of your love remind me of us They keep me thinking that we almost had it all The scars of your love they leave me breathless I can't help feeling We could've had it all Rolling in the deep You had my heart inside of your hand And you played it To the beat Could've had it all Rolling in the deep You had my heart inside your hand But you played it With a beating Throw your soul through every open door Count your blessings to find what you look for Turned my sorrow into treasured gold You pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow We could've had it all We could've had it all It all, it all, it all, We could've had it all Rolling in the deep You had my heart inside of your hand And you played it To the beat Could've had it all Rolling in the deep You had my heart inside your hand But you played it, you played it, You played it, you played it To the beat --- "Rolling in the Deep [Live]" as written by Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, Paul Epworth Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing Lyrics powerd by LyricFind
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11-22-2010
02-17-2012
In her hurt, she is reminded of the waste...the possibilities for the both of them ("we almost had it all"). She remembers their love ("leave me breathless") even through the pain(scars). The refrain serves to remind the lost lover that pain will come from this: pain of the singer and pain for the perpetrator.
"Rolling in the Deep" refers to the relationship: the deep of the love they couldve shared, the deep of pleasure, prosperity and happiness. I see even an overt sexual reference here too- in(her)deep...nuff said.
She has no story to tell- she will not run her mouth about THEM- but he has, and the pain he will feel is just reward for his "talking outta school". She sees that he will despair without her, but she is determined that any love is for her and her alone("mine wont be shared").
"Throw your soul.." refers to his "catting around", chasing unsatisfying relationships, and after "counting his blessings" finding out they are meaningless and shallow.Her sorrow, however, will be treasured gold in value, and continue to teach her, while he will continue to "reap what he sows".
"Played it.." refers to their love: He played around with it, like he was drumming a pencil on a desk- uncaring, unconcerned, lackadaisical...and now, she is done with the playing.
GREAT SONG, Beautiful imagery
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12-05-2010
12-05-2010
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch, it's bringing me out the dark
Finally, I can see you crystal clear
Go head and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare
See how I leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch
And its bring me out the dark
The scars of your love remind me of us.
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling...
We could have had it all (You’re gonna wish you, never had met me)
Rolling in the deep (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart (You’re gonna wish you) INSIDE OF YOUR HAND (Never had met me)
And you played it (Tears are gonna fall) To the beat (Rolling in the deep)
Baby I have no story to be told
But I've heard one of you and I'm gonna make your head burn
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Making a home down there, AS MINE SURE WON'T BE SHARED
(You're gonna wish you) The scars of your love (Never had met me) remind me of us
(Tears are gonna fall) They keep me thinking (Rolling in the deep) that we almost had it all
(You're gonna wish you) The scars of your love (Never had met me) they leave me breathless
(Tears are gonna fall) I can't help feeling (Rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all (You're gonna wish you, never had met me)
Rolling in the deep (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart (You're gonna wish you) INSIDE OF YOUR HAND (Never had met me)
And you played it (Tears are gonna fall) To the beat (Rolling in the deep)
Could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside of your hand
But you played it with your beating
Throw yourself through every open door (Whoa-oh)
Count your blessings to find what you look for (Whoa-uh)
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold (Whoa-oh)
And pay me back in kind - You reap just what you sow
(You're gonna wish you... Never had met me)
We could have had it all (Tears are gonna fall... Rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all, yeah (You're gonna wish you... Never had met me)
It all (Tears are gonna fall)
It all
It all (Rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all (You're gonna wish you, Never had met me)
Rolling in the deep (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside (You're gonna wish you) of your hand (Never had met me)
And you played it (Tears are gonna fall) to the beat (Rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all (You're wish you, never had met me)
Rolling in the deep (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart (You're gonna wish you) Inside of your hand (Never had met me)
But you played it.
You played it.
You played it.
You played it to the beat.
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12-09-2010
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12-14-2010
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12-17-2010
Her music always always comes to me at the best times.
This song screams "fuck you, you will pay for playing me like that".. i love it!
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12-30-2010
I also sing this song to the point until my voice goes out. I love the soulful African-American gospel feel to it.
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08-16-2011
She says Finally I can see You crystal clear.........(for what you really are) but if you had not done whatever is was you did........guess what?
WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL, ROLLING IN THE DEEP! So I think "rolling in the deep" means a person/couple who has it going on! But because you screwed it up...we're not rolling in the deep together. I'm rolling in the deep, alone, which to me means, I've got it all and I'm not with you, because of something you did, so I've move on and I'm rolling in the deep without you. "I've got my life together" I've got all the C's we could have had together. CASH, CRIB, CAR, AND A COLLEGE EDUCATION....yea you hurt me, but now "I hate it for you" because I have what we could have had together....bye, bye, I'll enjoy it alone, or with someone other than you.
(please agree because i want to put "rolling in the deep" on my new luggage) Seriously!
02-13-2012
Adele could have called this song "We Could Have Had It All," but that would have been fairly typical and sound like something Whitney Houston would sing. Instead, she used another line in the chorus that is curious to American listeners, adding some intrigue to the song. So what does the phrase "Rolling In The Deep" mean? She described it to Rolling Stone as an, "adaptation of a kind of slang, slur phrase in the UK called 'roll deep,' which means to have someone, always have someone that has your back, and you're never on your own, if you're ever in trouble you've always got someone who's going to come and help you fight it or whatever like that. And that's how I felt in the relationship that the record's about, especially 'Rolling in the Deep.' That's how I felt, you know, I thought that's what I was always going to have, and um, it ended up not being the case."
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01-06-2011
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01-20-2011
I'm not sure what it means, but I have a thought... could it be similar to "rolling in clover?"
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/in_clover
I heard another song with the term "rolling in clover" and it made me thing of this song. I had to come here to see if anyone had mentioned it yet.
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02-03-2011
There’s a fire
Starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go ahead and sell me out and I’ll lay your shit bare
See how I’ll leave with every piece of you
Don’t underestimate the things that I will do
There’s a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark
The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love they leave me breathless
I can’t help feeling we could’ve had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart and soul in your hands
And you played it to the beat
Baby I have no story to be told
But I’ve heard one of you and I’m gonna make your head burn
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Make a home down there, is mine sure wont be shared
The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love
They leave me breathless
I can’t help feeling we could’ve had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart and soul in your hands
And you played it to the beat
Could've had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart and soul in your hands
But you played it with a beating
Roll your soul through every open door
Count your blessings to find what you look for
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold
You’ll play me back in-kind and reap just what you've sown
We could’ve had it all
We could’ve had it all
It all, it all, it all..
We could've had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart and soul in your hands
And you played it to the beat
Could’ve had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart and soul in your hands
But you played it to the beat
You played it
You played it
You played it to the beat
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02-08-2011
After listening to the song and watching the music video (I insist everyone watches it, it's very well done and paints a great image based off the lyrics), this song reminds me of a once beautiful love that has shattered into pieces. I imagine this relationship has gone through destruction, turmoil, heated fights, and plenty of hurt & heartache. She laments the loss of their love and how they could have been something amazing because she loved him deeply ("We could've had it all"), but somehow he's hurt her immensely. And now she's gathering the strength to finally put an end to the madness of their relationship once and for all ("There’s a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark").
Makes me think of a marriage ending in a bitter divorce. Or perhaps just a long lasting relationship that was once very fulfilling ending in a very unfortunate manner.
12-19-2011
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02-11-2011
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02-12-2011
"You're gonna wish you never had met me
Tears are gonna fall rolling in the deep" --
-- my favourite lines :)
There is no one out there like Adele. She truly is one-of-a-kind.
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02-12-2011
"You're gonna wish you never had met me
Tears are gonna fall rolling in the deep" --
-- my favourite lines :)
There is no one out there like Adele. She truly is one-of-a-kind.
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02-15-2011
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02-21-2011
To the person that posted these lyrics - Please Correct!!!!!
this is an amazziiiiing song! listening to this song is finally giving me courage to leave this bad relationship i am in.
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02-25-2011
That part kills me.
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02-27-2011
I really don't think this song is about one person in particular, It seems like she is fed up with the world. Thats why in the Music Video she's breaking stuff and burning the "city" down, which is an archtype used by plato in the republic(if you have read it, you know what i mean)
Its like she wants us to remember that we are a group and we need to be loyal and ride together.
