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Analysis of the story behind #HeartbreakWeather

album by Niall Horan: A THREAD

To begin with, Niall has stated in different interviews that his album has a narrative of a relationship with different points of view besides his own. The order of those songs has a meaning that will guide us through the story.

This thread has no intention of making conspiracy theories about Niall's private life. I just want to analyze the lyrics of his songs because I think that is a story in which we can all see ourselves identified.

Lastly I want to address: English isn’t my first language so please keep that in mind if I make any grammar mistakes.

So

Shall we begin?

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First of all, I want to believe that Niall was inspired by Taylor Swift as far as “Easter eggs” is concerned. We saw it in the single “Nice to meet ya”

So I think Niall wants us to analyze his album just like Taylor's fans do.

I want you to notice how Niall’s front picture of this album has a clear beautiful sky but then an electric storm and “do not pass” signs right behind him. #HeartbreakWeather

Now that we have that clear, let’s talk about the tUUUUnes #HeartbreakWeather

First song on the album: Heartbreak Weather.

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This song obviously talks about the feeling of the beginning of a relationship. #HeartbreakWeather

He has stated that he uses analogy of different weather patterns to describe how he feels
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“Oh ok Laura, I know that. There’s nothing new”

Well, watch this Karen

See how there’s a line that mentions Bruno Mars

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That makes me think that Niall was sad listening to a specific Bruno Mars song and suddenly he had a wonderful idea

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Which song, you might ask.
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“It will rain”

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Why?

Take a look on Bruno’s song

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Oh, what we have here? Weather patrons that relate a relationship: sunlight, clear skies, clouds and rain. Also, a SAD SONG.

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Niall has said that this is actually a sad song dressed by a happy “tune”

Meaning that he’s up to get into a happy relationship and then that lightning will stroke on Niall’s heart.
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Ok now I’ll wait till someone notice this thread and I’ll continue to do the same with the whole album.

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Okay. I never thought that so many people would like this thread so I’ll continue

I want to add to heartbreak weather that he actually replied to a fan on twitter stating that Bruno Mars was a “big part of this album”
but I couldn’t find that tweet.

So maybe I’m right?
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Second song on the album: Black and White

This songs has a feeling of innocence, that if you have been lucky enough, you can relate to it.
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Niall promises a lover that their love will last forever and he actually portraits the wedding scenario with the analogies of colors.

Black: black tuxedo
White: white dress
And colors in general. We’ll get there in a moment

I know that I repeated “love” several times but let me keep writing.

And here’s my opinion.

*controversial*

I don’t think it’s a wedding song.

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Let me prove my point.

Let’s go to Taylor Swift for a moment. Do you remember her album called “RED”? And which songs were in it?

Yeah that’s right, hits like:

“Ok Laura, how does this relate to Black and White?”

Wait baby, have a little patience.
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See Niall’s opinion on Taylor.

If you want full detail: https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9354540/niall-horan-taylor-swift-greatest-songwriters-of-generation

Since we talked about RED and that Niall is inspired by Taylor’s music, I can now tell you how these two come together in a song.

Look what Taylor wrote.

If you want full detail: https://www.bustle.com/p/this-one-lover-easter-egg-connects-taylor-swifts-new-album-to-red-fans-are-emotional-18693500

Did you notice?!

SPARKS that weren’t really there

Also Niall on #HeartbreakWeather

And the most important thing:
“SAW YOUR FUTURE BEFORE IT HAPPENED”.

Oh, what a coincidence that Niall’s song “Black and White” literally says that he wants to marry that person and that they probably don’t know each other very well to take that step.

Ok. That was deep. Relax a bit

Inhale.
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Exhale.

That’s it. Let’s recap.

There’s another line that I really love:

“In all you gorgeous colors”

I think it’s beautiful how he goes from black and white to colors, meaning that he’ll accept her with all of her emotions, flaws, and everything that she has.

But remember, this is not a wedding song. This is just Niall imagining his future with someone... too soon.

I know you maybe wondering that I just ruined a beautiful song.

But I didn’t. In fact, this is one on my favorites songs on the entire album.

I just want you to see how Niall is taking us by the hand on this beautiful but heartbreaking story.

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And.... what happens next?

Well, Niall realizes that he’s speeding things up and writes:

“Dear Patience”

I hope you liked this thread so far.

I’ll continue tomorrow.

See you soon

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Hello!

. I hope you have missed me! .

Thanks for your love and support with this thread. I’ve been wanting to do this since heartbreak weather was released. I opened this account yesterday with an idea in mind and never thought I would have so much support. Keep sharing it

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And without further do... let’s begin #heartbreakweather

analysis !

Third song on the album: Dear Patience

You maybe noticed that I’m a sucker for little details. And to do this thread obviously I needed to do some research. I probably watched mostly all Niall’s interviews.

I found something interesting.

When Niall was promoting his single “Nice to meet ya” he did an interview with WIRED. Famous to make the “______ Answers the Web’s Most Searched Questions”

At the end of the interview he answers something

Here’s a clip:

If you want to watch the full interview:

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“I probably fall really easily anyway”
Also Niall on “Dear patience”:

Taylor Swift throws some “easter eggs” too in her interviews, as far as I know.
Remember that I said it when I started this thread.
https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1250122523074846722?s=21 https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1250122523074846722

https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1250122523074846722?s=21

I really don’t know if he did that on purpose

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@NiallOfficial I need answers.

Anyway, now that we’ve cleared up that, let’s talk about the song.

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This song comes right before black and white for a reason. Niall relates that how he’s rushing things up and he knows that if he continues to do so, everything will be over.

He’s like: don’t f*ck it up, Niall.

Also I love how he personifies patience like an old friend, it feels like he’s actually talking to God to help him to have patience.

This song is really powerful. It’s one of my favorites.

Look how this is a breaking point.
Look how he’s having a conversation with himself. (I mean, his patience lives inside his head).
Look how he’s trying to KNOW himself (keep this in mind, it will help us later).

This song just talks for itself.

Niall has spoken of the main idea of it:

This gives us some powerful advice.

-You need to learn how to love and know yourself.
-You need to go through a heartbreak to learn that true love does not drive you out of control but brings you peace.
-Just don’t rush things up.

This song has no meaning other than to show niall's vulnerability and how complex people are.

Why complex? Because we’ve been there.

For example: you know that you need to exercise and eat healthy but you just don’t do it. You know that you need to study but you are just too lazy to do so.

He’s telling us how he knows he’s rushing things up and he wants to change..

...but he can’t.

What happens when you love someone without knowing them well?

Problems.

jealously, toxic behavior, “you were not like that”...

That’s why Niall writes “Bend the rules”

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And that’s all for today, my beautiful people.

Tell me if you have been enjoying this thread so far

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See you tomorrow!

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I made I mistake!.

