Diana Krall was born into a musical family in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Ca… Read Full Bio ↴Diana Krall was born into a musical family in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada (on November 16, 1964). She began learning the piano at the age of four. In high school, she started playing in a small jazz group. At the age of fifteen, she started playing regularly in several Nanaimo restaurants. She also spent some time in Toronto studying with Canadian Jazz great, Don Thompson (Bass/Piano) and with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts she moved to the U.S to continue studies and develop her career.

Her playing attracted the attention of bass player Ray Brown, who brought her into touch with influential teachers and producers. At the age of seventeen, she won a scholarship from the Vancouver Jazz Festival to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. After three terms she moved to Los Angeles to study with Jimmy Rowles, with whom she also began to sing. In 1990, Krall relocated to New York. She is married to British musician Elvis Costello.

I'm Thru With Love
Diana Krall Lyrics

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I'm through with love
I'll never fall again
Said "Adieu" to love
Don't ever call again
For I must have you
Or no one
And so I'm through with love

I've locked my heart
I'll keep my feelings there
I have stocked my heart
With icy frigid air
And I need to care for no one
And so I'm through with love

Why did you leave me
To think that you could cared?
You didn't need me
For you have your share
Of slaves around you
To hound you and swear
With deep emotion
Devotion to you

Goodbye to spring
And all it meant to me
It can never bring
The things that used to be
For I must have you or no one
And so I'm through with love

Why did you leave me
To think that you could cared?
You didn't need me
For you have your share
Of slaves around you
To hound you and swear
With deep emotion
Devotion to you

Goodbye to spring
And all it meant to me
It can never bring
The things that used to be
For I'm through with love, I'm through with love
But every time I fall in love

Something always happen to me
That's why I'm through with love

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Diana Krall's I'm Thru With Love suggest a narrator who has given up on love after experiencing heartbreak. They repeat the phrase "I'm through with love" multiple times throughout the song, emphasizing their conviction. The singer explains that they must have the person they love, or no one at all, which is why they have decided to close themselves off to the possibility of love altogether. They have "locked their heart" and filled it with "icy frigid air" to prevent themselves from falling in love again.

The singer also expresses frustration with the person who hurt them, wondering why they pretended to care and why they left them. The person who hurt them seems to have had many other people vying for their attention, and the singer refers to them as having "slaves around you." The singer says goodbye to the happiness and hopefulness of spring, suggesting that their heart has become cold and dead like winter.

Overall, the song depicts a person who has experienced heartbreak and decided to give up on love altogether. They have closed themselves off and filled their heart with bitterness, perhaps in an effort to protect themselves from being hurt again.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm through with love
I am done with the idea of love and will not pursue it.

I'll never fall again
I will not let myself fall in love again.

Said "Adieu" to love
I said goodbye to the concept of romantic love.

Don't ever call again
Love, do not try to reach me again.

For I must have you Or no one
I cannot settle for anyone but you, and without you, I will have no one.

And so I'm through with love
This is why I am done with love.

I've locked my heart
I have closed off my emotions and will not let anyone else in.

I'll keep my feelings there
I will hold onto my emotions and not share them with anyone else.

I have stocked my heart With icy frigid air
I have filled my heart with coldness and detachment.

And I need to care for no one
I do not need anyone in my life to care for or love.

Why did you leave me To think that you could cared?
Why did you make me think that you cared for me when you ultimately left me?

You didn't need me For you have your share Of slaves around you To hound you and swear
You did not need me because you have enough people around you who follow and admire you.

With deep emotion Devotion to you
However, those people do feel deep emotion and devotion towards you.

Goodbye to spring And all it meant to me
I say farewell to the season of spring and all the things it meant to me, symbolizing the loss of what was once beautiful.

It can never bring The things that used to be
Spring will never bring back the things that were once present in my life.

For I'm through with love, I'm through with love
I am truly done with love.

But every time I fall in love Something always happen to me
Whenever I do find myself falling in love, something always goes wrong.

That's why I'm through with love
And that is why I have decided to be done with love.

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Joseph A. Livingston, Matt Malneck, Gus Kahn

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