Lirik Payphone

I'm at a payphone trying to call home
All of my change I spent on you
Where have the times gone
Baby it's all wrong, where are the plans we made for two?

Yeah, I, I know it's hard to remember
The people we used to be
It's even harder to picture
That you're not here next to me
You say it's too late to make it
But is it too late to try?
And in our time that you wasted
All of our bridges burned down

I've wasted my nights
You turned out the lights
Now I'm paralyzed
Still stuck in that time when we called it love
But even the sun sets in paradise

I'm at a payphone trying to call home
All of my change I spent on you
Where have the times gone
Baby it's all wrong, where are the plans we made for two?

If happy ever after did exist
I would still be holding you like this
All those fairytales are full of sh*t
One more stupid love song I'll be sick

You turned your back on tomorrow
Cause you forgot yesterday
I gave you my love to borrow
But just gave it away
You can't expect me to be fine
I don't expect you to care
I know I've said it before
But all of our bridges burned down

I've wasted my nights
You turned out the lights
Now I'm paralyzed
Still stuck in that time when we called it love
But even the sun sets in paradise

I'm at a payphone trying to call home
All of my change I spent on you
Where have the times gone
Baby it's all wrong, where are the plans we made for two?

If happy ever after did exist
I would still be holding you like this
All those fairytales are full of sh*t
One more stupid love song I'll be sick

Now I'm at a payphone...

[Wiz Khalifa]
Man work that sh*t
I'll be out spending all this money while you sitting round
Wondering why it wasn't you who came up from nothing
Made it from the bottom
Now when you see me I'm stunning
And all of my cars start with the push up a button
Telling me the chances I blew up or whatever you call it
Switched the number to my phone
So you never could call it
Don't need my name on my show
You can tell it I'm ballin'
Swish, what a shame could have got picked
Had a really good game but you missed your last shot
So you talk about who you see at the top
Or what you could've saw
But sad to say it's over for
Phantom pulled up valet open doors
Wiz like go away, got what you was looking for
Now ask me who they want
So you can go and take that little piece of sh*t with you

I'm at a payphone trying to call home
All of my change I spent on you
Where have the times gone
Baby it's all wrong, where are the plans we made for two?

If happy ever after did exist
I would still be holding you like this
All those fairytales are full of sh*t
One more stupid love song I'll be sick

Now I'm at a payphone...

Makna Lagu Payphone - Maroon 5

Lagu "Payphone" dari Maroon 5 menceritakan tentang seseorang yang masih sulit menerima berakhirnya hubungan yang dulu dipenuhi harapan. Ia mengenang masa-masa indah bersama mantan kekasih, tetapi kini semua rencana yang pernah mereka bangun telah hancur. Perasaan itu tergambar jelas lewat lirik "Where have the times gone? Baby it's all wrong, where are the plans we made for two?" yang menunjukkan rasa kehilangan sekaligus penyesalan karena masa depan yang mereka impikan bersama tidak pernah menjadi kenyataan.

Di bagian reff, tokoh dalam lagu ini mengungkapkan bahwa dirinya masih terjebak di masa lalu, sementara mantannya sudah memilih pergi. Lirik "I've wasted my nights, you turned out the lights, now I'm paralyzed" menggambarkan bagaimana patah hati membuatnya kehilangan semangat untuk melangkah. Bahkan, ia mulai kehilangan kepercayaan terhadap kisah cinta yang sempurna, terlihat dari kalimat "If happy ever after did exist" dan "All those fairytales are full of sht"*. Baginya, akhir bahagia yang selama ini dipercaya ternyata tidak selalu terjadi di kehidupan nyata.

Sementara itu, verse Wiz Khalifa menghadirkan sudut pandang yang berbeda. Jika Adam Levine dipenuhi penyesalan dan kerinduan, Wiz justru menunjukkan sikap telah bangkit dari masa lalu dan memilih fokus pada kesuksesannya. Perbedaan ini membuat "Payphone" tidak hanya menjadi lagu tentang putus cinta, tetapi juga tentang dua cara menghadapi kehilangan: ada yang masih terjebak dalam kenangan, dan ada yang memilih menjadikan luka sebagai motivasi untuk terus maju. Pada akhirnya, lagu ini mengingatkan bahwa tidak semua hubungan berakhir sesuai harapan, dan terkadang satu-satunya pilihan adalah menerima kenyataan meski hati belum sepenuhnya rela.

Lirik Lagu Maroon 5

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