To me this song is about a relationship between a couple, and one of the two feels like an outsider, but has feelings for the other (who doesnt appear to be an outsider). The one who isnt an outsider is admired and sought after by many other people. Both of them like eachother and were most likely in a serious/intimate relationship at one point in time, but something happened to end it. What ever ended it has led to one of them feeling betrayed and no longer cared for, as if they were 'traded in'. Now they are just "friends", and one of them is carrying on as if nothing happened, and the other (who was 'betrayed') is fighting heart break and has many unresolved issues that seem to be more easily fixed by having nothing to do with the other - "theres nothing you can do, theres nothing you can say, to keep me here, You say we’re just friends, Well playing pretend to keep me here"
To me this song is about a relationship between a couple, and one of the two feels like an outsider, but has feelings for the other (who doesnt appear to be an outsider). The one who isnt an outsider is admired and sought after by many other people. Both of them like eachother and were most likely in a serious/intimate relationship at one point in time, but something happened to end it. What ever ended it has led to one of them feeling betrayed and no longer cared for, as if they were 'traded in'. Now they are just "friends", and one of them is carrying on as if nothing happened, and the other (who was 'betrayed') is fighting heart break and has many unresolved issues that seem to be more easily fixed by having nothing to do with the other - "theres nothing you can do, theres nothing you can say, to keep me here, You say we’re just friends, Well playing pretend to keep me here"