I find it hard, hard to let go
And you are entitled to know
You have brought nothing else but bliss, a great deal of frustration, a voluntary occupation
Driving me insane and off the wall
And we were free to choose each other
But now it seems like something other
So have you placed me where I stand?
We turned caring like a mother, afraid to lose each other
It got us this far
Now problems are:
I have no bags to pack, no suitcase waiting in the hall
You have no make-up, no stockings in my drawer
Oh, how did we forget? How could we forget?
It's easy to learn if you never regret
When you live in paranoia and you know she's got you, oh yeah
You can't leave until you know the truth
So for months you're going nowhere
Until you seize the day and place yourself behind the steering wheel
Or you could end like you don't want to, the opposite of what you planned to:
You can watch the ships when they're abroad
Become a joke when people see you, cause it's enough to please you
You got this far, step put of the car
I have no bags to pack, no suitcase waiting in the hall
You have no make-up, no stockings in my drawer
Oh, how did we forget? How could we forget?
It's easy to learn if you never regret
We'll never learn in the future, this is it, seemingly I am sure
I know we haven't been together now
It wasn't meant to be this way so we'll give it days and days and we'll try to make it easy now
Once I believed we could approach this, now I have faith placed in the things you call fate
In the things you call fate
In the things you call fate


Lyrics submitted by rjbucs28

Things You Call Fate Lyrics as written by Sondre Lerche Vaular

Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC

Lyrics powered by LyricFind

Things You Call Fate song meanings
Add Your Thoughts

6 Comments

sort form View by:
  • 0
    General Comment

    AWESOME song

    Mrs.Page/Planton December 02, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    "so for monts you're going nowhere until you seize the day and place yourself behind the steering wheel."

    i love this song. and he's such a fox.

    jazzy88on May 03, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I absolutely love this song. Sondre Lerche is amazing! The jam they do at the end is really chill and its really simple, but very beautiful.

    polarbears?on July 25, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    i think it's a pretty simple song to understand. basically i think it's about a guy who likes a girl, obviously, but they aren't dating. "i have no bags to back..." but they know they both like each other. he says he can't "leave until he knows the truth". so he doesn't just want to forget about her but for some reason he can't initiate anything. "until you seize the day and place yourself behind the steering wheel" i think it's just a song about a guy in a shitty situation that he can't seem to fix. i really like the line "It's easy to learn if you never regret; We'll never learn in the future, this is it, seemingly I am sure" he's just saying in the future he'll have regret.

    inmypocketsdeepon January 15, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I agree with each and every one of you : )

    lonebyon August 28, 2008   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation

    I honeslty have no idea if this is true or if I'm just being dumb, but some songs of sondre lerche get me thinking he had a distant relationship with someone. this song is one of them (along with goodnight, for example, and others).

    It seems he was in this relationship and it was a long-distance thing but, for reasons that are not explicit, they are thinking about breaking up and he is finding hard to let go of her, but at the same time he knows the relationship has nothing more to offer, it only goes this far. what is heartbreaking is that they didn't get the time together he wanted, they didn't live together or anything like it, and because the whole situation is difficult they are deciding to break up: they haven't been together by now and they can't cope with the situation anymore ("our problems are I have no bags to pack..." and "I know we havent been together now")

    They forgot this major detail when things were easier: that, at some point in the relationship, they would get "this far" and now that they got there and saw they can't handle they have to break up. But now they won't forget, it will be harder to learn, but the only thing he can do to make it all easy is to accept is over and believe that this is how is has to be , believe in "the things you call fate"

    politiciandivaon May 12, 2015   Link

Add your thoughts

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!

More Featured Meanings

Album art
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him. There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Album art
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Album art
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
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”
Album art
Blue
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
Album art
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it. “I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.