Close enough to start a war,
All that I have is on the floor,
God only knows what we're fighting for,
All that I say, you always say more,
I can't keep up with your turning tables,
Under your thumb, I can't breathe,
So I won't let you close enough to hurt me,
No, I won't ask you, you to just desert me,
I can't give you the heart you think you gave me,
It's time to say goodbye to turning tables,
To turning tables,
Under honest guise I see, ooh,
Where love is lost, your ghost is found,
I braved a hundred storms to leave you,
As hard as you try, no, I will never be knocked down, [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/a/adele/turning_tables.html ]
I can't keep up with your turning tables,
Under your thumb, I can't breathe,
So I won't let you close enough to hurt me, No, I won't ask you, you to just desert me,
I can't give you what you think you gave me,
It's time to say goodbye to turning tables,
Turning tables,
Next time I'll be braver,
I'll be my own savior,
When the thunder calls for me,
Next time I'll be braver,
I'll be my own savior,
Standing on my own two feet,
I won't let you close enough to hurt me,
No, I won't ask you, you to just desert me,
I can't give you what you think you gave me,
It's time to say goodbye to turning tables,
To turning tables,
Turning tables, yeah,
Turning, oh.
Adele wrote this tune with Bleeding Love songwriter Ryan Tedder. The Song is from "21" album. Turning Tables contains three elements that are musical drugs to me: piano, strings and Ryan Tedder. Tedder, OneRepublic's front man, co-wrote the harmonic ballad and delivered a beautiful piano line, as he so often does. The song, third on 21, echoes the story of an individual in a relationship who is unhappy with the fighting and constant "turning tables."
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Turning Tables meanings:
by Unregistered on May 8th 2012 9:45 am
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by Unregistered on May 6th 2012 12:47 pm
You keep changing and you stay with me, then leave, and i'm tired up waiting for you to chose me forever. Next time, i'll stand on my own and help myself without you. It's time to say goodbye to an unsure relationship.
by Unregistered on Apr 24th 2012 3:27 pm
It's actually 'i won't rescue you, to just desert me' because 'i won't ask you' doesn't make any sense
by Unregistered on Apr 21st 2012 3:07 pm
It about a relationship whereby there is a verbal and emotional abuse now and again now she cant keep up wit the turning tables meaning the guys changing of moods and under his thumb she cant breathe meaning he controls her through the sudden change of his feelings now and again now she wont let another person control her coz that wil cost her freedom and she is leaving turning the tables change of feelings.
by Unregistered on Apr 19th 2012 9:11 am
She is sick of him saying one thing doing another... And therefor he turns the tables on her.. So now she has grown strong and is moving away from him as she has now found the strength to do so...
by Unregistered on Apr 19th 2012 1:52 am
It's a very beautiful and powerful song. Just to let you know it's "under haunted skies i see you, ooh-" and instead of "ask you" it's "rescue" for the chorus. Sometimes it's really hard to understand exactly what she's singing. I have the vocal book, so that kinda helps.
by Unregistered on Mar 25th 2012 9:31 am
The meaning is that she cant take anymore heart ache,cos he keep accusing n judging her for things she didnt do n it pissed her off n think that it is time to go, to leave him..
by Unregistered on Mar 24th 2012 12:35 pm
I think it means that she is cant take anymore pain for love and that it would be best even if it hurts her to leaves his side that it would heal her and try to understand that she will be the one holding her self up and not him after a long time.
by Unregistered on Mar 23rd 2012 6:47 pm
I am argeeing with whoever posted on march 23 at 6:44 pm.
by Unregistered on Mar 23rd 2012 6:44 pm
The meaning to this song is many people have tried and tried to make a relationship work. But it never was working. Adele is saying that she couldn't understand what someone was doing, because it wasn't for the best of anyone.