Lyrics for Waterloo as interpreted by Demau Senae

Waterloo Lyrics
My, my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender
Oh yeah, and I have met my destiny in quite a similar way
The history book on the shelf
Is always repeating itself

Waterloo - I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo - Promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo - Couldn't escape if I wanted to
Waterloo - Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo - Finally facing my Waterloo

My, my, I tried to hold you back but you were stronger
Oh yeah, and now it seems my only hope is giving up the fight
And how could I ever refuse
I feel like I win when I lose

Waterloo - I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo - Promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo - Couldn't escape if I wanted to
Waterloo - Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo - Finally facing my Waterloo

So how could I ever refuse
I feel like I win when I lose -

Waterloo - Couldn't escape if I wanted to
Waterloo - Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo - Finally facing my Waterloo

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bear_hug20
06-02-2009

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I think it is only about love...that's it

She's just admitting her faith that she really for that person.


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adamramone
12-27-2008

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this song is about someone (person A) who is seeing someone else(Person B). Person B wants to be closer and perhaps courting Person A, after a while Person A gives in to Person B's advances and they fall in love at Waterloo on a trip or something. I can see where you get the domestic violence aspect from, but just read a little deeper. good song.

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adamramone
12-27-2008

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this song is about someone (person A) who is seeing someone else(Person B). Person B wants to be closer and perhaps courting Person A, after a while Person A gives in to Person B's advances and they fall in love at Waterloo on a trip or something. I can see where you get the domestic violence aspect from, but just read a little deeper. good song.

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ShakerMaker1994
12-24-2008

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AWESOME AWESOME SONG. Meaning is obvious and has been mentioned.

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AutumnLeaves34
11-04-2008

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Isn't this song about something called the Battle of Waterloo?

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hesterprynne
09-29-2008

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I pretty much agree with lauren_6_6_6. I didn't notice the lyrics until recently and was shocked that they were in such contrast to the upbeat rhythm. To me, it seems to be about a woman who has surrendered to an undesirable (possibly abusive) relationship because she feels she has no other choice. The Napoleon reference was just a metaphor to set up the situation.

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lauren_6_6_6
07-19-2008

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I don't mean to seem too ridiculous...although i don't mind to! it makes me think of an upbeat song about domestic violence compared to the battle of waterloo!

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taylor6966
01-05-2008

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no you fool

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taylor6966
01-05-2008

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so its not about a train station then?

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RedDwarf
08-15-2007

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Perfect pop song.

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priestpilot
02-05-2007

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Forget the French/Swedish version, there's a full French version! I'm French Canadian, but still I haven't tried finding out the words. I find it's quite like the English version.

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Kasseroll
01-21-2007

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I found a French/Swedish version of that song, made by ABBA.
I'm french and i've tried hard to understand the french part... Awesome!
Everyone envies us our Napoleon ... haha i'm joking

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alexsakura
01-03-2007

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If you hear the song in German you'll understand it's not about Napoleon but comparing a love situation.
"And how could I ever refuse
I feel like I win when I lose"
The person singing is saying they were trying to refuse the flirtings of the oither person but couldn't, hence lost like Napoleon in Waterloo, and yet it feels good. Again, the German version is a lot clearer about this~

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priestpilot
10-19-2006

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I believe that it was in 1974 when they won the Eurovision contest.

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altsain
05-09-2006

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Someone correct me if I am wrong. . .

I believe that the UK awarded Abba 0 points for this song during the contest.

A song about a battle the British won. Against the French.

Abba must have been wondering what they had to do. . .

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edp
01-17-2006

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According to the book 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner &Spencer Leigh, Abba considered submitting two songs for Eurovision, ‘Waterloo’ and ‘Hasta Manana’. In the end they chose the former which ingeniously compared romantic surrender to Napoleon Bonaparte’s defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. They won by six points, beating Italy into second place. Abba’s manager Stig Anderson was so confident they would win that he had placed a bet, even though the bookies odds were 20-1 and he had wondered if people might feel it was too aggressive for Eurovision. ‘Waterloo’ was also recorded in French, German and of course Swedish.

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andro666
12-22-2004

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this is about the last battle of napoleon and if life was a musical napoleon when he lose he would sang this song. that would be so cool, imagine napoleon be held by some english soldiers and then he started singing this song. haha thats awsome

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slave2disco
02-03-2002

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You can say what you like about the Eurovision song contest, but without it, would the world have heard of Abba?

This song won the Eurovision in 1976 and the rest, as they say, is history.

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