03-27-2011
rolling in the deep means that her relationship goes down the drain...understand it?:)
10-22-2011
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02-27-2011
"roll" is also a music term found in rock n roll (which used to be a term for sexual intercourse before its modern usage)
There are also banjo rolls, piano rolls, drum rolls, etc
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03-02-2011
My interpretation is that our protagonist has been physically / emotionally abused by her partner: i.e., beat / beating / scars. Hence, the intensity of her rage (e.g., "You're gonna wish you never had met me"), which otherwise seems more intense than just being cheated on. It seems like kind of song Rihanna would sing to Chris Brown.
06-27-2011
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03-02-2011
However, I think the background vocals (thanks to HottChocolayt for posting) explain it. The preceding line "tears are gonna fall" leads me to think that "rolling in the deep" is saying that the ex-lover is going to cry so much that he is going to drown in the rolling waves of his ocean of tears.
03-03-2011
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03-07-2011
Reaching a fever pitch, it's bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear]
She's been trough a relationship with a sociopath. For her it was like a roller-coaster she didn't really understand, but now that it stopped she has time to reflect on it. And as it dawns to her just how much he manipulated her, anger grows in her heart.
[Go 'head and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare
See how I leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do]
Now that she understands him, she knows how unpredictable he can be and doesn't know what to expect from such a person, but warns him to back off; 'cause she'll knows who he is now, and won't fall for his tricks anymore.
[The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all]
A sociopath typically lures in his bait by being super-nice. He acted as the perfect man, promising a perfect relationship. Once he had her hooked, he slowly and gradually turned into a nightmare. But somehow she still has problems distinguishing who he really is, from the ideal image he posed to be. Or at least, she still associates him with that.
[The scars of your love they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all]
Even though she sees him "crystal clear" as a fraud now, she is still bitter because she knows that he was perfectly capable of giving her this perfect relationship. However he just choose not to, for whatever sinister reasons he had.
[Rolling in the deep]
I'm not so sure about this part. In my opinion though, it's a reference to the relationship they had. The verb "rolling" associates, getting down and dirty, getting all into it. And that's what they both did. She got down and dirty by naively trusting him and allowing him to "hold her heart in his hand". And he got down and dirty, by indulging his sociopathic games, playing with her feelings out of boredom, without any sense of remorse or guilt or care for her pain.
this is
[You had my heart inside of your hands
And you played it
To the beat]
He controlled her by playing into her needs. The beat means the beat of her heart. He knew the rhythm she swayed by, and manipulated her by this insight. People tend to think that sociopaths manipulate others by fear, intimidation and deterrence. But in fact the most common form of manipulation by sociopaths is playing into people's sense of empathy. He controlled her by controlling her heart, by making her feel guilty and so on...
[Baby I have no story to be told]
I have no desire of making whatever happened between us public (yet).
[But I've heard one of you
And I'm gonna make your head burn]
But if you don't back of I'll expose you.
[Think of me in the depths of your despair
Making a home down there
'Cause mine sure won't be shared]
You'll get what's coming to you, (be it here or in the hereafter) so prepare yourself 'cause I won't bail you out.
[Throw your soul through every open door
Count your blessings to find what you look for]
Try to save yourself before it's to late for you.
[Turned my sorrow into treasured gold
You pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow]
You enjoyed manipulating for entertainment. But you yet fail to understand just how cold, loveless and meaningless your life is.
06-02-2011
I knew I liked this song.
Even more know!!
Adelle should thank you too..
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And I know exactly how she feels...
02-17-2012
other than that...you are right on!!
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03-12-2011
(love begins)
Reaching a fever pitch, it's bringing me out the dark
(things are becoming more obvious as she becomes less blind to his deceiving ways)
Finally I can see you crystal clear
(your flaws and deceptions become visible and apparent)
Go 'head and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare
(go ahead, have your way; I’ll get mine in the end)
Baby I have no story to be told
(you’re not worth whining over/talking about)
But I've heard one of you
(I heard about what you’re doing with me)
And I'm gonna make your head burn
(payback)
Think of me in the depths of your despair
(I will be the reason you pain)
Making a home down there
(I hope you make yourself comfortable as you never try to escape the memories of what we had, and in doing so, you’re dragged deeper into pain)
It Reminds you of the home we shared
Throw your soul through every open door
(go for every willing girl that has to give)
Count your blessings to find what you look for
(enough said)
Turned my sorrow into treasured gold
(pride yourself on all the hearts you stolen, broken)
You pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow
(I’m getting my way as you realize what you’ve lost)
And you played it
To the beat
(you played me as you felt you should, as others foreset the steps for you to take)
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