I meant to write “right after” but instead I typed “right before”.

If you know Spanish, you know that these two words can be confusing.

I’m sorry.

I will continue the thread later.

https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1250538550715658240?s=21 https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1250538550715658240

https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1250538550715658240?s=21

Hello

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Sorry for the delay!
I’ve been busy.
Thank you for all your love.

Let’s keep analyzing!

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Fourth song on the album: Bend the Rules.

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Within this song, Niall take us through how he overthinks and ends up distrusting his gf. Consequence of not knowing himself first before loving another person.

This jealously starts with a dialogue of a phone call, in which what she said is not shown, but we can tell how he intuits that she’s lying to him.

This particular song has some really heartbreaking lines

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I just love his analogies.

What’s the difference between a bended paper and a broken paper?

None. The paper never gets back to its original state.

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This song is a little tricky to interpret.
I know that he’s disappointed, I know that he’s jealous, I know he’s overthinking but... if this is a story of a breakup...

Where’s the breakup?

Maybe they broke up after this song...

I mean, if we are following a story, next song is small talk...

I don’t want to imply that he cheated on her because I will fall into controversy, and that’s not the purpose of this thread.

Just... be open minded.

Anyway, he has stated in several interviews that “small talk” and “nice to meet ya” are the “selfish” and “egotistical” part after a breakup.

We’ll get there soon. Don’t be scared.

As usual, this is the main idea of this song told by Niall:

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This is not a personal song (thankfully).

He’s just trying to make this history a little bit more interesting for us to decode.

Well... what song is next?

Yeah, you’re right: Small talk.

Tomorrow this thread is going to be really interesting.

See you later

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Hello! Did you miss me ?

I had 2 days to really get in-depth with the next song we are about to discuss.

With this song I spent nearly 3 hours writing this all down (not counting all the research time).

This is why I will update the thread every two days instead of every day

I rewatched some of Niall’s interviews to refresh all my knowledge on how he wrote this album.

This will get harder for me to decode.

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Also, I need to beg you that you RT this thread if you like it so far.

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So, this is it.

Here it comes the analysis of my favorite song in the album:

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Fifth song on the album: Small talk

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This was a freaking tricky song to interpret.

I’ll give you an introduction on why I think this song has 2 points of view including Niall’s.

First, watch this clip from an interview Niall did with Ryan Seacrest:

As always, if you want to watch the full interview:

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Second, watch this clip from an interview Niall did with GLAMOUR UK

If you want to watch the full interview:

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And lastly, read Niall’s main thought of this song:

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Ok. Now that I’ve showed you that, I have a question...

If a relationship has only two people in it...

... then why he says “other PEOPLE’S views”?

And why there are two songs with the same vibe? (Small talk and Nice to meet ya).

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Because “Small talk” and “Nice to meet ya” happens in the same night and two people are telling the story.

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First, we have to highlight some aspects of “Nice to meet ya” video.

We can see how a girl puts on one of her heels at the entrance to Niall's house... you know what that means...

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If you don't, let Lewis Capaldi explain it to you

As the video continues, we can see how this girl has angels wings (remember this) and she enters to the taxi that has the “small talk” sign on it.

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Also, at the end of the video we notice how he talks to the same girl from the beginning, they speak for 5 seconds and then she just leaves her phone number on a napkin.

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What’s the meaning you’ll ask.

Well, that girl is telling us that she doesn’t want a small talk, she wants to go straight to his room.

And she made it.

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Let’s have a look on the lyrics:

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How I interpreted was that all the verses are Niall’s thoughts about that girl she met at the bar, and that girl thoughts are the choruses.

Why?

Well, first we have that all the verses he’s mentioning a girl.

Also when he says “she’s not my baby” I believe he’s referring to now his ex, meaning that he still thinks of her.

I think in that line he gives us a clue that they have already broke up.
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Why I believe that girl’s thoughts are on the choruses? Well...

1- That girl on NTMY video leaves HIS house.

2- Niall says that “Small talk is the close neighbor to Slow hands”. See the lyrics from that song:

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“That’s what she said right to my face”...

Kinda confirms my theory, don’t you think?

(I know that she refers to “her” place but those songs are close neighbors

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We can notice how Niall is unsure about sleeping with her. He says that he’s “terrified” and “paralyzed”

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I believe he’s not into one night stuff, but he does that because he just want a “New angel”

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The general idea of this song is the selfish feeling after a relationship ends, and the intention of sleeping with someone else (I would say) for revenge.

This revenge and jealousy just makes Niall feels regretful.

As I said, we as humans, are really complex.

My general thoughts of this song are:

This is so freaking amazing. I JUST LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH.

I mean, I know nothing about music, but the rhythm feels so “sexy” like “feels too good to be bad” and those lyrics....

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I mean...

We haven’t gotten deep into this album yet.

This is just the beginning .

Next, we’ll see how “Nice to meet ya” connects to “Small talk”.

I hope you enjoyed the breakdown of this song as much as I am doing it!

This is all for today, see you soon.

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Hello! It’s me again.

Before we get started, I want to thank the ones who have followed the thread since the beginning and also, the ones who started reading it now.

You don’t know the amount of joy I’ve got reading your comments

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Before we start with Nice to meet ya, I wanted you to know that I’ve thinking about that maybe I was wrong on “Bend the rules”

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I’m thinking that maybe that song isn’t from Niall’s perspective, but from his gf at that time.

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Remember that he said that song wasn’t that personal.

Also, there’s no song for the “breakup” and a line from small talk states “she’s not my baby. She’s got the wrong crazy”

Which now I believe he’s referring to that girl he met at the bar...

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You know what bend the rules is about.

She intuitis that her bf is doing things wrong.

I just missed who was telling the story.

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Lastly I want to address before we continue:

Niall is an amazing talented songwriter and singer. This thread is for you to focus on that instead of his choices as a human being.

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As he said on this interview on Zach Sang Show, this is not a 100% true story.

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Full interview:

So, if you are going to say “oh, I don’t think Niall did that” I tell you that I don’t really care about his personal life. I only care about his music, and right now, figuring it out this story for you.

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Sixth song on the album: Nice to meet ya

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From the music video, we can see how Niall hinted what the album was about.

The video starts with a sunny day, it rains on him and lastly it snows.

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Different weather patterns to describe all the stages of a relationship:

Sunny days: all those happy moments when a relationship starts.
Rainy days: problems.
Snowy days: there’s no more relationship.

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This is a song in which all of those patterns unite.

Here’s why:

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1- There are no more than 2 “happy” songs on this album.

HBW and B&W are just the only ones describing the feeling of the start on a relationship.

Those are the “sunny days”

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2- Problems comes with “bend the rules” (jealously) and “small talk” (someone else interrupting this relationship).

Those are the “rainy days”

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3- The “snowy days” comes after with “Put a little love on me”

We’ll be get there soon.

