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 ship 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 (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 of your hand (You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

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 (You're gonna wish you never had met me)
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
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 inside of your hand (You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

We 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

(You're gonna wish you never had met me) We could've had it all
We could've had it all (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
It all, it all, it all, (You're gonna wish you never had met me)
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 of your hand (You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

We could've 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 your hand (You're gonna wish you never had met me)
But you played it, you played it, you played it, you played it
To the beat



Lyrics submitted by djpalmer93, edited by Mellow_Harsher

Track duration: 03:48

"Rolling in the Deep" as written by Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, Paul Epworth

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing

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    Song Meaning:To me personally this song seems very sectarian ritual. I can not go into a deeper analysis of the poem because it is layered, but I want to point out a few parts.
    Read only the first stanza of the odd and even rows separated.

    We are constantly plagued hidden messages. I normally love this song and it is unfortunately not the only one who sent similar messages hidden!

    bmbane@gmail.com
    Flag TTMon April 05, 2013   Link
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    Song Meaning:Adele's songs are most basically based on her past relationship, it gives us a hint about it. It says that their relationship was very successful until it ended. After being hurt, she takes revenge, now the whole world hates her ex. Read how she did it with only one song that caused her ex-boyfriend's reputation to be rolling in the deep.

    1st verse:
    Adele explains that something triggered her anger, maybe she saw her boyfriend with another lady, because of this, she sees him crystal clear, figuring out he was not interested in their relationship anymore.

    Refrain:
    Every time people break up tragically, the happy memories remain and transform into depressing fragments of memories, for Adele, and maybe everyone else, this may be termed as "scars of love". For Adele, these scars are remind her of a very successful relationship. A relationship which, figuratively, could have had it all.

    Chorus:
    A relationship that almost had it all is clearly one wherein both of them would willingly offer everything to each other, including their hearts. But once not taken seriously, like playing to the beat, might cause the relationship to end.

    2nd verse:
    Adele loved her boyfriend purely, that's why she is confident to say that she had done nothing wrong 'Baby, I have no story to be told'. Of course, it was her boyfriend that had the story to be rumored about. Lool at Adele now, a rich and beautiful singer, his boyfriend might be very furious and filled with despair. She says she can already settle in their because it is filled with her name, and never will be shared. Imagine you are her boyfriend, wouldn't you be very disappointed with yourself?

    3rd verse:
    Throwing souls to open doors means taking opportunities. In this case, allowing her boyfriend to go out and date as many as he want. But if he counts all the blessings he has received from these women, it will not match Adele's sacrifice to him. Turning sorrow into gold tells her every time her ex makes a mistake, she treasures the moment.

    Second voice:
    Now that Adele has made her revenge to her ex, he is surely wishing he has never met Adele. Imagine the whole world hating you.

    Title:
    Now that Adele has made revenged, her ex' reputation has already plunged down, rolling in the deep.

    Thank you for taking the time to read my first song review. If I had any mistakes, please forgive me. For I am only Thirteen years old
    Flagged avatar3rdon April 04, 2013   Link
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    My Opinion:This reminds me of my relationship that I was in for a very long time. "We really could have it all" except someone came into our relationship and really messed it up! I still think of him and speak to him every once in a while. He left me with some deep scars but I know that I can still LOVE another man. He really had my heart in his hands.
    Flag cars59on March 01, 2013   Link
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    Memory:This may be the most perverse 'memory' meaning for this song. I was my late father's favorite sex toy. He was a pedophile of a magnitude that boggles my mind. What I wanted, for my "we could have had it ALL" was the classic father-daughter relationship, but instead, he "played" me for his own sick purposes. I will never know the joy of that relationship, only the pain. How do I never allow that type of person in my life again? He looked normal, who knew? He was a highly respected and well known man. When he died, he left me everything he ever owned, he had other children with another wife, and they got nothing.
    Flagged deadjeanneon November 16, 2012   Link
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    Memory:This songs makes me think of a most recent break up and how I feel a little. I was the dumpee.

    It would've been our 5th anniversary next month (at the time of posting). So damn heart broken.
    Flag lordresereion August 12, 2012   Link
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    My Opinion:could of had it all... rolling in the deep. for me it's about a spark, relationship spark (a REallY intense one). somebody got messed around here. Man oh man Adele is a woman.
    Flag Ahourstoryon July 22, 2012   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:whoops! posted the same thing twice!
    Sorry folks!
    Flag herpnderp16on March 31, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:this song reminds me of my crush called D***** (i'm too scared to say mah crush!!)
    he dosen't let my shit bare though *phew*
    yay me! my 2nd comment posted!
    Flagged herpnderp16on March 31, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:this song reminds me of me and my crush (nearly every 1 knows who it is @ my 2ndary skool)
    but he don't let my shit bare.
    we almost had it all, cuz he dosent go out with me yet.
    he's a charmer.
    a HUGE charmer cuz he stares into mah eyes.
    change of subject- yay me! my 2nd comment
    u may of seen my 1st comment on the song lyrics "moves like jagger"
    Flagged herpnderp16on March 31, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:In my opinion, Rolling in the deep is a song about two people that loved each other to that edgy point of no return. It is either passionate hate or silence after such a relation. She chooses to payback and yet she does it in a very passionate way./ Afterall, once you loved this way, you can be OK after such a loss. I know one can love this way Just ONE TIME. and she still does it, no matter of the payback words.
    Flagged Persephone28on March 27, 2012   Link

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