Song Review – Rolling in the Deep
For the past few weeks, a really amazing song’s been setting on my mind, and I can’t seem to forget
it… The last time it happened, I ended up learning to play Firework…
It wasn’t me who came across it directly… It was a whole joint of coincidences… First I saw an Adele
album at my friend’s house… Then I watched I am Number Four (which I totally recommend by the way…)
and this song was played at a really badass moment… I simply couldn’t let it go off my mind anymore…
Then I started watching the song clip innumerous times… Searched for covers, and found two that were
particularly amazing…
Now, off to the song itself. It talks about a love of Adele which could have worked out pretty well,
but didn’t, probably because the guy let her down and disappointed… The song is wonderful, and its clip is
sensational… It’s a kind of blues mixed with a really nice-put drum beat and a perfect vocal, assisted by a
beautiful piano on the background…
By the end of the song, the watcher is delighted with the effects it brings, mainly if they’re watching
the clip… It is all quite meaningful…
The clip is simple and it really gets you ‘into’ the song… It was shot in an old house, with most of the
furniture covered with plastic... Adele sits in a chair and sings… Her drummer faces the wall while playing.
There’s a room filled with water glasses, which, as the drum beats start, begin to stir at the same rhythm…
There’s also a room filled with a white powder, and a ninja-like person keeps performing some kind of tribal
choreography with a sword, stirring the powder and creating mistiness. Apart from that, there’s also a
room with a maquette being burnt by fireworks. At the same time, someone hurls dishes at a wall in front
of a staircase.
For me, it’s a really well-thought and produced clip, where even with modesty you find something
fancy and classy…
The song itself has a really nice lyrics, which is highly improved by a choral singing between Adele’s
lines. I just know that I’m now addicted to this song… It messes with my feelings, in a way few songs
manage to…
The really nice covers I found are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGyIBnzJiyU – A classical and slowed-down cover, which I
simply loved…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dErAZL1Hr8 – A perfectly comical cover, with its lyrics really
fitting, even the little choral between “Adele”’s lines…
The original song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw&ob=av3e
Its lyrics:
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark
Finally, I can see you crystal clear
Go ‘head and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare
See how I leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch and its bringing me out the dark
The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
Baby, I have no story to be told
But I've heard one of you and I'm gonna make your head burn
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Making a home down there, as mine sure won't be shared
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
The scars of your love remind me of us
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
Could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside of your hand
But you played it with a beating
Throw your soul through every open door
Count your blessings to find what you look for
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold
You pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
We could have had it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
It all, it all, it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
Could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
But you played it
You played it
You played it
You played it to the beat
So, this is my review. Stay tuned to my reviews on songs, movies and the like… For this week, I
recommend Adele’s Rolling in the Deep , its two covers, and also the I Am Number Four movie and book.
