"Drowning in deep water and you're bailing yourself out with a straw"--being helplessly stuck in a bad situation against your will ("your hopes in the sky but your heart like grape gum on the ground") with little means to escape
"Wake up making love to a wall"--realizing that you're alone and without someone to love
"Well it's these little times that help to remind it's nothing without love"--of course, Jewel is expressing the importance of love but her words may also be laced with the irony of the situation. Your bad situation serves to reminder you that not only are you down and out but you're also without love.
I get the feeling that there is more plot to this song than can be directly interpreted by the lyrics. Perhaps it's about someone who broke up with a boyfriend or girlfriend only to realize that it was a bad decision.
"Drowning in deep water and you're bailing yourself out with a straw"--being helplessly stuck in a bad situation against your will ("your hopes in the sky but your heart like grape gum on the ground") with little means to escape
"Wake up making love to a wall"--realizing that you're alone and without someone to love
"Well it's these little times that help to remind it's nothing without love"--of course, Jewel is expressing the importance of love but her words may also be laced with the irony of the situation. Your bad situation serves to reminder you that not only are you down and out but you're also without love.
I get the feeling that there is more plot to this song than can be directly interpreted by the lyrics. Perhaps it's about someone who broke up with a boyfriend or girlfriend only to realize that it was a bad decision.