It's All Over Now
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The speaker looks back on a relationship in which he felt hurt, betrayed, and taken for granted. He describes his partnerโs repeated absence and attention to other men, as well as his own crying and financial losses. The refrain moves from past affection to firm separation: he once loved her, but says that love has ended. The mood mixes resentment with a sense of release.
โTables turnedโ means that the situation has reversed: the speaker says his former partner is now the one who suffers. โPlaying her fast gameโ suggests that she was acting carelessly or dishonestly, though the phrase is not fully explained. The contrast between being served breakfast in bed and later seeing her โhere and thereโ with other men highlights how the relationship once seemed caring but came to feel unreliable.
The song presents events from the speakerโs point of view, so his account may be shaped by anger and a wish to see the other person face the same pain. His repeated claim that it is โall overโ sounds decisive, but the refrainโs insistence may also suggest he is still emotionally caught up in what happened. The lyrics do not tell us whether he has truly moved on or is trying to convince himself that he has.