Maroon 5: She Will Be Loved Meaning
Song Released: 2004
She Will Be Loved Lyrics
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her She always belonged to someone else
I drove for miles and miles
And wound up at your door
I've had you so many times but somehow
I want...
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I thought it was about a guy who falls for a girl who also dates the wrong sort of guys that don't love her but she stays with them because they give her what she needs ie money, and when things get bad for her she runs to the other guy who saves her and makes her feel loved and beautiful but then she goes back to the other guy so he wants to save her from these relationships but she won't leave so he's with other girls but when she's in trouble he leaves that girl and runs to her rescue.
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There are two interpretations, one about his girlfriend Jane and the other about god.
Everyone seems to know the one about Jane so I will tell you the one about god.
the girl had problems but looked like she had a perfect life, god was there for her but "she always belonged to someone else" but god is always there for her even in the pouring rain (aka problems). It also explains how god will always love anyone and and except anyone
If you didn't see this interpretation the first time give the song another listen! -
A pretty girl who been abused and there in love but she owned not by partners more like bosses and parents etc. She doesn't have much confidence and he loves her and wants to look after her but part of her is scare of being hurt again so she pushes him away "try so hard to say goodbye" not always "rainbows and butterflies" cause she's haunted by the past relationships and he doesn't mind look after her and she needs him but he gets scared of losing her.
He knows her and needs her. Every time she riminded she runs to him and he makes her feel great again. -
I think this song is about a girl who is sort of like Cherry from The Outsiders- pretty, popular, but also very sensitive and rather insecure.
She goes through lots of relationships with popular jock asshole type people, but they always hurt her(hence, 'she always belonged to someone else'). That's where her best guy friend comes in...
He's in love with her. She comes to him, kind of on the rebound, after each relationship.
Well... That's about all I can write for now, it's late, but you know what I mean. -
It seems obvious that this song is about a relationship with both the mother and her daughter. I believe most of the lyrics are directed to the daughter, that he doesn't mind being there for her or making her beautiful. Whether he likes older women or not, I think the mother could represent any woman as long as it's not the daughter. The daughter is NOT a prostitute as many people are saying--but, just has a hard time settling her feelings since she's only 18.
The daughter also KNOWS about the affair between Adam and her mother. At the end, the video shows us enough flashbacks to fill in the holes. When Adam went to comfort the girl's mother, and eventually make out with her, the daughter came in just in time. Also, when the mother storms off, Adam intimately comforts her -- the daughter also witnesses this. What does this mean? This means the daughter has known about them before and probably doesn't want to break up just yet. She wants to look beautiful, or look loved, so she uses Adam. While no one else knows about the affair between her mother and Adam, everyone would still think the daughter is loved or whatsoever.
So, Adam is fine with being there for the daughter and making her look loved but his heart truly belongs to the mother. That's why when she found them out at the end of the video, he didn't seem to really care. He knows she will be loved and she's got the rest of her life to prove that. -
I second the prostitute theory.
Ive only listened to it a few times, but that's the impression I got.
The whole thing about 18 and a beauty queen, kinda like barely legal and using her beauty as a prostitute.
ANd of course belonging to every guy, and in the music vid it seems she almost is a prostitute at a hotel, with a pimp and everything.
And of course he says the whole, tap on my window, knock on my door, similar to a prostitute soliciting customers.
And perhaps most convincing of all, the whole thing about standing on HER CORNER in the pouring rain.
Obviously he is in love with a prostitute, and wants her to love him back, but in the end it is hopeless, all he will ever be to her is a customer. -
It's about this girl that he'd do anything for no matter who she was with. He'd always be there for her no matter what and he wanted to be with her but...she was never available. He wants to tell her sooo bad how he feels. I mean, they hang out and have a good time, but he wants more than that...only he's afraid to say so. I love this song. It's kinda like...no matter if she has someone or not...whether he was the last man on earth and she didn't wanna go that route with him, she will always be loved by him. She will always have a place in his heart.