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Then, why “Nice to meet ya” is a combination of all of this weather patterns?

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Well, this song is really close to the beginning of the album. Meaning that he’s still within this relationship.

This night out means problems with his gf.

This is a breaking point; after this song they’ll split up.

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Now, after this introduction we can go a little bit deep into the song.

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From the music video, we can realize that he’s telling the story from his perspective.

He just “feels” confident, outgoing, funny, amazing, with no regrets whatsoever.

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What’s the whole idea?

The song has no other meaning than to show how he went a night out, met a girl and hooked up with her.

Yeah. That’s it.

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Niall has addressed that this song has no other deep meaning, he just was more focused on the rhythm than the lyrics.

Full article: https://genius.com/Niall-horan-nice-to-meet-ya-lyrics

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You really thought that was going to be my analysis?

C’moooon baby!!

Haven’t you know me yet?

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You might be wondering:

“Laura, I don’t really understand how this song Niall seems so confident and not-scared like you told us on small talk??? Because those songs happens the same night, right??!!!”

Well baby, check this out...

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It’s because this song isn't about his “thoughts” , is about what he wants to portray.

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Niall talks about “attitude”, meaning it doesn’t care how he feels, he doesn’t want to show you that. He wants to show that he doesn’t care, he wants a fun night out.

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To prove my point, watch this clip from an interview Niall did with Genius, breaking down every lyric of this song.

If you want to watch the full interview:

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Even Niall tells us that he wants to tattoo that girl's number on his arm when he would never get a tattoo.

And he says something in French!
Niall doesn’t know how to speak French.

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Remember the lyrics from “Small talk”?

“I’m paralyzed”
“I’m terrified”
“Oh, you see the fool in MY MIND”.

He knows that she can see how nervous he is even though he tries to hide it.

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https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1251629381274996736?s=21 https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1251629381274996736

https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1251629381274996736?s=21

Now you know how these two songs connect:

Niall’s mind: Small talk.
What Niall wants to portray: Nice to meet ya.

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https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1251638397845884934

https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1251638397845884934

Now I ask you...

What happens when you do things wrong and you hurt someone that you love?

That’s right my lovely people, you’ll regret all you have done.

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Will be too late for Niall to apologize?

We’ll see it on the breakdown of “Put a little love on me”.

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Thank you so much for keep reading and supporting this thread.

The analysis of “Put a little love on me” will be amazing.

You’ll love it.

See you soon

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Hey! Did you miss me?

I’m sorry for the delay. Yesterday, I accidentally deleted all what I written for PALLOM analysis

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It doesn’t matter, here we are. Let’s continue.

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Seventh song on the album: Put a little love on me.

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Niall, for this song doesn't give us much information about how it fits into the story, because (I believe) the song says it all.

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This artwork has a powerful video and lyrics.

This is a song in which you believe is pretty straightforward, but actually has a beautiful and heartbreaking meaning.

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In order to breakdown this song, we need to check every line and then we’ll go to the music video.

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Verse 1

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Within this paragraph it is explicit that they split up already.

“We came down ‘cause there was nothing holdin’ us”

Just after “Nice to meet ya” , in which I told you that someone else entered into the relationship, and that was the reason they broke up.

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We can notice that even though Niall had some introspection with “Dear Patience” he doesn’t know himself yet.

“Is it wrong that I don’t know my heart”

Remember that I told you that. https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1250540271663812609

https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1250540271663812609

And of course, he can’t stop thinking about her. Even if he wants to.

“Is it wrong that I still wonder where you are?”

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Pre-chorus

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Here he’s just thinking about if she feels the same way that he feels.

He’s trying to understand her and himself.

He wants to get back to her.

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Chorus

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Here’s the most beautiful line on this song

“When the lights come up and there’s no shadows dancin’”

A metaphor about when he wakes up (lights come up) and she’s not with him (there’s no shadows dancing).

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“Too much to ask” and this song seems really close in terms of lyrics.

We can see how he uses the analogy of “shadows dancing” and how he isn’t over her yet.

Same idea but different lyrics.

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Verse 2

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Now we know what happens when you rush things up and you start to know each other well.

“We laughed and we cried until we saw our worst”

This means that after they saw their true self, everything went down.

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Bridge & chorus

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This is were they reconcile. Remember that I said that “when the lights come up there’s no shadows dancing” was a metaphor of “when you wake up and you’re not next to me”.

Here he closes his eyes, dreams about her telling to love her again.

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And then when the lights come up they’re the only one dancing, meaning that they are together now and she gives him one more chance.

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Now, let’s go to the music video to complete this analysis.

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The video starts with Niall playing a piano, on which there are 3 roses

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Then, as soon as Niall sings the line “is it wrong that I still wonder where you are?” A dancer apperars under a bright light with a red dress.

...When the lights come up and there’s no shadows dancing...

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What’s the only two things that are red on this video? The rose in between the other 2 white roses and the girl’s dress.

If the girl is represented as red (his ex gf), the other white roses are Niall and the girl who met at the bar on NTMY.

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Then, it appears 4 mirrors in which the girl and Niall seen their reflexion by their own.

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The mirrors represent introspection and how Niall and his ex gf try to know themselves better.

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Then, we see a screen in which an image of the other is shown.

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In the end, they see each other faces and Niall sings the last piece of PALLOM to her.

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The development we can see here is that they at first don’t see each other, it’s like the video is showing their minds, which lead us to the screen. It’s portraying how the only thing they think is on each other.

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When the last chorus indicate the reconciliation, they face each other with the roses in between, seems like they are having a conversation about what happened, because Niall touches one of the white roses (symbolizes the girl on NTMY)

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They’re talking about the reason why they split up, and he’s asking for her forgiveness.

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Will this reconciliation last?

We’ll see it on the breakdown of Arms of a stranger.

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I hope you liked this thread so far.

Next analysis will be amazing. I’m so excited.

See you soon

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Now you missed me huh?

I’m sorry, I’ve been feeling a little bit unmotivated and sad. Might be bc of this crazy times we’re in.

I’m fine now, just if you wanted to now.

Here we go again...

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Eight song of the album: Arms of a stranger.

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Parenthesis

Niall actually wrote this song after a dream he had.

How cool is when your dreams come true??

Ok, moving on...

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https://twitter.com/niallofficial/status/1238691554719662080

https://twitter.com/niallofficial/status/1238691554719662080

We have been talking about some of this songs for quite some time now.

You realized how small talk and nice to meet ya were the ones with more difficulty to find their meaning.

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Books, videos, songs, poems, movies... are not easy to interpret exactly how the author wanted to portray.

This is because humans minds are a really tangled up and weird.

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Why? Because maybe I’m thinking about cheating and toxic relationship when Niall was thinking how he felt devastated when she was the one that who broke his heart.

