Long Way Down Lyrics
Talking of time
Little eyes are glowing like the city lights
She stands on the ledge she says:
"looks so high
you know, it's a long way down
it's like a long way down
it feels like a long way down
like a long way down"
don't please
please, don't leave me now
winding through the lands
two lines in a poem
(you know) like a kind of rhyme
you know, it could talk in a language only we understand
(you know)
It's a long way down
long way down
it feels like a long way down
oh, it feels like a long way down
don't please
please, don't leave me now
The song is basically about a heart broken woman who just can't get over all the wonderful times spent with her lover. She is disillusioned but forces her mind to reject the bitter truth. There is also a suicide vibe to it as the woman feels that "it's a long way down" from the ledge of a roof so high that overlooks the city where they once had a joyful time. The song beautifully enunciates the foolery of a particular broken-hearted feminine lover.
Correction in my above paragraph: ...............so high, that it overlooks the city.........
Correction in my above paragraph: ...............so high, that it overlooks the city.........
This song was used in the movie The Fault In Our Stars. I guess it's about how sometimes your time to love someone is limited. You enjoy that, live in all seconds and don't miss even one but you know it's not going to last! You beg for it not to finish but it's out of control.
When i listen to this song, I think of a pair who are so deep in love. She says, "It looks so high" - cuz they've come so far. "Standing on the ledge . . . Feels like a long way down".
"You know we could talk in that language Only we understand" shows the depth of their connection.
Hence the final statement: "So honey don't leave, don't leave Please don't leave me now".
Their love has taken them so high that loosing it would be a free fall
She has had enough & wants to move on she is going to make that move because he is doing all the pleading. He is begging her to stay.