Released: January 24, 2011
Songwriter: Ryan Tedder Adele
Producer: Jim Abbiss
[Verse 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
I can't keep up with your turning tables
Under your thumb, I can't breathe
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
I can't keep up with your turning tables
Under your thumb, I can't breathe
[Chorus]
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
[Bridge]
Next time, I'll be braver
I'll be my own saviour
When the thunder calls for me
Next time, I'll be braver
I'll be my own saviour
Standing on my own two feet
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
Turning tables, yeah
Turn, no, no-oh, mmm
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
[Pre-Chorus]
I can't keep up with your turning tables
Under your thumb, I can't breathe
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
I can't keep up with your turning tables
Under your thumb, I can't breathe
[Chorus]
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
[Bridge]
Next time, I'll be braver
I'll be my own saviour
When the thunder calls for me
Next time, I'll be braver
I'll be my own saviour
Standing on my own two feet
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
Turning tables, yeah
Turn, no, no-oh, mmm
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- Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)
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- Someone Like You
- Easy On Me
- When We Were Young
- All I Ask
- Rolling in the Deep
- Set Fire to the Rain
- Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
- Water Under the Bridge
- To Be Loved
- Make You Feel My Love
- Chasing Pavements
- Skyfall
- Million Years Ago
- I Drink Wine
- I Miss You
- Turning Tables
- Love in the Dark
- Remedy
- One and Only
- Oh My God
- Strangers By Nature
- Love Is A Game
- Woman Like Me