Or maybe you don’t agree with the perspective of my analysis and you think he’s not even talking about a person.

He says: this album has different perspectives.

He does not clarify which point of view each song has.

And that’s the beauty of it. You can interpret it the way you feel it.

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I really try to push myself into his thoughts (with base on interviews) who were expressed on this storyline because I believe that we can appreciate more his talent as a storyteller.

Nonetheless, this is not the final verdict.

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Now, after this introduction...

I’ve been researching a little bit more about this song and I really couldn’t find anything that could help us with this story line.

But don’t worry, we’ll go deep into those words.

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As always, we need to check the lyrics first:

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There’s two ways I found to interpret this song.

The first and most simple one, is that his talking from his perspective and that he’s with someone else.

Pretty straightforward.

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Niall said that this is all this song is about actually:

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But I felt that something was missing...

If we’re following a storyline, why you use lines implying that you chase an old love if you’re telling me that you’re with a stranger?

And also, why you wrote some reconciliation on “Put a little love on me”?

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After all of this questions... I finally thought answers that could fit into the storyline.

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This song wasn’t written from Niall’s perspective but from his ex gf. And she’s not referring to someone else, she’s talking about Niall and how a stranger he become to her.

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Let’s go little by little on how I got into this conclusion...

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We need to recap all what we have discussed on this thread:

1- Relationship starts and Niall rush things up. (HBW and B&W)
2- Toxic behavior and jealousy (Bend the rules)
3- Someone interrupts this relationship (small talk, NTMY)
4- “Reconciliation” (PALLOM)

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You remember now?

Ok, moving on...

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You might think why do I say that this is not from Niall’s perspective but from his ex gf.

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If there was some reconciliation on PALLOM, and Niall was the one who “touched the rose”, in terms of who took the blame and apologize, she’s the one who wants to be with him even though he hurts her.

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Exactly what this line states:

“But somehow I just still want more”

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This line also supports my theory:

“I chase an old love just to feel love”

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She chased an old love, she thought that she know him but he changed so much that she not longer recognize him.

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She holds onto Niall’s past self, or the one that she used to know. That’s why she states “YOU left me with nothing” “why do I think of YOU” “but I guess I’m holding on to YOU still”

Those “you” refers the “Niall” that she knew at the begging.

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Also, Niall when he was doing his #HeartbreakWeatherWatch

, he said “make sure is not someone too strange”

Maybe that has nothing to do with the lyrics, but I’ll use anything I can to convince you

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https://twitter.com/niallofficial/status/1235701778093461504

https://twitter.com/niallofficial/status/1235701778093461504

This song talks about the regret that she felt when she forgive him and went back where there was nothing left.

I believe some of you has felt that before.

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The relationship is so fast and passionate that she states “It feels like it was only last week I was tripping right into your heart”

When I finish this thread I’ll tell you why this album reminds me to a short story Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote.

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Anyway, after this song, they breakup and enter to the “snowy weather” I talked about on NTMY analysis.

Because next, we’ll analyze “Everywhere”.

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I hope you liked this thread. I’m loving it.

Tell me what you think so far

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I love you so much.

See you soon

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Hello! Did you miss me?

I’m sorry. I was taking a break from social media

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Here we go...

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Ninth song on the album: Everywhere

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As much as I like this song, it does not have a deep meaning or a theory beyond what it tells us.

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Let’s take a look on the lyrics:

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This is from Niall’s perspective bc of what he has stated about this song:

“In MY case, I was seeing that a lot”
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The chorus is very difficult to sing, he has said it:

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https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1249837666729971715

https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1249837666729971715

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https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1234188601816178699

https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1234188601816178699

Why he choose to sing with that rhythm? Because he wants you to feel the “anxiety” that he feels when she’s on his head and he can’t do anything about that.

He’s showing you that even though he was the guilty, he still loves her and thinks about her.

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You now realize how complex we are as humans.

He let someone else enter into the relationship, showing that he didn’t care, that he wanted to have a great night.

But at the end of the day, he still thinks and love her.

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I wish I could say more about this song, but this is really straightforward.

The main idea: when you thought you didn't care about someone, life reminds you that you don't by associating everything around you with that person.

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Now...

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Tenth song on the album: Cross your mind

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As usual, we need to see the lyrics first:

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And Niall’s main idea of the song:

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Here comes Niall again with his ability to make a sad and heartbreaking song into a fun and “happy” one.

This will tell us something really cool about the story.

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Something I noticed is that Niall give us little clues about which perspective he’s writing from.

In this song, he doesn’t tell us nothing about if it’s a personal song, or how he felt. He’s trying to complete the concept of the album.

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Another case is Bend the rules, which he kinda clarified that this is from the perspective of his gf at the time.

Check this clip of an interview Niall did on Zach Sang Show:

Complete interview:

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“I’m not saying that I necessarily felt it, or whatever myself”

This means we are on the right path.

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Cross your mind fits into the story if it's spoken from the point of view of his ex-girlfriend.

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You know when I told you about that “reconciliation” on PALLOM? And when they definitely broke up after “Arms of a stranger”?

Well, some people when they finish their relationship keep trying to revive the love without any strings attached.

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That means that they’re still seeing each other but without any “title” that can attach them back.

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His ex gf is telling us how he hurts her by knowing that they still love each other but he can’t help sleeping with other people.

“Tell me that you love me
But I know you're out there runnin' wild, oh”

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She’s so into him that she can’t let him go by any means. She doesn’t care about sharing him with some other people.

If the price to love him is being heartbroken, she’ll pay it.

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Niall also told us that she didn’t hurt him:

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https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1246436210643472384

https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1246436210643472384

He says that he’s heartbroken because when the relationship ended he realized how much for granted he took her. Not because she hurt him.

We’ll get there.

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This is why we all have to communicate our feelings.

She’s so hurt and disappointed, but he doesn’t know that she feels like that.

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This song pictures exactly the scenario. She is telling us that she’s hurt and disappointed but nobody cares, we only dance to the rhythm of the song.

Ouch.

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Cross your mind and New angel happens at the same time too, but he’ll discuss that on the next update.

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I mean... this song is genius and need more recognition for how well it fits into the storyline.

This is one of my favorites.

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Next, we’ll analyze “New angel” and I believe you’ll love it.

I’ll try not to disappear like I did

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See you soon

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Hey! I’ve been busy these days.

I’m sorry that I couldn’t update this thread more often, takes me a lot of time to write the analysis of each song.

Anyway, here we go again...

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Eleventh song on the album: New angel.

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As usual, let’s take a look at the lyrics:

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The main idea of this song is the need to take that person out of your head by sleeping with anyone else. A new distraction, as it states.

Niall said it:

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But how does this song fit into the storyline?

Well, we’ll need to go to NTMY music video, “Cross your mind” and...

