Stripped to the waist we fall into the river
Cover your eyes so you don't know the secret
I've been trying to hide
We held our breath to see our names are written
On the wreck of '86
That was the year I knew the panic was over

Yeah, since we found out
Since we found out

That anything could happen
Anything could happen
Anything could happen
Anything could happen
Anything could happen
Anything could happen
Anything could

After the war, we said we'd fight together
I guess we thought that's just what humans do
Letting darkness grow
As if we need its palette and we need its color

But now I've seen it through
And now I know the truth

That anything could happen
Anything could happen
Anything could happen
Anything could happen
Anything could happen
Anything could happen
Anything could

Baby, I'll give you everything you need
I'll give you everything you need, oh
I'll give you everything you need
But I don't think I need you

Stripped to the waist we fall into the river
Cover your eyes so you don't know the secret
I've been trying to hide
We held our breath to see our names are written
On the wreck of '86
That was the year I knew the panic was over

Yeah, since we found out
Since we found out

That anything could happen
Anything could happen
Anything could happen
Anything could happen
Anything could happen
Anything could happen
Anything could

I know it's gonna be
I know it's gonna be
I know it's gonna be
I know it's gonna be
I know it's gonna be
I know it's gonna be
I know it's gonna be
I know it's gonna be, oh

(But I don't think I need you)
(But I don't think I need you)
(But I don't think I need you)
(But I don't think I need you)


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Anything Could Happen Lyrics as written by James Eliot Ellie Goulding

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    I disagree! I don't think this song is about a Generic relationship. I think it has much more depth. I think it's written by the perspective of a mother, whose expecting her first child, an unplanned pregnancy. A bittersweet moment.

    Ellie Goulding was born in 1986.

    "On the wreck of 86' that was the year I knew the panic was over

    Seeing her daughter, she knew her life has ultimately changed but for the best, having trouble with her relationship, breaking up with the baby's father. who promised her.

    "Baby, I'll give you everything you need I'll give you everything you need, oh I'll give you everything you need"

    Reluctant about raising the child by her own, knowing they didn't love each other anymore, she grew to accept the turn of events, having the thought of abortion run through her head, feeling helpless. She ultimately decides that

    "But I don't think I need you".

    That she doesn't need him and his promises.

    "I know it's gonna be I know it's gonna be I know it's gonna be I know it's gonna be I know it's gonna be I know it's gonna be I know it's gonna be I know it's gonna be"

    She is unsure how it's gonna be, she doesn't know if it's going to be all right or worse, but she's accept that "anything could happen" in life and she ultimately has to move on if not for herself for her daughter.

    ImAndroidon October 11, 2012   Link

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