Water Under the Bridge

Album: 25 (2015)
Charted: 39 26
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  • If you're not the one for me
    Then how come I can bring you to your knees?
    If you're not the one for me
    Why do I hate the idea of being free?
    And if I'm not the one for you
    You've gotta stop holding me the way you do
    Oh honey, if I'm not the one for you
    Why have we been through what we have been through?

    It's so cold out here in your wilderness
    I want you to be my keeper
    But not if you are so reckless

    If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently
    Don't pretend that you don't want me
    Our love ain't water under the bridge
    If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently
    Don't pretend that you don't want me
    Our love ain't water under the bridge
    Oh-whoa, oh-whoa, oh-oh
    Say that our love ain't water under the bridge

    What are you waiting for?
    You never seem to make it through the door
    And who are you hiding from?
    It ain't no life to live like you're on the run
    Have I ever asked for much?
    The only thing that I want is your love

    If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently
    Don't pretend that you don't want me
    Our love ain't water under the bridge
    If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently
    Don't pretend that you don't want me
    Our love ain't water under the bridge
    Oh-whoa, oh-whoa, oh-oh
    Say that our love ain't water under the bridge

    It's so cold out here in your wilderness
    I want you to be my keeper
    But not if you are so reckless

    If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently
    Don't pretend that you don't want me
    Our love ain't water under the bridge
    If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently
    Don't pretend that you don't want me
    Our love ain't water under the bridge

    Oh-whoa, oh-whoa, oh-oh (say it ain't so, say it ain't so)
    (Say it ain't so, say it ain't so)
    Say that our love ain't water under the bridge (say it ain't so, say it ain't so)
    (Say it ain't so, say it ain't so)
    Oh-whoa, oh-whoa, oh-oh (say it ain't so, say it ain't so)
    (Say it ain't so, say it ain't so)
    Say that our love ain't water under the bridge (say it ain't so, say it ain't so)
    (Say it ain't so, say it ain't so)

    Say that our love ain't water under the bridge Writer/s: Adele Adkins, Gregory Kurstin
    Publisher: Anthem Entertainment, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Amalia from CaliforniaThe Mirror ran a story in November 2015, which was about a week before Adele beautifully performed this song on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Adele was quoted in the article as saying this about the song: "'Water Under The Bridge' is more like, I'm waiting for him to be horrible but I don't think he's gonna be, waiting for the relationship to end. This is the relationship now that I'm gonna be in. It was quite a ground-breaking moment."
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