This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Oh, it's come to off me
Oh, there's nothing left in this world
Fear is dominating
Oh, there's nothing left in this world
Free me like a captive
I'll walk on the streets for a while
France is all a blazing
But I'm wreaking havoc inside
The fire fire fire fire
Came and went
We both go down
Yeah, we both go down
There is no return
Or lost and found
We both go insane
Without a sound
Whoa, we came undone
And slowly but surely,
We knew that it was hopeless, baby
Whoa, we came undone
And slowly but surely,
We knew that it was hopeless, baby
How am I to face me?
The embers have gone from my eyes
Perhaps I'll throw a soirée
And kiss every man I invite
The fire fire fire fire
Came and went
We both go down
Yeah, we both go down
There is no return,
Or lost and found
We both go insane
Without a sound
Oh, we came undone
And slowly, but surely
We knew that it was hopeless, baby
Oh, we just gave up
And slowly, but surely
We're moving onto something, baby
We came undone
We came undone
We came undone
We came undone
We're hopeless, baby
We came undone, baby
Oh, there's nothing left in this world
Fear is dominating
Oh, there's nothing left in this world
Free me like a captive
I'll walk on the streets for a while
France is all a blazing
But I'm wreaking havoc inside
The fire fire fire fire
Came and went
We both go down
Yeah, we both go down
There is no return
Or lost and found
We both go insane
Without a sound
Whoa, we came undone
And slowly but surely,
We knew that it was hopeless, baby
Whoa, we came undone
And slowly but surely,
We knew that it was hopeless, baby
How am I to face me?
The embers have gone from my eyes
Perhaps I'll throw a soirée
And kiss every man I invite
The fire fire fire fire
Came and went
We both go down
Yeah, we both go down
There is no return,
Or lost and found
We both go insane
Without a sound
Oh, we came undone
And slowly, but surely
We knew that it was hopeless, baby
Oh, we just gave up
And slowly, but surely
We're moving onto something, baby
We came undone
We came undone
We came undone
We came undone
We're hopeless, baby
We came undone, baby
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Love has come to off me Oh, there's nothing left in this world Fear is dominating Oh, there's nothing left in this world
Free me like a captive I wander the streets for a while France is all a blazing But I'm wreaking havoc inside
The fire fire fire fire Came and went We both go down Yeah, we both go down
There is no return Or lost and found We both go missing Without a sound
Whoa, we came undone And slowly but surely, We knew that it was hopeless, baby
Whoa, we came undone And slowly but surely, We knew that it was hopeless, baby
How am I to face me? The embers have gone from my eyes Perhaps I'll throw a soirée And kiss every man I invite
The fire fire fire fire Came and went We both go down Yeah, we both go down
There is no return, Or lost and found We both go missing Without a sound
Oh, we came undone And slowly, but surely We knew that it was hopeless, baby
Oh, we just gave up And slowly, but surely We're moving onto something greater
We came undone We came undone We came undone We came undone
We're hopeless, baby We came undone, baby
this my favorite song at the moment. i think it's about a relationship that's ending, and she doesn't exactly know what to do with herself. their past selves are now gone, but they're moving on with their lives.
I think this song is definitely about the aftermath of a breakup.
In my mind it's a relationship that's been going through rough times, and they're tried again and again to fix things, but in the end one or both of them just gave up and stopped trying.
Just after it's ended, she doesn't quite know what to do; she wanders the streets for a while, but inside she is just devastated by her emotions. She realizes that there's no turning back, no return; what's done is done, and things will never be the same again no matter what. She and her now-ex are both lost to each other.
How am I to face me? The embers have gone from my eyes Perhaps I'll throw a soirée And kiss every man I invite
She's trying to deal with the loss, the feeling of emptiness, entertaining the idea of going wild and partying to see if it will help. She realizes, however, that both she and her ex are now moving on to something better; that it was devastating, but in the end, it was hopeless to continue, and its for the best.
LOL. Interesting. I think she just needs to call her boyfriend and head over to spend some time with him. While she's there, she may want to share ALL of her with him so he can become the person she needs, considering he's the person she wants (and is with).