Party girls don't get hurt
Can't feel anything, when will I learn
I push it down, I push it down

I'm the one "for a good time call"
Phone's blowin' up, ring up my doorbell
I feel the love, feel the love

One, two, three, one, two, three drink
One, two, three, one, two, three drink
One, two, three, one, two, three drink

Throw 'em back, 'til I lose count

I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist
Like it doesn't exist
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier

But I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Help me, I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight

Sun is up, I'm a mess
Gotta get out now, gotta run from this
Here comes the shame, here comes the shame

One, two, three, one, two, three drink
One, two, three, one, two, three drink
One, two, three, one, two, three drink

Throw 'em back 'til I lose count

I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist
Like it doesn't exist
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier

But I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Help me, I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight, on for tonight
'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Oh, I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight, on for tonight
'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight
'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Oh, I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight, on for tonight


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Chandelier Lyrics as written by Sia Furler Jesse Shatkin

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    So i just want to say something to the refrain because i think there's nothing else to say to the rest of the song because everything is said. So i think too that this "1,2,3 drink" is about that she drinks so much that she doesn't feel the pain of her life. "throw em' back till i lose count" so she drinks and drinks till she cant even count so she forgets about her miserable life. "I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier" so in my opinion it's about suicide. Just because of the thought that she wanted to suicide in 2010. She swings from the chandelier, that says a lot."I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist" i think it's about drinking again just like partying like there is no tomorrow."I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry" so i have to split this sentence because i think that there are 2 parts. 1. I'm gonna fly like a bird from the night. I think it's about suicide again and the chandelier, that she flies on it. Feel my tears as they dry. In this part i think she's talking about depressions. She always ignores her feelings with drinking but they are still there and day per day, there are more feelings and then its too much and you may have depressions and just cry. And when she suicides, she flies and her tears will dry because her depression is away because she is dead. So that's just my interpretation.

    interestedpeopleon August 21, 2014   Link

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