Lyric discussion by jonty90 

I see this song really differently to everyone else,

I see it as we have her (adele) and shes got a best friend, but her and the friend are secretly in love, but never mention it as they fear losing the friendship and fear the feelings not being mutual, adele gets into a relationship with someone else to try and stop herself feeling those feelings for her friend, but they dont stop, they get stronger, and in time the friend thinks that it is just never going to happen to trys to let go of the feelings and gets in a relationship with someone. Finally adele's relationship falls apart as she cant stop the feelings for her friend, she turns up (unexpectedly) to tell the friend she loves him and can't fight it anymore, but see's the friend is very happy in the relationship, as adele truly loves the friend, even though she is destroyed inside, she is happy that the friend is happy and doesnt reveal the truth, as she wants the friend to be happy. The song is like adele's thoughts as she walks away. She realises its too late, shes run out of time, and its something she'll regret for the rest of her life, every single day, but in the end she wishes the friend the best and thinks to herself 'ill find someone like you' knowing she won't but the hope that she can ever find someone as amazing as the friend

this is the story of how i relate to it...exactly. both denying feelings for each other even though you both know you love each other but nobody wants to break down the wall first so you try to move on instead and get into other relationships that end up falling apart.

Nice & romantic meaning :) ..

I'm so glad someone shares my interpretation. She sees he's happy and they're such great friends so she's willing to let him go, but now she knows that she wants to find someone exactly like him.

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