This song makes total sense to me. Like as if it were written about me.
It's about constantly hurting people. For OneDirection it's that they feel that with each girl they individually come across, it starts off well, and they have the best intentions but they always eventually hurt her because although they hold on to her and have an open heart to her and want to love her, they don't 'actually' love her on the inside.
"Written in these walls are the stories that I can't explain
I leave my heart open but it stays right here empty for days"
they have so many many memories and regrets of things they have done and they have no idea why they did them. "that I can't explain"
they have an open heart to their girls but then they feel like they've used their own love up until it's empty.
"She told me in the morning
She don't feel the same about us in her bones
Everything can change overnight. He acts different in the morning because he's not sure what he's feeling. He's confused because he knows he should love her but he doesn't feel it. And she senses that. So deep down inside she doesn't feel the same about the two of them anymore.
"It seems to me that when I die
These words will be written on my stone"
This same process happens time after time. Girl after girl. They feel like they have a reputation of hurting girls and someday when they die this reputation will be engraved on their tomb stones.
"And I'll be gone, gone tonight
The ground beneath my feet is open wide"
He wants to run away from the hurt he's caused. The ground beneath his feet is open to go find a new life. New people. New reputations.
"The way that I've been holdin' on too tight
With nothing in between"
He holds on to the girl so tightly when really there's no emotional attachment there between him to her.
"The story of my life, I take her home
I drive all night to keep her warm and time
Is frozen (the story of, the story of)"
it always happens the same way. He romances her. He thinks he loves her and he'd do anything to keep her happy. And in that moment, time is frozen because that's where he wishes that the relationship's dynamics would stay.
"The story of my life, I give her hope
I spend her love until she's broke, inside
The story of my life (the story of, the story of)"
It happens time and time again, he gives her hope to begin with and then as his love fades he spends hers until she feels so broken from confusion of where she stands in every moment that she's with him.
"Written on these walls are
The colors that I can't change"
All these memories are unchangeable
"Leave my heart open
But it stays right here in it's cage"
Although my heart always seems open and although I'm open to relationships, my heart is bound by uncertainty and an unwillingness to fully open up to any girl. It's locked up.
"I know that in the morning now
I see ascending light upon a hill"
he knows that there will be a silver lining with each new day that comes along. Even though he feels so awful it will get better.
"Although I am broken, my heart is untamed, still"
Even though his heart is broken, it's broken because of the hurt he feels for hurting the girl. Not because she tamed his heart, because his heart can't ever be tamed.
"And I'll be gone, gone tonight
The fire beneath my feet is burning bright"
The ground beneath his feet is burning him. Because of all the pain he feels in every moment he spends still surrounded by the same broken relationships. So he just wants to run away.
"And I've been waiting for this time to come around
But baby running after you is like chasing the clouds"
Now he realises he actually loves her but she won't have a bar of it because of the past. And that's the story of his life. That's just how it goes.
I believe that the official video clip for this song is representing themselves the way they were before they became guys who hurt people. The pictures are memories of times that they wish they could go back to. And it also represents the idea that their families are always going to be there. So no matter how much they screw up, they can still come back to their families and be accepted for the good that they are.
This song makes total sense to me. Like as if it were written about me. It's about constantly hurting people. For OneDirection it's that they feel that with each girl they individually come across, it starts off well, and they have the best intentions but they always eventually hurt her because although they hold on to her and have an open heart to her and want to love her, they don't 'actually' love her on the inside.
"Written in these walls are the stories that I can't explain I leave my heart open but it stays right here empty for days"
they have so many many memories and regrets of things they have done and they have no idea why they did them. "that I can't explain" they have an open heart to their girls but then they feel like they've used their own love up until it's empty.
"She told me in the morning She don't feel the same about us in her bones
Everything can change overnight. He acts different in the morning because he's not sure what he's feeling. He's confused because he knows he should love her but he doesn't feel it. And she senses that. So deep down inside she doesn't feel the same about the two of them anymore.
"It seems to me that when I die These words will be written on my stone"
This same process happens time after time. Girl after girl. They feel like they have a reputation of hurting girls and someday when they die this reputation will be engraved on their tomb stones.
"And I'll be gone, gone tonight The ground beneath my feet is open wide"
He wants to run away from the hurt he's caused. The ground beneath his feet is open to go find a new life. New people. New reputations.
"The way that I've been holdin' on too tight With nothing in between"
He holds on to the girl so tightly when really there's no emotional attachment there between him to her.
"The story of my life, I take her home I drive all night to keep her warm and time Is frozen (the story of, the story of)"
it always happens the same way. He romances her. He thinks he loves her and he'd do anything to keep her happy. And in that moment, time is frozen because that's where he wishes that the relationship's dynamics would stay.
"The story of my life, I give her hope I spend her love until she's broke, inside The story of my life (the story of, the story of)"
It happens time and time again, he gives her hope to begin with and then as his love fades he spends hers until she feels so broken from confusion of where she stands in every moment that she's with him.
"Written on these walls are The colors that I can't change"
All these memories are unchangeable
"Leave my heart open But it stays right here in it's cage"
Although my heart always seems open and although I'm open to relationships, my heart is bound by uncertainty and an unwillingness to fully open up to any girl. It's locked up.
"I know that in the morning now I see ascending light upon a hill"
he knows that there will be a silver lining with each new day that comes along. Even though he feels so awful it will get better.
"Although I am broken, my heart is untamed, still"
Even though his heart is broken, it's broken because of the hurt he feels for hurting the girl. Not because she tamed his heart, because his heart can't ever be tamed.
"And I'll be gone, gone tonight The fire beneath my feet is burning bright"
The ground beneath his feet is burning him. Because of all the pain he feels in every moment he spends still surrounded by the same broken relationships. So he just wants to run away.
"And I've been waiting for this time to come around But baby running after you is like chasing the clouds"
Now he realises he actually loves her but she won't have a bar of it because of the past. And that's the story of his life. That's just how it goes.
THIS is the one I agree with. It's exactly what I think the song means and could even be an apology to Taylor from Harry, in part.
THIS is the one I agree with. It's exactly what I think the song means and could even be an apology to Taylor from Harry, in part.