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Arcade Fire – Crown of Love Lyrics 14 years ago
i think i have it figured out.. but i could be very wrong haha.

"They say it fades if you let it,
love was made to forget it.
I carved your name across my eyelids,
you pray for rain I pray for blindness."

this verse, in my opinion, is about how the singer keeps thinking only of one girl, and he wishes that he could stop thinking about her, but she is forever on his mind.

"If you still want me, please forgive me,
the crown of love is fallen from me.
If you still want me, please forgive me,
because the spark is not within me.

i snuffed it out before my mom walked in my bedroom."

i think this means that he really wants her to love him back, he wants her back in his life, because he can't find a love like hers anymore, the crown of love has fallen from him. and i think that he "snuffed out" the spark because he was afraid to love and let it show, and that is why he lost her.

"The only thing that you keep changin'
is your name, my love keeps growin'
still the same, just like a cancer,
and you won't give me a straight answer!"

This idea of changing names seems to be about his quest for a new love. He is trying to meet new people, but his love for HER is the only one that keeps growing, but still, she won't give him a straight answer, so he keeps trying to find new people to replace her.

"If you still want me, please forgive me,
the crown of love has fallen from me.
If you still want me please forgive me
because your hands are not upon me.

I shrugged them off before my mom walked in my bedroom."

once again, he cannot find a love like her, and he is begging to have her back, but he lost her in the first place by "shrugging her hands off" so that no one would see because he was afraid to let love show.

"The pains of love, and they keep growin',
in my heart there's flowers growin'
on the grave of our old love,
since you gave me a straight answer."

this is after she gives him a straight answer. and it's not the answer he wanted. their love is dead, and now it is definite, because she confirmed it. he still feels something for her (the flowers still grow), but along with that feeling comes the pain of a lost love.

"You gotta be the one,
you gotta be the way,
your name is the only word that I can say"

he's realizing, even after all this sorrow, that he really DOES need her, because the crown of love has fallen from him and he cannot find any other love.

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Arcade Fire – Crown of Love Lyrics 14 years ago
i think i have it figured out.. but i could be very wrong haha.

"They say it fades if you let it,
love was made to forget it.
I carved your name across my eyelids,
you pray for rain I pray for blindness."

this verse, in my opinion, is about how the singer keeps thinking only of one girl, and he wishes that he could stop thinking about her, but she is forever on his mind.

"If you still want me, please forgive me,
the crown of love is fallen from me.
If you still want me, please forgive me,
because the spark is not within me.

i snuffed it out before my mom walked in my bedroom."

i think this means that he really wants her to love him back, he wants her back in his life, because he can't find a love like hers anymore, the crown of love has fallen from him. and i think that he "snuffed out" the spark because he was afraid to love and let it show, and that is why he lost her.

"The only thing that you keep changin'
is your name, my love keeps growin'
still the same, just like a cancer,
and you won't give me a straight answer!"

This idea of changing names seems to be about his quest for a new love. He is trying to meet new people, but his love for HER is the only one that keeps growing, but still, she won't give him a straight answer, so he keeps trying to find new people to replace her.

"If you still want me, please forgive me,
the crown of love has fallen from me.
If you still want me please forgive me
because your hands are not upon me.

I shrugged them off before my mom walked in my bedroom."

once again, he cannot find a love like her, and he is begging to have her back, but he lost her in the first place by "shrugging her hands off" so that no one would see because he was afraid to let love show.

"The pains of love, and they keep growin',
in my heart there's flowers growin'
on the grave of our old love,
since you gave me a straight answer."

this is after she gives him a straight answer. and it's not the answer he wanted. their love is dead, and now it is definite, because she confirmed it. he still feels something for her (the flowers still grow), but along with that feeling comes the pain of a lost love.

"You gotta be the one,
you gotta be the way,
your name is the only word that I can say"

he's realizing, even after all this sorrow, that he really DOES need her, because the crown of love has fallen from him and he cannot find any other love.

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