This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
I am cold and I don't know why
Said you got to keep me warm
You will run from my eyes
They stare you down and make you burn
I am the king, the king of the jungle
I'm the little dog
The king of the jungle makes me humble
I will not die born
I will not go down, this is not my home
For any fears at all, fears at all
Keep me running, keep me running wild
Keep me innocent
The beach is hot, it burns my feet
I'm a little tired, don't know what I'm gonna do with this
I am gonna run
Gonna make it worth my while
Keep me running, keep me running wild
I am wild dog
It gets me high it gets me around
Everybody's walls, I don't feel no pain
Cause I am numb from the fall
Yeah it's hard for me to make one little change
I don't have to change at all
Said you got to keep me warm
You will run from my eyes
They stare you down and make you burn
I am the king, the king of the jungle
I'm the little dog
The king of the jungle makes me humble
I will not die born
I will not go down, this is not my home
For any fears at all, fears at all
Keep me running, keep me running wild
Keep me innocent
The beach is hot, it burns my feet
I'm a little tired, don't know what I'm gonna do with this
I am gonna run
Gonna make it worth my while
Keep me running, keep me running wild
I am wild dog
It gets me high it gets me around
Everybody's walls, I don't feel no pain
Cause I am numb from the fall
Yeah it's hard for me to make one little change
I don't have to change at all
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Die Born Lyrics as written by Travis Shane Meeks
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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