Lyrics

The sky is red  
We're on the   tonight
No   star to guide us

  for an  
Why tear each other   ?
Please tell me why
Why do we make it so   ?
Look at us now
We only got   to  
It's such a  

How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the   ?
Between us
Only teardrops

How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it   ?
Between us
Only teardrops

So come and face me now
Here on the   tonight
Let's   the past behind us

Eye for an eye
Why tear each other apart?
Please tell me why
Why do we make it so hard?
Look at us now
We only got ourselves to blame
It's such a shame

Tell me
How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the rules?
Between us
Only teardrops

How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it right?
Between us
Only teardrops

(Tell me now)
What's gone between us?
Has come between us?
Only teardrops
(Tell me now)
What's gone   us?
Has come between us?

How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the rules?
Between us
Only teardrops

How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it right?
Between us
Only teardrops
Only teardrops
Oh... only teardrops
Only teardrops

How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the rules?
Between us
Only teardrops

How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it right?
Between us
Only teardrops
Legend

Meaning

Emmelie said that as soon as she heard the song, she fell in love with it. "It has a melancholic feeling to it," she said, "and it is about war and peace, both in a relationship and in the world as a whole. I believe these are issues that people all over the world can relate to."

Vocabulary

shooting star

An informal name for meteor

Eye for an eye

repayment in kind, as revenge for an injustice.

tear each other apart

rip to pieces, devastate emotionally
He tore apart the green pear with his bare hands
Getting a cancer diagnosis can tear you apart.

Come Between

To separate
We are such good friends that nothing can come between us