Lyric discussion by ddarkpassengerr 

It's about two people who meet and fall in love, however, as time goes on, they start to resent each other and the man becomes physically abusive. The woman takes it at first, but then she tries to leave him. He promises her that he'll never hurt her again and he'll try to control his temper, but he's lying. He says that if she ever tried to leave again, he'd kill her. The woman knows that this is all just a lie, but she keeps going back to him because she loves him.

I think this song is especially powerful since Rihanna knows exactly what she is singing, due to her relationship with Chris Brown.

it kinda goes both way they both start getting tired of looking at each other, just because the guy is stronger,[physicaly, but they both hit each other because of problems they have, ITS NOT JUST ABOUT THE GUY.

I was in a relationship JUST LIKE this one. He was physically abusive, but only because he was stronger. We both had tempers. We'd fight and then he'd promise to never hurt me again and I'd go back - there's something to be said about a man that loves you so much he hurts you. You can't understand it unless you've been there. It was wrong and unhealthy and it's over now. But I miss him and I can totally see us in this song.

Exactly. It's about an explosive relationship (that's what happens when a tornado meets a volcano), not a relationship where the woman just takes it. They're both completely in love with eachother, but in a completely destructive relationship.

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