WRITTEN ON THESE WALLS ARE THE STORIES THAT I CAN'T EXPLAIN-I think they are talking about all the posters,articles on our walls. That is the meaning of this song according to meĪctually I personally think this is about us directioners. We know that we are gonna die but still we try to get out of it and relive those memories for the one last time but the time froze. I DRIVE ALL NIGHT TO KEEP HER WARM AND TIME IS FROZEN. We know that now the time has come and anytime soon we'll die the way that we were holding to life has now come to an end. The memories of our life, the respect we had gain will be written on our tombstone.ĪND I'LL BE GONE GONE TONIGHT THE GROUND BENEATH MY FEET IS OPEN WIDE, THE WAY THAT I'VE BEEN HOLDING ON TOO TIGHT WITH NOTHING IN BETWEEN. IT SEEMS TO ME THE DAY I DIE THESE WORDS WILL BE WRITTEN ON MY STONE. SHE TOLD ME IN THE MORNING SHE DON'T FEEL THE SAME ABOUT US IN HER BONESĪnd then one day we woke up knowing that now the time has come and sooner we'll be gone. I LEAVE MY HEART OPEN BUT IT STAYS RIGHT HERE EMPTY FOR DAYS No matter how much we try but we can forget them. It's about those memories throughout our life that are so close to us that we can't explain to anyone. WRITTEN IN THESE WALLS ARE THE STORIES THAT I CAN'T EXPLAIN. I think it's about when a person knew that his time has come and trying to remember his good memories and tries not get away from them. (I know that in the morning now, I'll see us in the light upon a hill, Although I am broken my heart is untamed still) (Written in these walls are the stories that I can't explain/Written in these walls are the colours I can't change).ĭespite of having almost resigned to his "fate" of never finding the one, he still believes in love at his core and keeps letting himself fall in love
He can't explain why this keeps happening, but these failed relationships are now a part of his history and who he is now He's afraid that this pattern is inescapable, will continue for the rest of his life and define him to the extent that after he dies, this is what people will think of for the epitaph. It has happened so many times that he thinks that it's something about him and the way he loves too much that makes the person he's with feel like she can't reciprocate the same level of love. He says that the story of his life is that he feels he gives so much and loves so much in every relationship but that it always ends up the same way - the girl wakes up one morning and realizes that she doesn't feel the same way as him. To me, this song is about someone who is afraid that he will never find a girl who will love him as much as he loves her.