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As a physically disabled woman, I would like to commend 'anonymous' who submitted his interpretation of She Will Be Loved. I applaud the depth and sincerity of this person's response. We the physically disabled deserve a voice in this superfical industry, and it pains me to see that so many of you did not pick up on the obvious imagery in this beautiful song. I have lived with my disability for 5 years. My boyfriend was drinking and driving on the way to my prom, and I was paralyzed. My best male friend has always been there to help me when I fall out of my wheel-chair. But he wanted something more that I couldn't give. This song makes me cry, but it helps me with the pain that I can no longer feel in my legs.
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I relate this song (which is my absolute FAVORITE!!) to a stupid story I once wrote. The song relates to a guy who's in love with a girl at his school, who's made fun of because she doesn't like rap music or anything else the popular kids like. She doesn't have a boyfriend, but is busy dealing with something else (it's her job to help some fairy tale characters through the story of Into The Woods...I told you it was kinda stupid). Anyway, he keeps his feelings to himself for a while, but finally tells her how he feels at the end, after he and some others travel with the girl to help her with her job. And he's always there during the middle of the story. I just thought this song would be perfect for it (even thought it's pretty lame, I know).
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Music video scared me...a lot.
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I used to think this song was about a girl who never belonged anywhere because she was different and that someone was saying that someday she would belong somewhere. Yeah. My ears weren't all that good back then...and I didn't hear this song too often. But just recently I listened to the whole thing and now it's my favorite song. It's so sad, though: I think it's about this guy who likes this girl, but his love in unrequited. Still, he's a great friend to her. It sorta relates to that new movie Enchanted, the one about the princess accidentally falling into New York. Well, she catches the eye of that lawyer dude, but she's already engaged to the Prince Edward guy. And yet the lawyer dude is still a friend to her. Haven't seen the movie...but from what I've heard, it kinda sounds like that.
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Wow I was way off I thought it was about a girl being abused "broken smile" someone help ????????
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The girl is caught up in the whole abusive relationship cycle and he (her friend) knows that she can't help choosing bad guys but he'll love her forever even though they'll never really be together.
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A girl and a man: let's call the girl "Holly", and the man "Paul".
Paul loves Holly [his willingness to always be there for her, his descriptions of her], and she loves him - of a sort; she needs him [“She had some problems with herself”, "He was always there to help her"].
Holly has been trying to get out of the relationship for a while, possibly years ["Please don't try so hard to say goodbye"], but every time she leaves, she messes it up ["I know that goodbye means nothing at all"] and comes running back to Paul ["Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls"].
Paul knows, in his gut, that Holly is in the relationship because she needs it, not because she loves him. He is trying to convince himself that he is "the one" for her, and although there isn't a "someone else", as in, Holly is not cheating on him, he knows that she doesn't belong with him ["She always belonged to someone else"].
However, Paul is so in love with Holly, that he is trying to convince himself that he deserves to be with her, that he is the only one who understands her ["Know all of the things that make you who you are"], and that he is willing to work so hard to make the relationship work [the chorus; “I want to make you feel beautiful”].
Here the analysis becomes opinion: this song is either an overall reflection of Paul and Holly’s relationship (i.e. The continual coming and going of Holly, with Paul justifying the events by explaining his love and devotion to her); or Holly is actually in the process of leaving, and Paul is trying to get her to stay by either explaining to her that he is fine knowing that she doesn’t love him, he will always love her nonetheless [“I don’t mind spending everyday/Out on your corner in the pouring rain”], or asking her to stay a little longer [“Ask her if she wants to stay a while”], or reminding her that she will come back, and asking her to stop trying to leave [“Please don’t try so hard to say goodbye”]. Or Holly is actually leaving for good [the continuous “Please don’t try so hard to say goodbye” at the end – showing he knows this time it is for real], and Paul knows it will be for good, thus the vow he is making: “She will be loved”. Regardless of whether she is actually with him, regardless of whether it is even him who is giving the love, he promises himself, always “she will be loved”. -
Ive always thought this song was about him falling in love with a prostitute and being really nice to her and stuff its talking about her having trouble with herself and always belonging to someone else ..and he is talking about spending time on her corner
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