Set Fire To The Rain

This blog post is going to be about Adele's song "Set Fire To The Rain" from her newest album "21".

The album is brilliant. The song choices are amazing; portraying a lot of country/blues influence as well as a neo soul feel. Adele's voice has never sounded better and. I've been listening to it non stop for the past couple days.

One of my favorite songs on the album is "Set Fire To The Rain". I love Adele's range and the lyrics in the song. If you haven't heard it yet, please YouTube a live performance of it.

I'm going to copy and paste the lyrics below cause I still don't quite understand why the words are "set fire to the rain".

What I take from the majority of the song is Adele singing about a past relationship that started out with her feeling it was too good to be true.

But as it goes on, it leans more towards her being mistreated, lied too and crushed by this relationship. During the chorus when she says "it burned while I cried cause I heard it screaming out your name", I have a feeling the metaphor for the burning rain could be the end of her relationship and the rain symbolizes her sadness and how it hurts when she remembers or thinks of her past relationship.

I need to listen to the song more to get a better feeling of what she wants to portray. There's a lot of emotion in her singing which is what I love most about her.

Feel free to comment on your thoughts!!

I let it fall, my heart,
And as it fell, you rose to claim it,
It was dark and I was over,
Until you kissed my lips and you saved me,
My hands, they're strong, but my knees were far too weak,
To stand in your arms without falling to your feet,

But there's a side to you that I never knew, never knew,
All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true,
And the games you'd play, you would always win, always win,

But I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face,
Well, it burned while I cried,
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name,

When laying with you I could stay there,
Close my eyes, feel you here forever,
You and me together, nothing gets better,

'Cause there's a side to you that I never knew, never knew,
All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true,
And the games you'd play, you would always win, always win,

But I set fire to the rain,

Watched it pour as I touched your face,
Well, it burned while I cried,
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name

I set fire to the rain,
And I threw us into the flames,
Well, It felt something died,
'Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time.

Sometimes I wake up by the door,
That heart you caught must be waiting for ya,
Even now when we're already over,
I can't help myself from looking for ya.

I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touch your face,
Well, it burned while I cried,
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name

I set fire to the rain,
And I threw us into the flames,
Well, it felt something died,
'Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time, oh,
Oh, no,

Let it burn, oh,
Let it burn,
Let it burn