Okay so this is my favorite song ever....out of all the break up songs ive ever hear this is the one that i feel i can relate to the most.
This song is clearly about a heartbroken girl who has come to the realization that the boy she loved was only using her. I decided to break down the song by each stanza to give better insight.
You have a way of coming easily to me
And when you take, you take the very best of me
So I start a fight cause I need to feel something
And you do what you want cause I'm not what you wanted
When she says "you have a way of coming easily to me" she means that it is so natural for her to embrace and love him unconditionally.
"And When You Take, you take the very best of me" simply means that she gives him all of her and makes sure that she always gives the best of her in all aspects of the relationship.
"So I start a fight cause I need to feel something"- i absolutely love this line. what she means here is that she will find things to fight about to evoke some sort of emotion from him. She is in some way substituting and comparing his anger to his love for her. she feels that if she can evoke some sort of emotion from him than that means he cares and her mind can be eased.
"And you do what you want cause I'm not what you wanted" This line she is saying that in the relationship he does what he wants with no consideration of her feelings. He does this because he truly doesn't care for her he just enjoys the fact that someone cares for him. He truly doesn't want to be with her.
[Chorus:]
Oh what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day
Just walk away, no use defending words that you will never say
And now that I'm sitting here thinking it through
I've never been anywhere cold as you
"Oh what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day" This line simply means the end of their relationship. She was naiive in thinking it was perfect so she was in a sense blind sided by the break up.
"Just walk away, no use defending words that you will never say" This line is similar to Adele's Best For last when she says "and you'll say all of the right things without a clue, and you'll save the best for last like im the one for you". These two lines are similar because in the song "cold as you" she is waiting for him to tell her that he loves her and he wants to be with her but deep down she knows thats not how he feels. Typically in breakups people lie when it comes to their reason why they do not want to be with that person anymore. In a way she hoped that he would tell her that he did love her during their relationship to give her some closure, but all he gives her is lies after lies.
"And now that I'm sitting here thinking it through I've never been anywhere cold as you" I think that this line isn't solely referring to the past. when i say the past im referring to events in her life that may have left her bitter and angry. This line seems so much more deep than that. I get the sense that when she says "ive never been anywhere as cold as you" shes saying that even now with the realization of what he's done, she could never do that to anyone else in a future relationship.
You put up walls and paint them all a shade of gray
And I stood there loving you and wished them all away
And you come away with a great little story
Of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you
"You put up walls and paint them all a shade of gray" This line simply means that he didn't invest much into the relationship. He never really shared much about himself so that they could grow close. He just never really let her in his heart.
"And I stood there loving you and wished them all away"- even though he was giving her nothing she still believed that he would come around and regardless of it all she still loved him.
"And you come away with a great little story Of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you"- i absolutely love this line because it strikes so close to home. My ex boyfriend use to do this with all his past ex girlfriends. He would always brag to me about how they loved him so much and he broke their hearts while he came out unscathed. This line simply means that now that the relationship is over he has a story to tell to anybody who will listen about a girl who loved him so much but he really didn't care about. She is acknowledging the fact that he played her.
[Repeat Chorus]
You never did give a damn thing honey but I cried, cried for you
And I know you wouldn't have told nobody if I died, died for you
(Died for you)
"You never did give a damn thing honey but I cried, cried for you And I know you wouldn't have told nobody if I died, died for you(Died for you)"- This line simply means that the relationship was nothing to him and she was nothing to him. His feelings for her could not be distinguished from a stranger he just met on the streets.
Oh what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day
Every smile you fake is so condescending
Counting all the scars you made
And now that I'm sitting here thinking it through
I've never been anywhere cold as you
"Every smile you fake is so condescending" I think this line can be referring to both the present in the past. I think now that she knows how he truly felt about her all of the memories of them together just seem so fake and forced. Every time she thinks of him smiling during their times together it hurts her because she knows it was all pretend. I also think that this line is referring to when she sees him and he smiles it is like a slap in the face because he knows that she knows what he truly did.
"Counting all the scars you made"- That relationship just really damaged her and it really has scarred her.
