Song Lyric Sunday | “Water Under the Bridge” – Adele

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This week’s theme is “River/Stream/Creek/Brook.”

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Since this week’s theme is about bodies of water… I went with water, and I can always find a song by Adele that fits! 😀

While the title of this song sets up the expectation that it’s about a relationship that’s over, the opposite is actually the case. Adele confirmed in her Rolling Stone cover story that Water Under the Bridge is about her relationship with Simon Konecki, the father of her son Angelo, whom she’s since married.

It was sort of about a relationship suddenly getting really, really serious, and then getting a bit frightened by it, and then realizing that ‘I think this must be right. This is the relationship that I want to be in for as long as I can possibly be in it.’

Water Under the Bridge was the fourth single released from Adele’s 2015 album 25.

Enjoy!

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Water Under the Bridge

by Adele

Songwriter: Adele, Greg Kurstin

[Verse 1]
If you’re not the one for me
Then how come I can bring you to your knees?
If you’re not the one for me
Why do I hate the idea of being free?
And if I’m not the one for you
You’ve gotta stop holding me the way you do
Oh and if I’m not the one for you
Why have we been through what we have been through?

[Pre-Chorus]
It’s so cold out here in your wilderness
I want you to be my keeper
But not if you are so reckless

[Chorus]
If you’re gonna let me down, let me down gently
Don’t pretend that you don’t want me
Our love ain’t water under the bridge
If you’re gonna let me down, let me down gently
Don’t pretend that you don’t want me
Our love ain’t water under the bridge
Woaah, woaaah
Say that our love ain’t water under the bridge

[Verse 2]
What are you waiting for?
You never seem to make it through the door
And who are you hiding from?
It ain’t no life to live like you’re on the run
Have I ever asked for much?
The only thing that I want is your love

[Pre-Chorus]
It’s so cold in your wilderness
I want you to be my keeper
But not if you are so reckless

[Outro]
Say it ain’t so, say it ain’t so
Say it ain’t so, say it ain’t so
Say it ain’t so, say it ain’t so
Say it ain’t so, say it ain’t so
Say that our love ain’t water under the bridge
Say it ain’t so, say it ain’t so
Say it ain’t so, say it ain’t so
Say it ain’t so, say it ain’t so
Say it ain’t so, say it ain’t so
Say that our love ain’t water under the bridge
Say that our love ain’t water under the bridge