“Quarters” is the enigmatic seventh track on Embrace’s sixth studio album, Embrace. The song uses various mathematical phrases and metaphors along with various figure-of-speech phrases to describe a viscous battleground in a relationship.
[Verse 1]
Hey you
You took all we had and you broke it in two
Now our love lies in quarters
It was halves when I met you
I knew
You papered the cracks just so I would fall through
When I ticked all your boxes
All your triggers got pulled too
[Chorus]
I'd never known another could have suffered like this
In fragments and fractions I fell
The quarters don't go back as well
It adds up, it adds up
[Verse 2]
Bruised
Love will subtract if you let it near you
You were born under punches
I was armed when I met you
We're through
Oh, we had it all but I know you're hurt too
Line up all your impostors
Kill the dream that I cling to
[Bridge]
And I feel myself surrender
I'm your defender, I'm your defender
And I feel myself surrender
I'm your defender, I'm your defender
[Chorus]
I'd never known another could have suffered like this
In fragments and fractions I fell
The quarters don't go back as well
It adds up, it adds up
I'd never known another could have suffered like this
In fragments and fractions I fell
The quarters don't go back as well
It adds up, it adds up
[Verse 3]
Hey you
Now our love lies in quarters
[Bridge]
And I feel myself surrender
I'm your defender, I'm your defender
And I feel myself surrender
I'm your defender
[Chorus]
In fragments and fractions I fell
The quarters don't go back as well
It adds up, it adds up
Quarters was written by Richard McNamara & Danny McNamara.
Quarters was produced by Richard McNamara.