It seems that this song is about someone going through a complete change in her life; she's starting over, from the ground up. As a result, however, her relationship with the speaker will suffer.
[It also seems that the situation is out of the subject's control (i.e. "pulling pieces of it out is such a waste of time"), although details about the reason for the change aren't given. The speaker is still making some level of decision, since she "[burns her] life down." It makes sense then that she is making the decision to change, but she was forced into it somehow. The actual change itself would most likely be moving a large distance away, a TnS motif. Not much info. is given here, either. The song, instead, focuses more on the consequences of the change, on both the speaker and the subject]
The speaker wants "you" to find "another way to get it done...for [her]." The subject is scared of her future, as well, laying awake at night analyzing whether everything will be alright. She comforts herself, though, remembering that "nothing is lost in the end;" she'll still have the memories, even if she burns her life down.
The beginning of the second verse sounds like the subject is getting the speaker to move on. This may mean a physical move (i.e. out of her house) or emotional, I can't really say. This subject, however, has solidified her decision. She realizes this is not truly her decision, but what she must do.
In the end, you find the speaker completely removed from the subject. She's probably driving away from the subject's home (continuing the idea of physical removal), and has an accident in her distraught state.
The accident may actually be on purpose, considering the last line "I break my heart around this...pole." The fact that she can't see the subject in the light probably was meant to have multiple meanings; it shows that the subject is no longer there for her in her times of need (the reason for her distress to begin with), and may also act as a metaphor as the speaker no longer seeing the subject in a beneficial way (light meaning good).
It seems that this song is about someone going through a complete change in her life; she's starting over, from the ground up. As a result, however, her relationship with the speaker will suffer.
[It also seems that the situation is out of the subject's control (i.e. "pulling pieces of it out is such a waste of time"), although details about the reason for the change aren't given. The speaker is still making some level of decision, since she "[burns her] life down." It makes sense then that she is making the decision to change, but she was forced into it somehow. The actual change itself would most likely be moving a large distance away, a TnS motif. Not much info. is given here, either. The song, instead, focuses more on the consequences of the change, on both the speaker and the subject]
The speaker wants "you" to find "another way to get it done...for [her]." The subject is scared of her future, as well, laying awake at night analyzing whether everything will be alright. She comforts herself, though, remembering that "nothing is lost in the end;" she'll still have the memories, even if she burns her life down.
The beginning of the second verse sounds like the subject is getting the speaker to move on. This may mean a physical move (i.e. out of her house) or emotional, I can't really say. This subject, however, has solidified her decision. She realizes this is not truly her decision, but what she must do.
In the end, you find the speaker completely removed from the subject. She's probably driving away from the subject's home (continuing the idea of physical removal), and has an accident in her distraught state.
The accident may actually be on purpose, considering the last line "I break my heart around this...pole." The fact that she can't see the subject in the light probably was meant to have multiple meanings; it shows that the subject is no longer there for her in her times of need (the reason for her distress to begin with), and may also act as a metaphor as the speaker no longer seeing the subject in a beneficial way (light meaning good).