This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
Who are we to be emotional
Who are we to play with hearts
And throw away it all
Who are we to turn each others heads
Who are we to find ourselves in other people's beds
I don't like the way I never listen to myself
I feel like I'm on fire, I'm too shy to cry for help
I don't think you know me much at all
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
I'm feeling down about this love
Who are you to make me feel so good
Who are we to tell ourselves that we're misunderstood
Oh who am I to say I'm always yours
Who am I to choose the boy that everyone adores
Oh I don't see a reason why we can't just be apart
Now we're falling on each other like we're always in the dark
Oh I don't think you warned me much at all
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
This love is not what you want
This heart will never be yours
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
Who are we to play with hearts
And throw away it all
Who are we to turn each others heads
Who are we to find ourselves in other people's beds
I don't like the way I never listen to myself
I feel like I'm on fire, I'm too shy to cry for help
I don't think you know me much at all
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
I'm feeling down about this love
Who are you to make me feel so good
Who are we to tell ourselves that we're misunderstood
Oh who am I to say I'm always yours
Who am I to choose the boy that everyone adores
Oh I don't see a reason why we can't just be apart
Now we're falling on each other like we're always in the dark
Oh I don't think you warned me much at all
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
This love is not what you want
This heart will never be yours
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
This love is be and end all
This love will be your downfall
Lyrics submitted by romanceisdead
This Love (Will Be Your Downfall) Lyrics as written by Finlay Graham Dow Smith Ellie Goulding
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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This is a wonderful, unique song because of the depth it conveys. I understand that there are different opinions but I was truly disappointed that this site has no comments that really explain the song. I dunno if I am full right but for me it is quite clear AND NOT JUST THAT - this song is wise, saying very much about love.
It is about our delusions when we start liking someone. Not about true feelings, but about "rather trivial emotions" that we for some time believe are really true because at first the crush really is strong. But there is some very subtle difference. Of course, a short love story has its small charm and has the right to be but true deep feelings are really the ones we should find.
The lyrics show this really. And it sounds true. We think we love and we take these feelings very seriously, pour our soul into them, and then... something changes, things are not as they seemed. We all want to be happy and not alone and we draw an imaginary picture of a deep relationship with the person we don't even know that much.
And the real great feeling perhaps, can be found with someone who is not our "type" so much and is a bit more difficult. This inner intuition must help us to find the best choice. At least, as long as I don't lose my faith in love, i hope i'll find him or create deeper feelings with the person I already have and value