Lyric Analysis

Explosions

You trembled like you'd seen a ghost

And I gave in

I lack the things you need the most, you said where have you been

You wasted all that sweetness to run and hide

I wonder why

I remind you of the days you poured your heart into

But you never tried

I've fallen from grace

Took a blow to my face

I've loved and I've lost

I've loved and I've lost

Explosions...on the day you wake up

Needing somebody and you've learned

It's okay to be afraid

But it will never be the same

It will never be the same

You left my soul bleeding in the dark

So you could be king

The rules you set are still untold to me and I lost my faith in everything

The nights you could cope, your intentions were gold

But the mountains will shake

I need to know I can still make

Explosions...on the day you wake up

Needing somebody and you've learned

It's okay to be afraid

But it will never be the same

And as the floods move in

And your body starts to sink

I was the last thing on your mind

I know you better than you think

'Cause it's simple darling, I gave you a warning

Now everything you own is falling from the sky in pieces

So watch them fall with you, in slow motion

I pray that you will find peace of mind

And I'll find you another time

I'll love you, another time

Explosions...on the day you wake up

Needing somebody and you've learned

It's okay to be afraid

But it will never be the same

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This song is a portrayal of a break up. This song could be about a relationship that has been on the rocks for a while. The man disappears one night. The man came home the next day 'trembling like he'd seen a ghost' saying nothing happened with the girl he was with the night before and the woman 'gave in' and believed what he was saying. He then wants to break up with her because 'he lacks the things she needs the most'; he can't give her what she wants, the relationship is dead. 'Where have you been' - where has the woman been? Why didn't she see this coming? Instead of dealing with all the problems in the relationship 'he wasted all that sweetness to run and hide', he went and found someone else. All the woman has done is 'poured her heart' into the relationship but he 'never tried'. He then realised what he has done and has an 'explosion' of love for the woman, he 'needs somebody' but the woman is 'afraid because it will never be the same' she can't trust him after what he's done. The night he was cheating, the woman was waiting up for him, he 'left her soul bleeding in the dark, so he could be king' by doing something to bring him temporary happiness. He made up the rules to their relationship, but they were 'untold' to the woman, he thought it was okay to hurt her. She 'lost her faith' in trying to make the relationship work. There were nights were he treated the woman right, 'his intentions were gold' but that didn't last forever, 'the mountains will shake' they are still going to argue, the relationship still wasn't working. He then starts to feel remorse for what he has done, 'his body starts to sink'. The night he cheated, the woman was 'the last thing on his mind' but she knew what he had done before he told her because she 'knows him better than he thinks'. She 'gave him warning' that if he were to do anything like that, she would throw him out, so she does. She throws his things out of the house, 'everything he owns is falling from the sky in pieces' along with their relationship. Now they both have to stand back and 'watch them fall' and try to figure out where it all went wrong. They both have issues to work out but she 'hopes he'll find piece of mind'. Maybe one day she'll 'find him another time, she'll love him another time' but for now they need to be on their own.