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Meaning of Set Fire to the Rain Lyrics by Adele

"Set Fire to the Rain" is a beautiful song by the English singer as well as songwriter Adele. This song was included in her second album 21. Adele wrote this song in association with Fraser T. Smith; however Smith alone was the producer of this song. This was a power ballad was released in Europe as the second single from her album, while it came out as the third single on July 4, 2011 in United Kingdom. In UK the song was at number 11. It has become number one in many places, such as, Belgium, the Netherlands and the Poland. Besides this, it also occupied the number one position in the Slovakia, Czech Republic, as well as the United States.

Moreover, "Set Fire to the Rain" has included in the charted of top 10 in Denmark, Austria, France, Canada, Finland, Italy, Germany, Norway, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Switzerland. This song was released in the United States as the third official single from the album 21 on 21st November in 2011.  During that time, it was at the number one position of Billboard Hot 100 chart. In addition to this, this particular song has become the third successive number-one single from the same album. This helped Adele in making her the first feminine British performer, who has three consecutive number one singles.

Adele has written the song “Set Fire to The Rain” with two opposite feelings; one is love while the other is hatred. These two contrast feelings appear and disappear alternatively.  On one hand, the woman displays her immense love for the man while at other point she expresses her hatred towards the man. The woman has just ended her relationship with a man. That is why she is very sad and her heart aches. She is suffering from disappointment. But then after some day, a new man enters her life. He is a real gentleman who loves her very much as well as cares for her. Gradually the woman is becoming used to this man and cannot live without him. When the man goes away, she just burst into tears while if he is close to her the woman remains happy. In fact, the woman not only loves him, the man has become the need of the woman. But soon the woman starts to realize that she does not know anything about that man. She can now understand that this man is trying to hide something from her which generates the hatred within the woman towards the man and as the man does not change himself, the woman just break up with him.  Though she is not with him anymore, she feels love as well as hatred whenever she remembers him.  Like most of Adele’s songs it’s about love and heartbreak.

Set Fire to the Rain Chorus:

"But I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face,
Well, it burned while I cried"