Artist: Adele
Track: To Be Loved

Lyrics
I built a house for love to grow
I was so young that it was hard to know
I'm as lost now as I was back then
Always make a mess of everything
It's about time that I face myself
All I do is bleed into someone else
Painting walls with all my secret tears
Filling rooms with all my hopes and fears

But oh my, oh my
I'll never learn if I never leap
I'll always yearn if I never speak

To be loved and love at the highest count
Means to lose all the things I can't live without
Let it be known that I will choose to lose
It's a sacrifice but I can't live a lie
Let it be known, let it be known that I tried

I'm so afraid but I'm open wide
I'll be the one to catch myself this time
Trying to learn to lean in to it all
Ain't it funny how the mighty fall?
Looking back I don't regret a thing
Yeah, I took some bad turns that I am owning
I'll stand still and let the storm pass by
Keep my heart safe 'til the time feels right

But oh my, oh my
I'll never learn if I never leap
I'll always yearn if I never speak

To be loved and love at the highest count
Means to lose all the things I can't live without
Let it be known that I will choose to lose
It's a sacrifice but I can't live a lie
Let it be known

Let it be known that I cried for you
Even started lying to you
What a thing to do
All because I wanted

To be loved and love at the highest count
Means to lose all the things I can't live without
Let it be known, known, known
That I will choose, I will lose
It's a sacrifice but I can't live a lie
Let it be known

Let it be known that I tried, that I tried
Let it be known that I tried

Full Lyrics and Meaning

Genius Meanings
	Adele – To Be Loved
	“To Be Loved” is the penultimate track on British singer Adele’s new album, 30. Instrumentally, the song is a simple, slow piano ballad with a BPM of 103. Lyrically, the ballad
	Adele – Love in the Dark
	Many might assume that “Love In The Dark” is yet another ode to the relationship that most of 21 is based on, however, it’s far more likely that this is based on the rebound
	Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
	Adele wrote “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” in collaboration with Max Martin and Shellback for her third album 25. Adele played guitar on the record, and it was this riff that
	Adele – I Drink Wine
	In her interview with Rolling Stone magazine, “I Drink Wine” was described by Adele as a song about shedding one’s ego, complete with a bit of a Seventies Elton John and Bernie
	Adele – My Little Love
	In Adele’s cover story interview for the November 2021 issue of Vogue (US), interviewer Abby Aguirre previewed “My Little Love” and described it as having a “sexy ’70s groove” and
	Adele – Love Is A Game
	[Verse 1] / All your expectations of my love are impossible / Surely, you know that I'm not easy to hold / It's so sad how incapable of learning to grow I am / My heart speaks in
	Adele – First Love
	Adele is known for her chart-topping love songs. However, those songs tend to be dramatic, sad, ballad-like, and overall very emotional. For “First Love”, the seventh track on her
	Adele – Make You Feel My Love
	Bob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love” is performed by Adele on her debut 19. Despite being the only cover (and the only album track she didn’t write), it’s her favourite song on the
	Adele – Someone Like You
	“Someone Like You” is the second single off of Adele’s sophomore album, 21. The track was inspired by the broken relationship that inspired most of 21. As the closing track of the
	Adele – Water Under the Bridge
	While the title of this songs 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
	Adele – All I Ask
	“All I Ask” is a song by British singer-songwriter Adele, written about a potentially final escapade in a failing relationship. It was written in collaboration with Bruno Mars
	Adele – Easy On Me
	“Easy On Me” marked Adele’s return after a six-year hiatus. The song is the lead single off her fourth studio album 30. In an October 2021 BBC Radio 1 interview, Adele revealed
	Adele – Lovesong
	On “Lovesong”, Adele takes The Cure’s classic rock ballad for a sensual, bossa-nova spin. On the standard edition of 21, it’s the penultimate track; on others (like the iTunes
	Adele – Rolling in the Deep
	The 2012 song and record of the Year at the Grammy’s, “Rolling In The Deep” was described in an interview with Spin Magazine as a ‘gospel disco’ kiss-off to an unfaithful dude: It
	Adele – Rumour Has It
	“Rumour Has It” was written by Adele and Ryan Tedder. It became her fourth consecutive top twenty in the US, peaking at #16. “Rumour Has It” is unlike most songs on Adele’s 21: it
	Adele – Woman Like Me
	A diss song through and through “Woman Like Me” jumps toward the end of Adele’s relationship. It finds Adele chiding her ex for being complacent, lazy, and insecure, wasting the
	Adele – Don't You Remember
	“Don’t You Remember” – the fourth track on Adele’s 21, – follows Adele through her admission of her own personal flaws as she finds herself begging her ex-lover to recall why he
	Adele – Hometown Glory
	“Hometown Glory” is Adele’s debut single, released on October 22, 2007. It is also the final track on her first album, 19. An understated love song to her hometown of West Norwood

