When Love Is Over
Sheryl Crow Lyrics


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I know I ask for nothing
And that's what I got from you tonight
I guess I thought you'd changed
Leaving becomes too easy
Easy by morning light
I still cannot explain

Is it enough to ask and not receive
Just one more kiss before you turn and leave
When love is over
Over it should be
But something still burns in me

A hundred solid reasons
The answers come in waves
But I'm all for calmer seas
You're only lost in the shuffle
But in your usual way
It's you who always comes to me

I've burned up pages
Hidden yesterdays
Here's one more glance before I turn away
When love is over
Over it should stay
But something won't go away

Hardly a moment passes
Hardly a single day goes by
I'm not remembering
Just to surrender slowly
Into a stranger's arms
But you stand watching in the wings

These must be days we've seen through tear-filled eyes
It all makes painful sense when I realize
When love is over




Something has to die
Cause you can say goodbye

Overall Meaning

In Sheryl Crow's song "When Love is Over", the singer is reflecting on the end of a relationship. She expresses sadness at being left despite not asking for much, and realizing that leaving is easy for the person who left. She questions whether it is enough to simply ask for one more kiss before goodbye. The chorus states that when love is over, it should be truly over, but something still burns within her. The verses describe the conflicted feelings that come with a breakup - wanting calmer waters but also feeling lost in the shuffle, turning away but still being unable to forget.


The singer admits to burning up pages and hiding yesterdays, hinting at the pain that comes with letting go of a relationship. She describes the desire to surrender to a stranger's arms, but the ex-lover's presence is still felt, watching from the wings. In the last verse, the singer acknowledges that the pain from the relationship's end will not entirely go away. She mentions the difficulty of moving on when memories constantly resurface, and the realization that when love ends, something within us must also die.


Overall, "When Love is Over" is a poignant exploration of the complex emotions that come with the end of a relationship. The singer's honest lyrics and melancholic melody capture the heartache and difficulty of moving on.


Line by Line Meaning

I know I ask for nothing
I did not have any expectations from you.


And that's what I got from you tonight
You did not give me anything, just like always.


I guess I thought you'd changed
I hoped that you might have changed for the better.


Leaving becomes too easy
It is always easy for you to leave and not try to make things work.


Easy by morning light
You do not even seem affected by it the next day.


I still cannot explain
I still cannot understand why you are like this.


Is it enough to ask and not receive
Is it fair for me to always ask and never receive anything from you?


Just one more kiss before you turn and leave
I just wanted one more moment with you before you left.


When love is over
When a relationship ends,


Over it should be
It should really be over.


But something still burns in me
But I still feel something for you.


A hundred solid reasons
I have a hundred reasons to forget you.


The answers come in waves
The reasons come to me in waves of realization.


But I'm all for calmer seas
I want to move past this and find peace.


You're only lost in the shuffle
You only got lost in the many others who were not right for me.


But in your usual way
However, you still have a way of getting to me.


It's you who always comes to me
It is always you who I think of.


I've burned up pages
I have written and burned my feelings many times about you.


Hidden yesterdays
The memories that I have tried to forget.


Here's one more glance before I turn away
One last look before I finally move on.


But something won't go away
But there is still something that is holding me back from letting go.


Hardly a moment passes
I can't help but think of you.


Hardly a single day goes by
You are always in my thoughts.


I'm not remembering
I am not trying to remember, but I cannot forget.


Just to surrender slowly
Just to give myself to someone else slowly.


Into a stranger's arms
To someone who does not know me like you did.


But you stand watching in the wings
But you are always there, watching me from afar.


These must be days we've seen through tear-filled eyes
These must be the days when we saw each other with tears in our eyes.


It all makes painful sense when I realize
It all makes sense now that I realize how much it hurts.


When love is over
When a relationship ends,


Something has to die
Something inside me has to die in order for me to move on.


Cause you can say goodbye
Because you have moved on.




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Written by: SHERYL CROW

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GGdk

1:23 Quite identical bass line as Gilbert's later "God's Been Tapping My phone"! This is interesting to hear...

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