关于歌词的点评-What is the true meaning of the song Apologize by One Republic?
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It's possible. Overall, it's about a guy(or girl but since the singer is a male, I'm going to assume that it's a guy in this case) who loved this girl but she screwed up. It doesn't matter how many times she said "sorry" to him, it was far too late. He didn't accept her apologies.
"I'm holding on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground."
- The *rope* reference probably gave some people the idea of suicide.
"And I'm hearing what you say
But I just can't make a sound."
- This part too. This guy is probably dead but he still can hear everything she's saying though he can't say anything to her.
"You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down..."
- She's saying that she needs him so she cuts the rope.
But if you look at it in a different perspective, you will get a completely different meaning that doesn't even involve death. This is what I can interpret from the lyrics :
"I'm holding on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground.
And I'm hearing what you say
But I just can't make a sound."
- He's holding on his last hope/faith (her last chance to apologize) which awakes him from his "reality"(ground). He's listening to everything she says but he just can't respond. He has nothing to say.
"You tell me that you need me,
Then you go and cut me down
But wait...
You tell me that you're sorry."
- At first, she tells him that she needs him but then completely ignores him. Then, she tells him that she's sorry.
"Didn't think I'd turn around and say...
That it's too late to apologize, it's too late."
- He finally made up his mind. He tells her that it's far too late for her to say sorry now.
The "Didn't think I'd turn around" part gives a sense that this isn't the first time that she did it. She's done it before over and over again and he had always gave her another chance. But this time, she didn't expect him to say that it's over.
"I'd take another chance, take a fall, take a shot for you.
And I need you like a heart needs a beat
But that's nothing new."
- He would give her another chance because he still needs her but of course that's nothing new. He expects her to know that.
"I loved you with a fire red, now it's turning blue
And you say,
Sorry like the Angel Heaven let me think was you.
But I'm afraid,
It's too late to apologize, it's too late."
- He loved her and she keeps saying that she's sorry in a way that made him think that she was still the "Angel" she was before. But the mistake she made changed his mind and he's sorry too but it's too late for her to apologize.
Hope that helped!
It's possible. Overall, it's about a guy(or girl but since the singer is a male, I'm going to assume that it's a guy in this case) who loved this girl but she screwed up. It doesn't matter how many times she said "sorry" to him, it was far too late. He didn't accept her apologies.
"I'm holding on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground."
- The *rope* reference probably gave some people the idea of suicide.
"And I'm hearing what you say
But I just can't make a sound."
- This part too. This guy is probably dead but he still can hear everything she's saying though he can't say anything to her.
"You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down..."
- She's saying that she needs him so she cuts the rope.
But if you look at it in a different perspective, you will get a completely different meaning that doesn't even involve death. This is what I can interpret from the lyrics :
"I'm holding on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground.
And I'm hearing what you say
But I just can't make a sound."
- He's holding on his last hope/faith (her last chance to apologize) which awakes him from his "reality"(ground). He's listening to everything she says but he just can't respond. He has nothing to say.
"You tell me that you need me,
Then you go and cut me down
But wait...
You tell me that you're sorry."
- At first, she tells him that she needs him but then completely ignores him. Then, she tells him that she's sorry.
"Didn't think I'd turn around and say...
That it's too late to apologize, it's too late."
- He finally made up his mind. He tells her that it's far too late for her to say sorry now.
The "Didn't think I'd turn around" part gives a sense that this isn't the first time that she did it. She's done it before over and over again and he had always gave her another chance. But this time, she didn't expect him to say that it's over.
"I'd take another chance, take a fall, take a shot for you.
And I need you like a heart needs a beat
But that's nothing new."
- He would give her another chance because he still needs her but of course that's nothing new. He expects her to know that.
"I loved you with a fire red, now it's turning blue
And you say,
Sorry like the Angel Heaven let me think was you.
But I'm afraid,
It's too late to apologize, it's too late."
- He loved her and she keeps saying that she's sorry in a way that made him think that she was still the "Angel" she was before. But the mistake she made changed his mind and he's sorry too but it's too late for her to apologize.
Hope that helped!