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SongTell Meaning
	Meaning of "Lovesong" by Adele
	"Lovesong" by Adele is a expression of unconditional love and the way in which a person can make you feel whole, youthful, and carefree when you are with t...
	Meaning of "To Be Loved" by Adele
	"To Be Loved" by Adele is a song about the difficulties of love and the sacrifices that have to be made to find it. In the first verse, she talks about how...
	Meaning of "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" by Adele
	"Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" is a breakup anthem by Adele that encourages moving on and starting fresh after a failed relationship. The song is direc...
	Meaning of "Love in the Dark" by Adele
	The song "Love in the Dark" by Adele speaks to the difficulty of letting go of a past relationship even when it is for the best. In the song, Adele is comi...
	Meaning of "My Little Love" by Adele
	"My Little Love" by Adele is a heartfelt song about a mother's love for her child and her struggles with her own emotions. The song starts with Adele expre...
	Meaning of "First Love" by Adele
	The song "First Love" by Adele explores the end of a romantic relationship and the longing for something new and exciting. The lyrics convey a sense of wea...
	Meaning of "Sweetest Devotion" by Adele
	"Sweetest Devotion" by Adele is a love song that expresses the depth of the singer's feelings for her partner. The song is about being in love and feeling ...
	Meaning of "Love Is A Game" by Adele
	"Love Is A Game" by Adele explores the theme of love as a painful and self-destructive game that fools play. The lyrics suggest that the speaker has experi...
	Meaning of "Why Do You Love Me" by Adele
	In Adele's song "Why Do You Love Me," she explores the complex and often inexplicable nature of love. The song delves into the singer's questioning and yea...
	Meaning of "I Can’t Make You Love Me (Live)" by Adele
	"I Can't Make You Love Me" by Adele is an emotional ballad that deals with unrequited love. In the song, the narrator expresses her desire for her partner ...
	Meaning of "I Love It" by Lil Pump & Kanye West (Ft. Adele Givens)
	The song "I Love It" is a rebellion against societal norms and is a celebration of doing and saying whatever you want. It is an anthem for hedonism, as the...

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SongMeanings Interpretations
Adele - Love Song Lyrics
While the obvious connections with suicide or alcoholism could be drawn easily, more subtly this song could be about someone who views the world through a ...
Adele - First Love Lyrics
Obvious meaning here. Breaking up with your first love because you just don't feel it anymore, and need to be with other people to understand what love is again ...
Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) Lyrics
This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
Adele - To Be Loved Lyrics
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get ...
Adele - Love in the Dark Lyrics
This song is about leaving someone behind. She has realized that whoever she is leaving does nothing but hurt her. It may not be intentional on his part, but ...
Adele - Love Is A Game Lyrics
While the obvious connections with suicide or alcoholism could be drawn easily, more subtly this song could be about someone who views the world through a ...
Adele - My Little Love Lyrics
This song is Swift's response to the negative reputation the media has given her. "I can make the bad guys good for a weekend" - the bad guys are the paparazzi ...
Adele - Make You Feel My Love Lyrics
This song is beautiful She has such an amazing voice, this song makes me feel happy. Obvious meaning, Shes in love with a guy and wants him to know how much, i ...
Adele - Why Do You Love Me Lyrics
This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
Adele - I Can't Make You Love Me Lyrics
This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
Adele - Someone Like You Lyrics
She's not wishing bad things upon her ex and his new love, she just wants him to remember their love, memories and what they shared. Its quite beautiful. This ...
Adele - If It Hadn't Been for Love Lyrics
Adele's version of the song could be thought of as being about a woman who kills her husband and says it's because her love of him made her insane. It is a ...
Adele - He Won't Go Lyrics
If this ain't love, then what is? I-I'm willing to take the risk. There will be times, we'll try and give it up. Bursting at the ...
Adele - All I Ask Lyrics
this song is about two lovers who are still in love but cannot be with each other anymore. most probably, they're secret lovers. the lyrics is about their last ...
Adele - Water Under the Bridge Lyrics
Have I ever asked for much? The only thing that I want is your love. If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently. Don't pretend ...
Adele Nicols - My One and Only Love Lyrics
My one and only love. ... In the hush of night while you're in my arms. I feel your lips, so warm and tender, My one and only love. The touch of your hand is like ...
Adele - Rolling in the Deep Lyrics
Or at least, she still associates him with that. [The scars of your love they leave me breathless I can't help feeling We could have had it all]. Even though ...
Adele - Cold Shoulder Lyrics
Oldest First. General Comment. I love this song, one of my favourites on the album! I think it's about ...
Adele - One and Only Lyrics
in an interview, adele said it's a simple love song. one is convincing the other to love them completely. this song is absolutely amazing. her voice is ...

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	Adele
	In this digital and single-driven age, it’s very difficult for artists to sell albums. Yet, this British singer-songwriter has managed to sell over 50 million units on the back of

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Artist: Adele Track: To Be Loved

Artist: Adele
Track: To Be Loved