| Guster – This Is How It Feels To Have A Broken Heart Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Here's the scenario as I see it: I picture a phone conversation between a man and his ex-wife of several years. The woman initiated the divorce process (the "war") for reasons the above commenter nicely described -- to escape "an ordinary life" in pursuit of her dream of something extraordinary. She broke the man's heart, saying that everything they had was just a trap or cage that held her back from reaching her full potential. As the years progressed, however, the extraordinary life she had hoped for never materialized, and the fears of mediocrity that had fueled her "great escape" had come true anyway. Disillusioned and disheartened, she calls her ex-husband saying, miserably, "With every year I come to regret it" (the divorce) With no desire to reunite with the person that shattered his heart, he simply responds, with some bitter satisfaction: "Now this is how it feels to have a broken heart." As in, see how it feels when your hopes for the future are crushed? Maybe now you understand that's what you did to me. I think it really brings out the sharp edge of the title line when I see the scene that way. |
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| Guster – This Is How It Feels To Have A Broken Heart Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Here's the scenario as I see it: I picture a phone conversation between a man and his ex-wife of several years. The woman initiated the divorce process (the "war") for reasons the above commenter nicely described -- to escape "an ordinary life" in pursuit of her dream of something extraordinary. She broke the man's heart, saying that everything they had was just a trap or cage that held her back from reaching her full potential. As the years progressed, however, the extraordinary life she had hoped for never materialized, and the fears of mediocrity that had fueled her "great escape" had come true anyway. Disillusioned and disheartened, she calls her ex-husband saying, miserably, "With every year I come to regret it" (the divorce) With no desire to reunite with the person that shattered his heart, he simply responds, with some bitter satisfaction: "Now this is how it feels to have a broken heart." As in, see how it feels when your hopes for the future are crushed? Maybe now you understand that's what you did to me. I think it really brings out the sharp edge of the title line when I see the scene that way. |
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