Lyric discussion by midnightkitty 

Cover art for Explosions lyrics by Ellie Goulding

I feel like I could take clips of my life and put it in a video to this song. I've been married almost 2 years and the relationship has been on the rocks for 2 years.

My husband disappeared one night and I couldn't get a hold of him.

When he came home he trembled like he'd seen a ghost. He said nothing happened with the girl he was with the night before and I gave in.

A couple of days later he tells me he wants a divorce. I lack the things he needs the most...that the relationship is dead. Where have I been? Why didn’t I see this coming?

He wasted all his sweetness to run and hide. Instead of dealing with our problems, he went and found someone else.

All I have done is pour my heart into this marriage and he never tried.

He suddenly had an explosion of love for me. He decides he wants to get back together. He needs someone. But I feel like our relationship will never be the same because I no longer trust him.

The night he cheated he said he decided that the marriage was over. But I didn’t know he felt this way. As I waited up for him, he left my soul bleeding in the dark, so he could be king by doing something to bring temporary happiness. Boundaries have been broken. He makes up the rules to the relationship and they are untold to me. I’ve lost my faith in trying to make us work. There are nights when he can treat me wonderful. His intentions are gold. But I always end up feeling shaken.

He feels depressed about what he has done. His body sinks. That night he cheated, I was the last thing on his mind. I knew he cheated before he told me. I know him better than he thinks.

Our relationship is falling from the sky in pieces. We stand back and watch them.. trying to figure out what we did wrong. We both have our own issues to work out. I pray that he finds peace of mind. We need to work on ourselves and once we do maybe I can find him another time. Maybe one day I will love him again another time.

Explosions are the warm and fuzzies of being in love. I need to know I can still make him feel that. He thinks he is crazy and it is all my fault. I need to know that it isn't. That I am a positive thing in his life -- not a negative.

My Interpretation

Gosh, you're brilliant. It's a very good interpretation of the song.

My gf just left me last week after three years and i found out she's already back with her ex of three years ago "who she cudnt forget". For no reason she left me to be with the bad boy she cud never forget.

I'm sure she'll come back one day, and maybe i will love her again. But I'm not sure at all anymore. It will never be the same. We were so good togheter. I was everything she had(she actually said that a week before...

Your interpretation is in your view. Not exactly the songs. It's about leaving the other person and you ultimately gaining peace while the other person realizes that they lost something special.

@midnightkitty songs can resonate differently to each person that listens. Your interpretation fits your experience and holds meaning for you and your understanding is no less valid than the next person who hears their story in the song. I think that you have been courageous both in your experience with your possibly Ex-husband and in exposing your obvious pain in this thread. I applaud you twice for sharing your experience and as an old bloke, I offer hope in that I am sure, through MY experience, that YOU will find peace and you WILL love again and be loved. Much loved. Give it...