Turning tables is about trying to pt an end to a. Relationship with someone you love so deeply but they emotionally hurt you. It's always hard, as Adele would know, as you can feel the sadness and pain in her voice.

Verse one-
"close enough to start a war" refers to the fights they are having, where he always puts her down. Its saying the the argument is heated enough to figuratively start a war.

"All that I had is on the floor" means that all their love and memories have fallen deep and all that's left is anger.

"god only knows what were fighting for" means that this has been going in for so long, his constant fighting, that she's starting to lose sense of why they are still fighting

"all that I say, you always say more" this could be literal of figurative, being that he could always have to have to last word, or the fact that even though she tries to take control, he always ends up having the upperhand over her.

" I can't keep up with your turning tables, under your thumb I can't breathe." means that it can't go on this way forever, him turning on her all the time, it's keeping her from being happy.

"so I won't let you close enough to hurt me, but I won't ask you for you to just desert me." is contradicting herself, wanting nothing to do with him anymore, but yet finding herself not wanting to let go.

"I can't give you what you think you gave me, it's time to say goodbye to turning tables." Is saying that she can't make him love her like he made her love him, so it's time to forget about him.

Verse two -
"under haunted skies I see you, where love is lost your ghost is found." is saying that she's trapped in a dark world with him, she can't find any happiness with him anymore, when she goes looking for happy times together she ends up reminiscing about the Melissa they used to share before he got so out of hand.

"I braved a hundred storms to leave you," means that it was a hard journey to get the guts and will to leave him.

"as hard you try, no I will never be knocked down." she's refusing to let him get her anymore.

Verse three
"next time I'll be braver; I'll be my own saviour, when the thunder calls to me/ standing on my own two feet" she's saying that next time is she finds herself in a similar situation, she'll be stronger and braver and fix it before it's too late.

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