Emy G's "Strings" is about a love that feels bound by fate. The speaker looks back on a relationship and sees it as something that could never have gone another way, "destiny despite every choice." The three opening lines, each starting with a word like "tied," "burned," and "marked," build a sense of two people being joined more and more tightly, and not always gently.
The feelings here are mixed. There is devotion, but also pain: kisses sit right beside bruises, and fire both reveals "all potential" and destroys. The speaker doesn't seem to regret any of it. Instead, the love is accepted as a mark that stays.
The final line, "In the ashes was our love," changes the mood. It suggests the relationship may be over, or at least scorched, yet what remains is still worth naming. The tone is intense, bittersweet, and quietly resigned, like someone sifting through what's left and finding it meaningful.