...color psychology on films

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First, the perspective:

This song talks from the point of view of Niall because of the connection that has with the songs we mentioned...

We’ll go little by little.

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See how “Cross your mind” has a line that connects with this song...

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With this line we can confirm that this is Niall’s perspective.

“She’s in there running wild”

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But, what about “Cross your mind” with..

“But I know you’re there running wild”

Did you notice the parallel?

This is why I told you this songs take place at the same time.

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You know when a relationship is over and there’s nothing else to grab into, but the other person sticks to your thoughts even if you don’t want to, and you wonder ... is he/she thinking of me?

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He portrays that situation really well because they have each other on their thoughts at the same time but they’ll never know if that happened.

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With just a line he gives you hope (if you went through a heartbreak) that the other person still thinks about you, no matter the circumstances.

For me, it’s really heartbreaking and truthful.

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This is why I love this album, such a complex and amazing story of a topic that the majority of us has been through.

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Going a little bit deeper into the song, there are some heartbreaking lines.

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“I’m hoping you get her out of my mind”
“I don’t know what’s best for me”

This is why a it’s a bad idea to try to forget someone by sleeping with another person. Both will be hurt in the end.

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“Too many feelings in the light”

He wants to show that he’s someone else by hiding his feelings, without showing vulnerability that could harm how his new angel sees him...

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Wait... who’s the “new angel” ?

Here comes the fun part...

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Niall posted for his album some visualizers on YouTube.

For “New angel” we have this one

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Do you see something familiar yet?

It’s his suit, it’s really close to the one he used on NTMY video right?

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When I watch all the visualizers, this one kept in my mind because of its color. And it got me thinking about color psychology on films. So I researched a little bit.

(I’m not an expert on the subject)

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Color psychology in films can be used to portray character development (transitive) and to distinguish aspects of a person or idea (associative).

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Say if in a movie a character or an idea is associated with a certain color, if we see that color again in the future we’ll now that scene in some way is referencing that person.

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And if we stop seeing that color with that person or idea we can say that there’s a transition (character development).

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I won’t extent too much into this subject, but if you want to know more about it:

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Some colors can express feelings and situations, like femininity...

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... and erotism or luxury...

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If you want to watch the full video:

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Now I ask you, what is the color difference between these?

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What color stands out in this photo?

... pink.

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We can associate “pink” with the girl who Niall met at the bar because of its psychological meaning and for the hint on the taxi sign on NTMY video.

(We already discuss how Small talk relates to NTMY)

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The meaning of that electric pink it’s that he’s now surrounded by that girl, having a great time but at the same time with his acoustic guitar, showing that he still thinks of his ex gf.

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Remember that I told you this?

The girl from NTMY video has angel wings...

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https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1251627040639508480

https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1251627040639508480

Now... after all of these proofs we can conclude that this girl is (or Niall want her to be) his new angel.

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That was really deep right? I know.

I might be wrong with that color psycholgy theory that I told. They might not were not intended to be that way.

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I’m just doing what Niall said here

“do whatever makes you feel it”

That my friends, are the words of a TRUE ARTIST.

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https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1238313941215793152

https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1238313941215793152

I believe I blown your mind today...

Next update we’ll discuss “Nothing” following the storyline that Niall stated here on Twitter.

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https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1249830338634842112

https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1249830338634842112

I hope you liked it

Till next update...

See you soon

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Hey! How are you today? I hope you are doing great!!!

I’m glad that so many of you has loved this thread so far, it makes me so happy

I have this another thread that could help you to read this little by little if you’re interested.

#HeartbreakWeather https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1253403670277951490

https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1253403670277951490

I just realized that I’ve been analyzing this album an entire month

thank you for your support once again.

Anyway... let’s keep analyzing

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First bonus track on the album: Nothing

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We we’ll need to check the lyrics first, as usual

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This song talks about the realization of how lonely Niall felt when he was alone.

Sadly, I couldn’t find the main idea of the song told by Niall. I found this on a tumblr account (dailyniallnews) but they didn’t put the credits. I’m sorry.

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Actually this songs (nothing and dress) have a lot to do with the storyline even if you don’t think so.

Let’s see how this song connects with some of the songs on the album and how the rhythm tell us a lot more.

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Here are the lyrics, as usual

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For the first verse:

“What holds me when I’m alone”

This lines relates how Niall after having fun with his “New angel”, realizes how lonely he feels when he’s alone. So it’s from his perspective, because how it fits into the storyline.

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“What makes the tiger tame”

Could refer sexuality. Meaning that the only person how can truly satisfy him it’s his ex gf.

It also might be a parallel of “small talk” in which he refer himself as an animal (wolf)

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“What turns the sky from black to gold”

It might relate to how golden means to Taylor Swift about love. I’ll refresh what she wrote on the prologue of her album “RED” which we talked about on “black and white” analysis.

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“Real love shines GOLDEN like starlight, and doesn’t fade or spontaneously combust” ...

He start saying that the sky is black, the sky referring that he’s surrounded by nothing, not even light.

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This line could mean that in that moment, he has nothing because he doesn’t have her, and he wants to feel what he thought is real love.

Remember, Niall felt love as “red” passionate, crazy and ridiculous.

We will talk more about colors later. Don’t worry.

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“What sends my tears up in flames”

This refers of how he wants to stop being sad and needs to feel red passionate love.

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After the first chorus we have some other interesting lines..

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“What moves me like a lightning bolt while praising all my fears”

Niall really likes electricity and sparks right?

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This could mean that she has always been there for him, and he realizes how she was the engine that moved him foward and how he took her for granted.

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The first chorus lacks of something that the second has. And that it’s “except for your love”.

I’m thinking about some “character development” here. It feels like we are listening to Niall’s thoughts.

We’ll get there.

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The third verse has some interesting lines too...

He’s thinking about what he could do in order to save what he messed up. I believe he didn’t had past experiences with relationships so he doesn’t know what to do.

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After the chorus we have the most important lines of this song...

Look how he understands the damage that he has done to the other person, look how he now understands that love matters above all.

He starts to realize that without her, he has nothing.

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And that’s why he repeated the first verse and he included the “except for your love” on the next chorus.

He knows what he wants now, and that’s her.

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Now, we will talk about the rhythm even tho I don’t know anything about music. I’ll tell you how it feels and try my best. However, you know I researched a bit.

I need that you listen closely.

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First verse and pre-chorus

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First we can hear a piano while listening to the first verse, which it is used to compose songs and it marks the melody, like the feeling of the tune itself.

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What’s the feeling here? Kinda like the feeling of nostalgia or introspection. This is introducing the main theme of the song, basically what the first verse and pre-chorus is about in all songs.

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Second verse and chorus

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Here it is introduced a bass and a drum, which marks rhythm. We can tell that we are getting deeper into his thoughts because of the development of the music. Each verse it is introduced a new instrument.

