| The Weeknd – Adaptation Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Personally I see this as a follow up from wicked games and the fact that the albums are 2 years apart further this thought. In wicked games he talks about leaving his "girl back home, I (Abel) don't love her no more" before being with another woman, while within this song he talks about how he "chose a lie, I chose the life" which could be seen as the choice previously made in wicked games two years ago. He then goes on to talk about how she could have been the one, which could be seen as the choice he made leaving her in "wicked games". And after this time he has been with many women - "i lay my head on a thousand beds, it's been a test to see how far a man can go without himself" - 1000 beds being all the nights he's spent with different women. Although he has been with these many women there has been no emotional attachment there and the sex is JUST sex, implied by the fact that he refers to his sexual encounters as a "test" in which to see how many times he can do this "without himself" meaning without allowing himself to fall in love. Another important quote associated with the thought of not allowing himself to fall in love would be "now my madness is the only love I let myself embrace". He then goes on to talk about he is "adapted" to never seeing this woman he loves, although he thinks that she is "the one". Which I think is heartbreaking honestly, that he's just got used to not being able to have her there. This song is beautiful and is just so deep. This is just my interpretation but I really think it gives a deeper depth to the story. You can just hear the emotional pain within the lyrics, a deep regret. |
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