Adele knows how to pull on the heartstrings. We've heard "Make You Feel My Love," "Set Fire to the Rain," "When We Were Young" and all her other hits, but have you sat down to let the words sink in? There's some stirring emotion within the pop superstar's pen game and we're here to highlight the most heartbreaking lyrics within her discography.
"look how you want me now that I don't need you" Photo: Getty Images
"I know I'm not the only one who regrets the things they've done / sometimes I just feel it's only me who never became who they thought they'd be" Photo: Getty Images
"I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited, but I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it / I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded that for me it isn't over" Photo: Getty Images
"who wants to be right as rain? it's harder when you're on top" Photo: Getty Images
"and I hear your words that I made up / you say my name like there could be an us / I best tidy up my head / I'm the only one in love / I'm the only one in love" Photo: Getty Images
"so I won't let you close enough to hurt me / no, i won't ask you, you to desert me / I can't give you what you think you gave me / it's time to say goodbye to turning tables, to turning tables" Photo: Getty Images
"please forgive me for my sins / yes, I swam dirty waters / but you pushed me in" Photo: Getty Images
"you still look like a movie / you still sound like a song / my god, this reminds me of when we were young" Photo: Getty Images
"Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
"send my love to your new lover / treat her better" Photo: Getty Images
"I want to love and not just survive" Photo: Getty Images
"the scars of your love remind me of us / they keep me thinking that we almost had it all" Photo: Getty Images
"excuse me first love / but we're through / I need to taste a kiss from someone new" Photo: Getty Images
"I've been looking for you baby / in every face that I've ever known / there is something about the way you love me / that finally feels like home" Photo: Getty Images
"favoritism ain't my thing / but in this situation I'll be glad to make an exception" Photo: Getty Images
"I know there is hope in these waters / but I can't bring myself to swim when I am drowning in the silence / baby, let me in" Photo: Getty Images