Okay so this is my favorite song ever....out of all the break up songs ive ever hear this is the one that i feel i can relate to the most.
This song is clearly about a heartbroken girl who has come to the realization that the boy she loved was only using her. I decided to break down the song by each stanza to give better insight.
You have a way of coming easily to me And when you take, you take the very best of me So I start a fight cause I need to feel something And you do what you want cause I'm not what you wanted
When she says "you have a way of coming easily to me" she means that it is so natural for her to embrace and love him unconditionally.
"And When You Take, you take the very best of me" simply means that she gives him all of her and makes sure that she always gives the best of her in all aspects of the relationship.
"So I start a fight cause I need to feel something"- i absolutely love this line. what she means here is that she will find things to fight about to evoke some sort of emotion from him. She is in some way substituting and comparing his anger to his love for her. she feels that if she can evoke some sort of emotion from him than that means he cares and her mind can be eased.
"And you do what you want cause I'm not what you wanted" This line she is saying that in the relationship he does what he wants with no consideration of her feelings. He does this because he truly doesn't care for her he just enjoys the fact that someone cares for him. He truly doesn't want to be with her.
[Chorus:]
Oh what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day Just walk away, no use defending words that you will never say And now that I'm sitting here thinking it through I've never been anywhere cold as you
"Oh what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day" This line simply means the end of their relationship. She was naiive in thinking it was perfect so she was in a sense blind sided by the break up.
"Just walk away, no use defending words that you will never say" This line is similar to Adele's Best For last when she says "and you'll say all of the right things without a clue, and you'll save the best for last like im the one for you". These two lines are similar because in the song "cold as you" she is waiting for him to tell her that he loves her and he wants to be with her but deep down she knows thats not how he feels. Typically in breakups people lie when it comes to their reason why they do not want to be with that person anymore. In a way she hoped that he would tell her that he did love her during their relationship to give her some closure, but all he gives her is lies after lies.
"And now that I'm sitting here thinking it through I've never been anywhere cold as you" I think that this line isn't solely referring to the past. when i say the past im referring to events in her life that may have left her bitter and angry. This line seems so much more deep than that. I get the sense that when she says "ive never been anywhere as cold as you" shes saying that even now with the realization of what he's done, she could never do that to anyone else in a future relationship.
You put up walls and paint them all a shade of gray And I stood there loving you and wished them all away And you come away with a great little story Of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you
"You put up walls and paint them all a shade of gray" This line simply means that he didn't invest much into the relationship. He never really shared much about himself so that they could grow close. He just never really let her in his heart.
"And I stood there loving you and wished them all away"- even though he was giving her nothing she still believed that he would come around and regardless of it all she still loved him.
"And you come away with a great little story Of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you"- i absolutely love this line because it strikes so close to home. My ex boyfriend use to do this with all his past ex girlfriends. He would always brag to me about how they loved him so much and he broke their hearts while he came out unscathed. This line simply means that now that the relationship is over he has a story to tell to anybody who will listen about a girl who loved him so much but he really didn't care about. She is acknowledging the fact that he played her.
[Repeat Chorus]
You never did give a damn thing honey but I cried, cried for you And I know you wouldn't have told nobody if I died, died for you (Died for you)
"You never did give a damn thing honey but I cried, cried for you And I know you wouldn't have told nobody if I died, died for you(Died for you)"- This line simply means that the relationship was nothing to him and she was nothing to him. His feelings for her could not be distinguished from a stranger he just met on the streets.
Oh what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day Every smile you fake is so condescending Counting all the scars you made And now that I'm sitting here thinking it through I've never been anywhere cold as you
"Every smile you fake is so condescending" I think this line can be referring to both the present in the past. I think now that she knows how he truly felt about her all of the memories of them together just seem so fake and forced. Every time she thinks of him smiling during their times together it hurts her because she knows it was all pretend. I also think that this line is referring to when she sees him and he smiles it is like a slap in the face because he knows that she knows what he truly did.
"Counting all the scars you made"- That relationship just really damaged her and it really has scarred her.