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For the chorus we hear the second voices more clearly than ever with the last “nothing”. His thoughts are getting louder.

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Third verse and chorus

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You can hear that it is introduced the electric guitar. This marks the feeling of the song. If this song were recorded with a piano or an acoustic guitar the feeling would be absolutely different.

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He wants you to feel the desperation that escalates throughout the song because he realizes little by little what he has done.

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Also, it starts a solo with the electric guitar. It feels like we are on the “electric storm” of the heartbreak weather.

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Bridge, fourth verse and last chorus.

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Bridges on songs are really important. It gives the climax of it.

This specific song, the climax it is given by the combination of all of the instruments: piano, bass, drums and electric guitar. In which I said comes the realization.

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When he absolutely understands, he blanks his mind and that’s why on the last verse we only hear the piano.

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The last chorus it’s the most loud and desperate because he know understands, he now knows what he wants and who he loves.

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Will be too late to realizations?

Will Niall be forgiven?

All those questions will be answered on the analysis of “No judgment”.

Stay tuned.

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I hope you liked this analysis because I deeply loved it.

Thanks for all the love.

See you soon

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Hey! How are you? I hope you are doing amazing today.

We are almost in the end of this amazing thread.

I am going to miss writing this.

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When I started this thread, I was so afraid to analyze this song because I didn’t really know how this fitted into the storyline, but I think I solved my answers.

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Here we go...

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Twelfth song on the album: No judgement

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The main idea of the song it’s to show how couples, at some point tend to be not judgmental between each other.

Niall has spoken about it (via The Sun).

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But you know, we’ll need to read the lyrics... as usual.

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First, here we can tell how months has passed since Niall and his ex gf had talked, and suddenly they started to see each other again. Sadly, they couldn't reconcile as they wanted to.

Now, let’s go to the music video for a moment to tell you what is the perspective here.

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Niall has said here on Twitter that his visuals tells a story.

#HeartbreakWeather https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1198552194032619521

https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1198552194032619521

Remember that I told you about how colors can be used to associate a character?

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Do you remember “put a little love on me” music video? Which color stand out the most and who we associate it with?

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Exactly, we associate “red” with Niall’s ex gf.

That’s why the old lady has a red dress here. She’s representing her.

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And who has been using blue in all of this musics videos?

You are correct. It’s Niall.

We can associate that color with him.

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Remember that this relationship must have taken place on Niall’s flicker era because Niall started to write the album as soon as he finished the tour.

Complete interview:

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What Niall wore most on that time?

Blue (still wears it) and flat hats.

...what a coincidence, right?

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This is key to decode the point of view of the song.

We see Niall in this video watching and judging the weird things the old couple does.

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The old couple doesn’t notice Niall at all. This means that we are on his head when he is remembering (while they are together at the moment) how they were.

If that makes any sense.

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When they see each other again, they are unsure about expressing how they feel, because how things turned up before on “Put a little love on me”

“We laughed and we cried until we saw our worst”

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Because sometimes, when people has been criticized, they start hiding their feelings and apologize for what they are about to share.

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That’s why Niall says “You don’t have to give me a warning” because he realized how he mistreated her (we talked about that on “nothing analysis).

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Here there is not a feeling of red passionate love. Here we can hear and feel nostalgia at its maximum. They know they’ll move on with their lives, but the feeling of remembering old times it’s really powerful.

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If you do not know how it feels, it is the same feeling that it gives when you go to a place that you have ages without going and you were very happy. Reliving those moments gives that feeling of nostalgia.

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Sadly, it doesn’t last too long. There is nothing to hold on to. They can’t be together again.

It was too late for Niall to realize what he has done...

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Niall noticed that. Nostalgia invaded his thoughts over and over again.

After this song, that feeling will be alive in the next ones.

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That’s why “San Francisco” sums all of the story...

#HeartbreakWeather https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1249828740600926208

https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1249828740600926208

That’s why this line is so important
“Barefoot and a bottle of wine”

#HeartbreakWeather https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1238307585788264449

https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1238307585788264449

It has a connection with some of the other songs we will discuss soon.

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But, we will keep analyzing on the next update.

It will be really soon because Niall has put pressure on me

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#HeartbreakWeather https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1262139847034253313

https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1262139847034253313

I hope you all loved this update as much as I struggled writing it down for you.

I love you all lots.

See you soon

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Hello! How are you today? I hope you are great!

I’m so thankful for all of your support. It really takes me time to write each analysis

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I love you all so much!!!

We are about to witnesses the holy trinity of Heartbreak Weather...

San Francisco, Dress and Still.

I’m really excited

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Thirteenth song on the album: San Francisco

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With this song, all of the memories come back to Niall’s mind. It’s a piece where it all sums up. We’ll see how most of the songs on this album has a place to take on this track.

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The main idea of the song it’s the nostalgia, sadness and realization when a relationship it’s really over, no more talking and seeing each other again.

He wants to go back where he was happy.

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Through his head flashes the moments that they lived together. The happiness that he felt. Nostalgia runs over this song over and over again.

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He uses some lines that connects to other songs in the album to create that feeling.

Let’s check the lyrics to prove my point:

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On the first lines of the song we can see a parallel with “Put a little love on me”.

Remember what I said:

#HeartbreakWeather https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1253378562062790658

https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1253378562062790658

Days and nights come and go and he just wants to sleep with her. No one else.

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“Overthinking, I don’t know what to do”

Niall, since “Dear patience” is telling us that he doesn’t know himself, he doesn’t know what to do. It’s like he is not in control.

If you remember, we touched this subject with “Dear Patience”, “PALLOM” and “Nothing”
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This lines has some hints that take us to previous songs too:

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“I want to kiss you like the first time”

This is clearly a parallel of “Black and white” in which the lyrics say:

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“Wish I hadn’t be so cruel”

Referring to “Cross your mind”, about what he did to her. We know how “cross your mind” connects to the other songs.

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“I want to let all my defenses now, scream until you hear me out, I’ll lay in the line for you”

Nial has said that he is not good at speaking his feelings. He instead express himself through his songs.

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I wish I’ve found the interview, it’ll take me so much time (which I don’t have) to use a clip of it. So, you’ll have to believe me this time. I’m sorry.

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Us as humans, have a bad time communicating ourselves. Even the slightest wrong word and the whole conversation can turn into a fight. Sometimes, some has more trouble doing it than others.

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That’s the case here, Niall always had trouble communicating himself. He is desperate, he doesn’t know which words to use in order to her to listen to him. He just want to scream with hope that she listen what he has to say, because now she doesn’t like to be hurt.

The chorus has some other parallels referring songs on the album

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In “Heartbreak weather” he is talking about a city, and how they are in a hotel room dancing to Bruno Mars

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This city is actually “San Jose” but he changed to “San Francisco” in order to rhyme with the song. Niall said it on a Instagram live, you probably knew that.

