A Thousand Years Lyrics

Lyric discussion by cleverzd 

Cover art for A Thousand Years lyrics by Sting

This song is frightening, yet promising.

There is a theory you are reborn into your life with every death, you repeat everything but you can do things differently, like in a video game.

I think he is trying to say that in this life he is over with that girl but he knows they will meet again and he will have another chance with her but of course he won't be aware they were together in previous life.

They have so many issues that they will need another thousand of years and lives before they finally are fit to each other and succeed in loving each other.

He will love her for all that time...

And when it happens that they are together happy and don't split up there will be another death and another retry which will go good/bad.

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