If It Kills Me

Meaning? pretty straight forward, he likes a girl that has a boyfriend and every time he tries to come up to her in more ways than friends, he holds back and looses the chance again

"But I never said a word I guess I'm gonna miss my chance again"

This is an amazing EP and if the other two are just like this one, I will really enjoy listening to them. There is something great on Mraz acoustic performances and he is showing this on these EP's

^^^^ hes probably friends with the girl. and he doesnt wanna ruin the friendship either. or something like that.

I take this song much more seriously then "boy likes girl, girl has boyfriend." I wish some people knew more about how true, and how painful these feelings are. In the live version, Jason's voice cracks and has this humge sigh at the beginning. I think he really feels this song.

Ok, what it means. A guy and girl have been best friends for years. When they are older, he realizes he really likes her, but is afraid of telling her. As time goes on, his feelings grow stronger and eventualy is in love with her. His "double life" is being best friends with her, and then secretly in love with her. He know's he can't tell her because he could be "risking it all." He wants her to figure out he really is the one. They "go on for hours on end" and they "get along much better than her and her boyfriend." He wants to be with her so much and just really wants to love her but everytime he sees her he can't say anything "he missed his chance again."

I always miss my chance. I don't wnat ot risk it all, but my double life makes me sick.

When you're 'best friend' that you think you should be dating is in love with someone else it's very frustrating. If It Kills Me probably is like "Hey Lover" by LL Cool J in that he's going to stand back and not say a word...out of respect...but he knows that they should be together. :( how sad.

this song is beautiful and beautifully written.

Musiclife seems to have it the way I thought of it when I heard it...it's much deeper and more complicated than "I love you;" he doesn't want to ruin what they already have and he kind of secondguesses himself whenever he wants to tell her the truth. Everything could change in a heartbeat...

I agree with musiclife77 that it sounds like Jason Mraz sings it with from experience. His sigh in the beginning of the acoustic version just really says a lot and the emotion he sings it with does as well.

The situation he sings about is extremely frustrating and i guess a lot of the times there is nothing you can do without something changing drastically.

Also is Mraz sure that even if he tells the girl she will accept him? What if she doesn't feel the same way back and even worse what if she does feel the same way back but doesn't want to ruin something better that she already has going for her and not take that chance or jump to be with this best friend. My situation is of the latter and it hurts even more for some reason.

So to all the people who have said this fits their situation, I feel you. I'm right there with you.

Based on what it means to me, I interpret this song as if the guy persona sung excellently by Mraz has just realized that he is in love with a girl that he knows he's had feelings for for a long time, but could never quite classify them. The boy and the girl have been best friends for a long time, but the boy is still uncertain as to how to express his feelings towards her. Although she does have a boyfriend, that doesn't seem to be the boy's main concern. His main concern is how she will accept his confession. He's afraid that she won't accept it in fear of ruining both their friendship and the relationship she already has.

The double life he refers to means to me that the girl has done something terrible that has made just about everyone including the boy's closest friends ostracize her; so the boy acts as if he can't stand her, but in private he is the girl's best friend and is secretly harboring a feeling for her that he thinks is love. And he can't stand not only not being able to tell her how he feels, but also having to act as if he is indifferent towards her to even his closest friends.

This song is absolutely beautiful and Jason does an amazing job infusing it with emotion, especially in the acoustic version. I cry literally every time I hear the one major chord on the last repeat of "it's a feeling inside that keeps building."

Musical expression at it's finest.

i fucking love this song!

I am love this song!

I agree with Apollo231's comment. The meaning is pretty straight forward. Boy likes girl. Girl has boyfriend. Boy is holding true feelings toward girl back...and it's killing him.

This song is pretty much awesome. Acoustic verison is amazing. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it.