#HeartbreakWeather https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1249828740600926208

https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1249828740600926208

Niall and his gf (at the time of HBW), were watching an NBC special of Bruno Mars.

Complete interview:

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So, he is referring to how bad he wants to go back to the start of it all. He hates being without her.

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“I might show up on your doorstep soaking wet, say I’m done running from the one that I want so bad”

This means 2 things to me:

1- He is literally sweating because he implied that he had enough of running of her.

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2- It rained because he lost her

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Remember what I said in the beginning, Bruno Mars song “It will rain” states:

“if you walk away, everyday it will rain”

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This last lines sums it all...

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Niall after realizing what he has done, he regrets badly on his decisions. Now it cross his mind (

) how bad he hurt her.

Remember that on “nothing” analysis we talked about it.

#HeartbreakWeather https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1261330054396723203

https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1261330054396723203

Lastly before we finish, when I was researching about this specific song, a comment on http://genius.com page draw my attention.

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I searched for that song that she refers on that comment, it is called “Lights” by Journey (I recommend you hear it, it’s really good) and I want you to see how close this two are in terms of lyrics.

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We all know that Niall loves old music. He might took inspiration from this song specially because of its meaning and how he felt listening to it.

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I believe it’s beautiful how he uses inspiration from other eras and transforms it into songs that we love today.

He is giving them a second chance, in order to us (young people) to appreciate those times.

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Anyway, let’s go back.

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“San Francisco” will open us the feeling of regret that Niall will feel at the end of this album.

“Dress” it’s another song we’ll hear that has the same feeling of nostalgia.

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I believe you know how this ends.

We will se how this story develops on the analysis of “Dress”

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Thank you for reading this thread! I had so much fun writing it down.

What do you think so far? I love to see your comments.

See you soon

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Hey! How are you? I hope you are great!

I’m so glad for all of your comments. You have no idea

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Without counting the song we are about to analyze today, we are only 1 song apart to finish this thread that has taken me so much effort to conclude. I’m so excited and sad that this is coming to an end

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Let’s go then...

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Second bonus track on the album: Dress.

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This song bring us back again to those happy moments where Niall and his ex gf shared memories together, by looking into the things she left on his house, especially her little white dress.

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I couldn’t find Niall’s statement about this song, just this piece that I used on “Nothing” analysis. But, as always we will go deep into the lyrics.

#HeartbreakWeather https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1261327973753503744

https://twitter.com/niallanalysis/status/1261327973753503744

First we will breakdown the lyrics and then, a little bit of the music as well.

I’ll leave them here so you can read it.

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I need you to imagine this as a music video.

Picture Niall before the song starts, searching for clothes in his wardrobe, when he pass through his clothes he founds a little white dress, and then the song starts...

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Niall’s feelings and memories start to emerge onto the surface, he pictures all of those happy moments he took for granted.

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He now remembers the little details, he now knows that those moments were the sunny days, that’s why he refers as “summer”

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He calls her with an excuse to see if she wants her stuff, with a flicker of hope (

) that they can go back, trying to have a chapter of “no judgment”.

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On “San Francisco” Niall called her too, that’s why he says “maybe it’s time that I give you space”, in order to refer that he is getting tired of calling her, he is losing hope.

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When he starts to picture the dress on her, in his mind memories and feelings grow more and more inside him.

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Beneath those memories hide parallels from the album, relating the feeling of nostalgia.

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First, a parallel of how bad he feels for what he did to her on small talk, nice to meet ya and cross your mind chapter. He is asking her for forgiveness.

“Watch you dance around and tell you I’m sorry”

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He keeps staring to the little white dress, and more and more memories he start to remember. He remembers “black and white” or “no judgement” chapter.

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For those songs (B&W and No judgement) we have these lines

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He is remembering in these lines, those moments they lived in that famous couch Niall states on his Twitter on “no judgment”

#HeartbreakWeather https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1238307585788264449

https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1238307585788264449

That’s why “Dress” completes “Black and white” storyline https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1238667075020820480

https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1238667075020820480

At the end, he notices that he won’t have her forgiveness. He notices that it’s already too late. But, he wants to feel attached to those moments by keeping her dress...

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So if you keep picturing this song as a music video, when the song stops he take the dress but we can’t see if he puts it away or he leaves it on the hanger.... we will never know.

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I hope you are okay reading this thread so far...

It’s so heartbreaking this song...

I want to analyze the music too. This will be even more heartbreaking...

My apologies

I’m literally crying writing this...

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I need that you listen to the song while reading this. Open your hears.

I’ll use some clips of the song too. Don’t worry.

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This song in terms of sound builds up like “nothing” did.

Remember: piano, guitars, and violins set the tone of the song (the feelings), while drums and bass mark the tempo.

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First we hear a piano, that represents when Niall finds the dress hanging in his wardrobe, the feeling of nostalgia starts in that moment.

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When he takes it out from the wardrobe to watch it closely, an acoustic guitar start to sound. Symbolizing all of the memories that will come out as the song progresses.

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With the chorus, we can start to hear second voices exactly when Niall start to sing the part of those memories. This symbolizes how the memories are becoming attached to sadness and nostalgia and how they are getting louder and more present.

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When this chorus ends, we can hear a violin, marking how now the sadness and nostalgia it’s becoming present.

Also introduces the drums, which those two blends together, giving the sensation that he is really reliving those moments in his head.

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If we goo deep into the song, when he start to sing “smile on the staircase...” sounds the violin, which it’s going to be present for the rest of the song. I feel it like it’s her dress moving and dancing, like Niall’s memories on his head.

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On the last chorus the song explodes, guitar, piano, second voices, drums and all of those things that I can’t identify take a place, like those feelings he is now living in his head...

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And then, the song stops after he sings “maybe it’s time to put your dress”. Could mean that he put her dress away, stoping him to remember those memories...

We will never know...

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So many people said that this song as a whole sounds a lot like Irish folk music.

We know where Niall is from, Ireland. That is his home.

What if he used this style to let us know that she is the one who feels like home?

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Final thoughts:

This songs take us from a roller coaster of emotions. It has that happy tone to it, reminding us how sunny and shiny those moments were, but really emphasizing the feeling of nostalgia.

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The only thing I can think of is “Inside out” movie where Riley’s sadness and happiness combines a memory...

It is not sad, it is not happy either. It is both.

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I hope you loved this update as much as I loved writing it down for you.

I’m going to miss writing all of my thoughts and feelings about this amazing album.

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Next and last update will be “Still”, so... prepare yourselves to cry.

I love you all a lot. Thank you so much for your support. Comment how did you feel reading this analysis

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See you soon

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Hey! How are you? This is the last time I’ll ask you that

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It has been a while since the last update right?... I hope you missed me

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We’ve been here for a while. I don’t know which one will make me sadder, the fact that this analysis will end here or how heartbreaking the next song is.

