It's not about that when you're in love, smoke gets in your eyes, it's about the fact that you can only tell that you're truly in love, when 'smoke gets in your eyes'. The person who sings the song knows that he really was truly in love, afterwards.
The second part, I believe, is indeed about crying when your love's flown away.
It's not about that when you're in love, smoke gets in your eyes, it's about the fact that you can only tell that you're truly in love, when 'smoke gets in your eyes'. The person who sings the song knows that he really was truly in love, afterwards. The second part, I believe, is indeed about crying when your love's flown away.