Lyric discussion by morten1015 

Cover art for Sacrifice lyrics by Elton John

It's a human sign When things go wrong = Things have gone wrong. It's human nature.

When the scent of her lingers And temptation's strong = He is tempted to forgive her.

Into the boundary of each married man = But no married man can acept that his wife is unfaithful.

Sweet deceit comes calling and negativity lands = She has been unfaithful.

Cold cold heart hardened by you = His heart is cold.

Some things look better, baby just passing through = He knows she regrets it and that it was not worth it.

But

Divorce / goodbye is not a sacrifice, just a simple word. He has no feelings for her anymore. He ends it.

Mutual misunderstanding After the FIGHT = They fight

Sensitivity builds a prison In the final act = They isolate themselves from eachother

We lose direction No stone unturned = They cant make it work

No tears to damn you = He does not cry, even though When jealousy burns = Jealousy burns

Cold cold heart hardened by you = His heart is cold.

Some things look better, baby just passing through = He knows she regrets it and that it was not worth it, but there is nothing left to do now.

Divorce is not a sacrifice, just a simple word.

They are two hearts living In two separate worlds

It's no scarifice at all.

Song Meaning

Just wanted to add this which I think is one best lines in the text:

No tears do damn you - He is so cold and his heart is so hardened that he does not cry. If he did, it would mean that he still had feelings for her.

This is even worse for her, because she wants forgiveness, but his heart has been hardened, so he does not shed a tear.

I'm reminded of a song by Burl Ives: a Little Bitty Tear Let me Down

@morten1015 Yes! It means much more sense this way, that she was unfaithfull, not that he considers infidelity!! Thank you :)

@morten1015 The correct lyric is " Hard done by you" Not " hardened by you" People need to understand that he is saying that he feels that he has been " hard done by her " because of her actions. No one sets out to cheat, and I am NOT condoning cheating. But, when someone cheats, there is always a back story and something is significantly wrong within the relationship already in the first place, for someone, man or woman, to go to the lengths of cheating on their partner. So you have got two options. You cheat. OR You leave the relationship BEFORE you cheat if...