I’m going to miss you so much.

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We are going to analyze this song first and then, I’m going to tell you my opinions about the album as a whole.

So, here we go... the most heartbreaking song on this album...

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Fourteenth and last song on the album: Still

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This song sums up all the relationship with pain, regret, nostalgia and sadness. This is the end of it all. Niall has spoken about it:

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But you know that we are here to go deep into the lyrics

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With the first verse he introduces the main theme that we have been talking about since the start. Niall doesn’t know himself. And he acknowledges that.

Remember that we mention it on “Dear patience” and “PALLOM” analysis.

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“Find it hard to say I’m sorry”

Remember that the only time Niall literally said “I’m sorry” was on “Dress”, almost at the end of the album. He felt regret but he wasn’t honest about his feelings because he isn’t the best expressing how he feels.

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“And I don’t know why, the stars won’t shine at night”

Seems like a parallel for “nothing”, “PALLOM” and “flicker” regarding how light means hope, but in this case there is none. Everything it’s over.

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What I noticed with the chorus is that the only time Niall literally said that he was in love with her was back in “Black and white” where he said “I promise that I love you for the rest of my life”...

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Not even in PALLOM. There he said “put a little love ON ME” he wasn’t saying “I love you”, he was saying “love me”.

He hided his feelings for so long, and now he is being honest, but sadly... it’s too late, and he knows that.

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Do you remember “Dress”? When he kept singing “do you still want it” after remembering all of the moments they had?

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It had two meanings. One referring the dress and the other referring to go back to those sunny moments they had.

This song reinforces the second one because he keeps telling us “Tell me you want it, a thousand miles from the day that we started”.

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This is because in “Dress” he wanted to be honest but his pride didn't let him, so he used a double meaning in order to not be too “on the nose”

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That is why he sings “I guess we lost our focus, and it’s killing me that could go to a war like this” because he is devastated. He is so regretful about how they ended that he literally screams how he feels.

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But you just can’t pretend that everything it’s alright after all the damage they made. There is no going back.

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I want you to focus on the rhythm of the song before we continue.

It seems to me that Niall had some inspiration in “Amie” by Damien Rice in order to compose this song. He has said that he is a huge inspiration for him.

Complete interview: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/damien-rice-o-niall-horan-album-songwriting-closer-film-scene-a9511981.html

Niall Horan on Damien Rice’s O: ‘His approach to recording is beaten…

I don’t think I’ve ever written a song the same again since spending time with O by Damien Rice. I’m obsessed with the exquisite way he recorded every minute detail. You have all these intricate

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/damien-rice-o-niall-horan-album-songwriting-closer-film-scene-a9511981.html

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“Amie” by Damien Rice scales in a similar way to still, the singer feelings it’s reflected in the way he sings, raw and pure with no rush. Listen a clip of it:

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“Still” has a peculiar thing in its melody. The song scales from a guitar to a mix of instruments and feelings as Niall sings.

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His voice sounds similar as Damien’s song “Amie”. He has some voice cracks in order to show you how he feels. He is showing you his vulnerability by singing such a personal song.

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Niall has said that Damien uses that resource for a reason. He left that there because he wants to show you how sad and heartbroken he feels.

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In the last verse the song scales in a beautiful way as Niall sings:

“Oh, we'll be alright
Oh, it'll be alright
Oh, we'll be alright
Oh, it'll be alright”

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Each line it’s like a dagger. If you picture as a video, his eyes start to get blurry and with more memories he start to remember, more and more tears his eyes accumulate.

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He knows that someday he will be fine, but he is so hurt that he needs to let the water run out his eyes in order to release some pain.

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What if he cried writing this song exactly in this point?

#HeartbreakWeather https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1249835042089639937

https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/status/1249835042089639937

When we get to the last chorus on which he screams how he feels, he is finally opening up to her. As in “San Francisco” stated: “scream until you hear me out”

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With the last “I’m still in love with you” we can hear that his voice goes down in a way that you can feel his regret, pain and sadness. Almost like if his head went down like this emoji:

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After the last line in the song we hear whistles.

For me, it feels like how the other person ignored Niall. Not because she was evil, but because he took so long to express his feelings and for consequence she didn’t believed him. I think it is reasonable to think that way.

He screams, he shows his vulnerability, he tries to reach her, he wants her back, he wishes to do it all again, he just wants that she accept his apologies...

... but you know, it was too late...

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In a visual way, this is how it would end. Memories running down his head but at the end...

There is nothing left.
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What can we conclude from this song?

We can’t expect that our partner guesses what it’s going inside our heads. We have to express our feelings, because you don’t know when it’ll be the last time you have the chance to do so...

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Okay....

I hope you are alright

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But we haven’t finished.

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HEARTBREAK WEATHER ALBUM: a little bit of analysis as a whole and my opinion.

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First, I have to address that this whole album it’s THE MOST AMAZING MASTERPIECE EVER CREATED.

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I have been supporting Niall since 2011, and I knew that he had this potential. I’m so glad that he made this album.

THANK YOU @NiallOfficial

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It took me back to my teenage relationships, who were like we have said “RED”; Passionate, combusting, fast and toxic.

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It also took me back to a book I read years ago called “Tu rastro de sangre en la nieve” by Gabriel García Márquez.

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This short story talks about a young couple who married and had a honey moon traveling around Europe, but suddenly Nina, (the protagonist) pricked herself with the thorn of a rose.

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She started to bleed out little by little, like it was nothing. Suddenly, after days in a hospital, Nina died.

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What I take from this book it’s how fast and passionate their love was. They got married so soon and so young, they were so lovable but at the end of the day, they got separated for a tiny hole on Nina’s fingertip.

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Meaning that the relationship combusted and after that, they had nothing to hold on to.

Just like Heartbreak weather was.

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I also love how each of these songs without taking account on the storyline, could have a different perspective and how they can be yours for whoever you like.

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I love the way Niall writes in order to you to focus on how relatable the lyrics are instead of giving you the power to speculate in his private life. Besides how much vulnerability it is shown in this album.

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Lastly, I freaking adore this concept and I really think this album deserves so so so so so much more appreciation.

So, stream Heartbreak weather.

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This is it my beautiful followers. This is the end of this amazing thread.

I started this when I had 0 followers and I want to give you an advice:

BELIEVE ALWAYS IN YOUR IDEAS. DON’T BE AFRAID TO SPEAK YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS!!

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I know that some people who were here since the beginning doesn’t follow me anymore. However, I still thank you so much for all the love you gave me. Without you, I wouldn’t be here.

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I wish I could mention each one of you who wrote amazing and beautiful comments on this thread, but it will take me so long...

Instead, I will say it here:

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T H A N K Y O U S O M U C H

I L O V E Y O U

see you soon

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