Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
I'm just the pieces of the man I used to be
Too many bitter tears are raining down on me
I'm far away from home
And I've been facing this alone
For much too long
Oh, I feel like no-one ever told the truth to me
About growing up and what a struggle it would be
In my tangled state of mind
I've been looking back to find
Where I went wrong
Too much love will kill you
If you can't make up your mind
Torn between the lover
And the love you leave behind
You're headed for disaster
'Cause you never read the signs
Too much love will kill you - every time
I'm just the shadow of the man I used to be
And it seems like there's no way out of this for me
I used to bring you sunshine
Now all I ever do is bring you down
Oh, how would it be if you were standing in my shoes
Can't you see that it's impossible to choose
No there's no making sense of it
Every way I go I'm bound to lose
Oh yes
Too much love will kill you
Just as sure as none at all
It'll drain the power that's in you
Make you plead and scream and crawl
And the pain will make you crazy
You're the victim of your crime
Too much love will kill you every time
Yes, too much love will kill you
It'll make your life a lie
Yes, too much love will kill you
And you won't understand why
You'd give your life, you'd sell your soul
But here it comes again
Too much love will kill you
In the end
In the end
Too many bitter tears are raining down on me
I'm far away from home
And I've been facing this alone
For much too long
Oh, I feel like no-one ever told the truth to me
About growing up and what a struggle it would be
In my tangled state of mind
I've been looking back to find
Where I went wrong
Too much love will kill you
If you can't make up your mind
Torn between the lover
And the love you leave behind
You're headed for disaster
'Cause you never read the signs
Too much love will kill you - every time
I'm just the shadow of the man I used to be
And it seems like there's no way out of this for me
I used to bring you sunshine
Now all I ever do is bring you down
Oh, how would it be if you were standing in my shoes
Can't you see that it's impossible to choose
No there's no making sense of it
Every way I go I'm bound to lose
Oh yes
Too much love will kill you
Just as sure as none at all
It'll drain the power that's in you
Make you plead and scream and crawl
And the pain will make you crazy
You're the victim of your crime
Too much love will kill you every time
Yes, too much love will kill you
It'll make your life a lie
Yes, too much love will kill you
And you won't understand why
You'd give your life, you'd sell your soul
But here it comes again
Too much love will kill you
In the end
In the end
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Okay guys - I know it's a 'late' response to this but anyone that may come along and see this will see what this really is about. This is NOTHING to do with the 'energy' of love...geez.
Its simple, IF you've been the 'bad guy/a-hole' and lived thru this you know what this song is about...if not, you usually will sit back and judge me. Fine...but learn from it...don't make my mistake.
SCENARIO: You have to be truly in love with your lover/gf/wife...be an asshole and cheat on her (and yes - YOU CAN LOVE someone and be an idiot and cheat on them)...then you make the mistake of actually falling for a new lover/gf and then as if it's so easy you TRY to make up your mind try to follow your heart...and choose between the two. literally IMPOSSIBLE - to choose between the new lover and the lover you left behind.
IF you have ever been thru this I will tell you YOU know what this song means and you NEVER want to experience it. Simple as that.
Sure you can take a condescending tone and think - ahhh what an arse - he cheated..or SHE cheated and you deserve this...well - if you want to know what this song is about that is it in a nutshell.
It's HEARTBREAKING to see the woman you love...devastated and crying, destroyed because of what you did. Then all you want to do is make them feel better. Then you are breaking the heart of the 'new' lover...IF you have gone this route, it's an easy fall and easy track to destruction because you don't realize HOW FAST this crap can pull you in and torment you.
I personally went thru this experience many years ago...lost my love (my wife), because I thought...what she doesn't know won't hurt her...so many men may think this way and many of them do not care anyways (those men - do NOT understand this song), BUT many men TRULY do love their wives/lovers/gf's and make this stupid mistake ANYWAYS. It just is nature and the whims of mankind.
When I heard this song for the first time...I was about a year in trying to fix things with my wife...yet I was STILL in love with BOTH women...and love WAS KILLING ME. I wanted to be two people and make everyone happy and let us all love, I was tormented as I was tormenting them. I was..."just the pieces of the man I used to be"...and I was killing everything around me. I was the VICTIM OF MY CRIME. Because TOO MUCH LOVE WILL KILL YOU - EVERYTIME.
Anyone who goes thru this...learns from it. I will never hurt someone I love like this again.
TOO MUCH LOVE CAN KILL YOU - break you - destroy you and bring you to your knees...will hurt EVERYONE around you - beware...truly beware. These words/lyrics are words of WISDOM!!!!
This song is amazingly PROPHETIC. Written by a man who has BEEN THRU THIS and is a warning to anyone who will listen.
rip freddie and keep it going QUEEN!!!!!
The only thing that will kill you is guilt. Otherwise true love is liberating.
bellababy - this has nothing to do with true love...not in the sense that it is liberating. Yes - guilt is what will kill you, BECAUSE you love. If you don't care about the other persons you won't feel any guilt but if you love them...the guilt of it all will torment your soul.
@bluemonstr Anyone who has had 2 lovers at the same time and did not want to hurt either because he or she loved both and wanted to be with both, will make this their song..... Chose before it is too late <br /> <br /> NO it is not guilt that will kill you. To love someone the right way; it takes a lot, To have 2 lovers is deathly.
@bluemonstr im going through this right now.. Its killing me