Happy Ending Lyrics

[CazGirl]

Hey guys!

So, I was on YouTube listening to a Hong Kong interview and they asked him about Happy Ending, and Mika stated that it wasn't really a break up song because he wasn't going through a break up at the time, and that whenever he was around Los Angeles (i think) he always saw homeless people, and that it was about that.

But for me, the lyrics don't connect in that way....I feel that Over My Shoulder can relate to it more. Not saying that it DOES, but lyrically...I can envisualise it.

Happy Ending lyrics:

This is the way you left me
I'm not pretending
No hope, no love, no glory,
No happy ending
This is the way that we love
like it's forever
and live the rest of our lives
But not together

Wake up in the morning, stumble on my life
Can't get no love without sacrifice
If anything should happen, I guess I wish you well
A little bit of heaven, and a little bit of hell

This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, no love, no glory
Happy Ending's gone forevermore
I feel as if I'm wasting
And I wasted everyday

This is the way you left me
I'm not pretending
No hope, no love, no glory
No happy ending
This is the way that we love
like it's forever
And live the rest of our lives
But not together

Two o'clock in the morning, something's on my mind
Can't get no rest, keep walking around
If I pretend that nothing ever went wrong
I can get to my sleep, I can think that we just carried on

This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, no love, no glory
Happy ending's gone forevermore
I feel as I'm wasted
And I wasted everyday

Oh I
This is the way you left me, I'm not pretending
Feel as if I'm wasted
No hope, no love, no glory
No happy ending
And I
This is the way that we love, like it's forever
Wasted everyday
And live the rest of our life, but not together
Little bit of love

Little bit of love
Little bit of love, little bit of love, little bit of love....

I feel as if I'm wasted
And I wasted everyday
Hey, hey, hey, hey

This is the way you left me
I'm not pretending
No hope, no love, no glory
No happy ending
This is the way that we love
Like it's forever
And live the rest of our life
But not together

anyone got their own interpretation?

[rabdash]

Um I heard once that again, it wasn't a break up song, but Mika said that it was about losing things in general.....

[CazGirl]

Originally Posted by rabdash

Um I heard once that again, it wasn't a break up song, but Mika said that it was about losing things in general.....

yeah i think he said that in the making of it. *goes YouTube hunting*

[CazGirl]

while searching i found this amazing video!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW_m9RzH0YY

[lollipop_monkey]

I think that originally it may have been meant to be a sort of breakup song, even if he wasn't personally going through that while writing it.

Consider the lyrics:

and live the rest of our lives
But not together...If anything should happen, I guess I wish you well...

At least for part of the song, the words are clearly from one person to another specific person.

My baseless guess is that maybe Mika had the line "no hope, no love, no glory, no happy ending" running through his mind while seeing these homeless people in LA, because I can see how it applies to that.

But I would be skeptical that the whole thing was written about that topic. Mika also said in that same interview that he'd like to make the Happy Ending video about homelessness - and if he's telling me that the video he came up with is indeed about the topic - well, that's one hell of a stretch, even for Mr. Mika.

[CazGirl]

Originally Posted by lollipop_monkey

I think that originally it may have been meant to be a sort of breakup song, even if he wasn't personally going through that while writing it.

Consider the lyrics:

and live the rest of our lives
But not together...If anything should happen, I guess I wish you well...

At least for part of the song, the words are clearly from one person to another specific person.

My baseless guess is that maybe Mika had the line "no hope, no love, no glory, no happy ending" running through his mind while seeing these homeless people in LA, because I can see how it applies to that.

But I would be skeptical that the whole thing was written about that topic. Mika also said in that same interview that he'd like to make the Happy Ending video about homelessness - and if he's telling me that the video he came up with is indeed about the topic - well, that's one hell of a stretch, even for Mr. Mika.

yeah i can understand why some parts can relate to it, but others parts seem quite personal.

i cant find the "making of" video, it must have been taken off, but i found the hong kong interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNSyY...eature=related

[Bienie]

The making of ...
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=29764301

[fantapantsprice]

ya i'm a bit confused by the whole thing too, and i have a presentation due on the video for wed but yet again HERE I AM not studying darn u guys!!

[CazGirl]

Originally Posted by Bienie

The making of ...
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=29764301

i love it when he explains the gloves and goes "and they all come together and sing 'little bit of love, little bit of love'.." and he giggles as he says "and that's..." then he stops giggling, goes all serious, and says "that's the chorus."

[Bienie]

Originally Posted by CazGirl

i love it when he explains the gloves and goes "and they all come together and sing 'little bit of love, little bit of love'.." and he giggles as he says "and that's..." then he stops giggling, goes all serious, and says "that's the chorus."

I love it when he explains the toy theatre..
"How amazing is that, hihihi"

[rabdash]

Originally Posted by Bienie

I love it when he explains the toy theatre..
"How amazing is that, hihihi"

I pretty much love all of that video

[Miro]

Originally Posted by CazGirl

i love it when he explains the gloves and goes "and they all come together and sing 'little bit of love, little bit of love'.." and he giggles as he says "and that's..." then he stops giggling, goes all serious, and says "that's the chorus."