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We made a fire, went down in the flames
We sailed an ocean and drowned in a wave
Built a cathedral, but we never prayed
We had it all, yeah, and we walked away
Point of no return and now it's just too late to turn around
I try to forgive you but I struggle 'cause I don't know how
We built it up so high and now I'm falling,
It's a long way down
It's a long way down from here
We had a mountain but took it for granted
We had a spaceship but we couldn't land it
We found an island, we got stranded
We had it all, yeah, who could've planned it?
Point of no return and now it's just too late to turn around
I try to forgive you but I'm struggling 'cause I don't know how
We built it up so high and now I'm falling,
It's a long way down from here
It's such a long way down from here
It's a long way down
It's a long way down
Such a long way down
It's a long way down
It's a long way down
We sailed an ocean and drowned in a wave
Built a cathedral, but we never prayed
We had it all, yeah, and we walked away
I try to forgive you but I struggle 'cause I don't know how
We built it up so high and now I'm falling,
It's a long way down
It's a long way down from here
We had a spaceship but we couldn't land it
We found an island, we got stranded
We had it all, yeah, who could've planned it?
I try to forgive you but I'm struggling 'cause I don't know how
We built it up so high and now I'm falling,
It's a long way down from here
It's such a long way down from here
It's a long way down
It's a long way down
Such a long way down
It's a long way down
It's a long way down
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We've been in fire Went down in the flames We sailed the ocean And drowned in the waves Built a cathedral But we never prayed We had it all, yeah And we walked away
In this verse, the narrator tells about how much they built together and they threw it all away. It all drift away like it was nothing.
Point of no return and now It's just too late to turn around I try to forgive you But I struggle 'cause I don't know how We built it up so high and now I'm fallin' It's a long way down It's a long way down, from here
He is saying that there is no way that they could get back together again. He doesn't know how to forgive the other person because she hurted him so badly and he just can't get over it. Again, he tells how "high" they were and now they have just fell apart. It was a long way down.
We had a mountain But took it for granted We had a spaceship But we couldn't land it We found an island But we got stranded We had it all Who could've planned it?
He returns to say about how much they built together and they threw it all away. And he just didn't see it coming.
liam said himself that the song is about 1D's career. it's their anxieties about the future of the band, since they were so successful they fear they can't get any bigger and thus, everything just might collapse. they're reflecting on what they could've done instead to ensure a more clear future for themselves.
I think this is about the band and all they did they built this friendship and family now it's ending so fast it's kinda ironic and in the song all the things that happens end in a ironic way "we sailed a ocean went drowning away" it's like their career it came and fell and to see it all go made it feel like a long way down