Sarah McLachlan – Adia lyrics

Sarah McLachlan – Adia lyrics

Adia, I do believe I failed you
Adia, I know I let you down
Don't you know I tried so hard
To love you in my way
It's easy, let it go

Adia, I'm empty since you left me
Trying to find a way to carry on
I search myself and everyone
To see where we went wrong
'Cause there's no one left to finger
There's no one here to blame
There's no one left to talk to, honey
And there ain't no one to buy our innocence
'Cause we are born innocent
Believe me adia, we are still innocent
It's easy, we all falter
Does it matter?

Adia, I thought that we could make it
But I know I can't change the way you feel
I leave you with your misery
A friend who won't betray
I pull you from your tower
I take away your pain
And show you all the beauty you possess
If you'd only let yourself believe that
We are born innocent
Believe me adia, we are still innocent
It's easy, we all falter, does it matter?
Believe me Adia, we are still innocent
'Cause we are born innocent
Adia, we are still innocent
It's easy, we all falter, but does it matter?

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Songwriters: Pierre Marchand, Sarah McLachlan

Adia lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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Unregistered 2012-07-15 01:00:56

I think it's about her losing a love because they did something they couldn't forgive themselves for. That's why she says "we are born innocent, believe me adia, we are still innocent. It's easy we all falter, does it matter? " she's trying to tell this person, that they need to forgive themselves. Towards the beginning she is saying she can't love this person the "right" way since she tried to "love (them) in her own way. " maybe she can't forgive them either, but she wants them to forgive themselves.

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Unregistered 2019-03-29 04:14:22

It was about a scared woman who lost her strength in a very emotional time of her life and made the wrong choice of having an abortion... of the only child she would have the opportunity to bear into this world , but she let her go and let her down ... rejecting the gift from God and the name Adia means that... and this was a message song from the other world to Adia's Mom to try to make her not loose her momentum... months prior ... but it happened anyways, ... Therefore after all these many years she still feels empty and still tries hard to carry on! ... finding no one to be blame and no one to buy her innocence.

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Unregistered 2016-06-21 12:35:03

I always got the impression from the first verse that she was singing to a miscarried or aborted baby because of phrases like "i'm empty since you left me." she struggles with guilt and blame but realizes nothing can bring Adia back. Even though she was never "born" she is still innocent. The second verse also suggests an estranged daughter. I understand it could be a lover but these things just sound more like what a mother would say, when she doesn't know exactly why they fell apart and doesn't care anymore.

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DarkJotunheimr 2015-09-07 13:48:34

My opinion is that the singer or the character she is singing about, lost her loved one because of something they did and couldn't forgive themselves for. She talks about innocence and faltering, and faltering is starting to lose strength or momentum. She's trying to explain tot he person that they should forgive themselves. In the beginning of the song, she says that she couldn't love him or this person in the "right" way, and that she had been loving him in her own way which could have been good or bad. She may not be able to forgive them either, but she believes that they should forgive themselves because it wasn't entirely their fault.

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Unregistered 2023-08-19 06:17:13

Finally , just came from her concert and she let us all know the meaning of the song , it’s about betrayal of her best friend . Sara fell in love with her best friends x . As a result the didn’t speak for over a year in a half . Now when I listen to the words it make perfect sense . BTW SHE SOUNDS BETTER IN CONCERT THEN ON ANY CD( yes I’m old I said cd)

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