It Used to Be Me

i LOVE this song i think it means almost living through someone to love them more or feel closer to them selfless almost letting themdo it as well and how that could make them closer to them losing your identity along the way

ive been listening to this song alot lately. i read a guy talk about this song about 6 years ago. i never had the single and heard this song till the boxset. its on my top 10 of the box set, hell top 5 really. this song reminds me of what i was and how i was like a couple years ago when i was doing alot better than i am now in every way possible. life turns too much to keep up sometimes. in any event i think this is robert looking back at when he was young, before he was in a band. and looking back at how this all effected mary. one song i can truly beileve its not about a book or poem hehe. robert, if you ever read this, heres some food for thought on your "growing older" thing thats always on your mind, from one of your favorite writers..

"Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old." Franz Kafka

THIS IS ONE OF THE PROOFS IF PROOF WAS NEEDED THAT PERRY IS AN AWESOME GUITARIST, I HOPE THATS HIM DOING THE SOLO.

i LOVE this song i think it means almost living through someone to love them more or feel closer to them selfless almost letting themdo it as well and how that could make them closer to them losing your identity along the way

I think its about regret. Like just regreting anything and anything youve ever done

WOW its uncanny and relatable! "all he needs is everyone i've been" "and all she needs from me everyone i've ever kissed" Brilliant lines there!

Love this song. For me, its not necessarily the collective interpretation of the lyrics as much as it is how well they fit the groove of the song. What a poet!

I thought the song was about all the crazy feelings he has about someone being with his ex. "Just a strange kind of nothing where it used to be me." The song comes off to me as someone really upset about losing someone who matters. Did anyone else interpret this song this way?