Singalong! Turning Tables by Adele

I just happened to go through the most brutal break up of my life right when Adele had multiple singles rotating constantly everywhere you went. So I would be browsing in Shoppers, just barely holding it together, and suddenly one of her songs would come on. With the most raw, honest heartbreak I've ever heard in music permeating pretty much every one of her songs, it was too much for me. I unchecked her entire album in my iTunes so it would never come on, turned off the radio the second I heard the first few notes of any of her songs, and generally tried to avoid her as much as possible. Even after my own heartbreak had begun to dull, Adele's voice was a direct line back to the worst part of that pain.

But! I am happy to report that this no longer happens. I can now listen to some of the saddest of Adele's songs and not only do I not have to choke down full-body wracking sobs, but I can sing along and enjoy the beauty of her music! Of course, they're still really sad songs, so I barely ever listen to them, but it's nice to have the option.

Here's the one that was the worst for me at the time:

TURNING TABLES

by Adele

Close enough to start a war

All that I have is on the floor

God only knows what we're fighting for

All that I say, you always say more

I can't keep up with your turning tables

Under your thumb I can't breathe

So, I won't let you close enough to hurt me

No, I won't rescue you to just desert me

I can't give you the heart you think you gave me

It's time to say goodbye to turning tables

To turning tables

Under haunted skies I see you (ooh)

Where love is lost your ghost is found

I braved a hundred storms to leave you

As hard as you try, no, I will never be knocked down, whoa

I can't keep up with your turning tables

Under your thumb I can't breathe

So, I won't let you close enough to hurt me,

No, I won't rescue you to just desert me

I can't give you the heart you think you gave me

It's time to say goodbye to turning tables

Turning tables

Next time I'll be braver

I'll be my own savior

When the thunder calls for me

Next time I'll be braver

I'll be my own savior

Standing on my own two feet

I won't let you close enough to hurt me,

No, I won't rescue you to just desert me

I can't give you the heart you think you gave me

It's time to say goodbye to turning tables

To turning tables

Turning tables, yeah

Turning, oh