I got something way different out of this song. I think it's about a guy admitting his imperfections, and telling a girl not to expect much out of him. The girl is probably expecting an ideal, traditional relationship with her knight in shining armor who's going to come rescue her out of her tower ("I don't want to meet your dad/ I don't want to be your dream come true") and I think he's trying to get her to just be what she is. He's saying that he'll be there for her when she needs him ("I'll be the rain falling on your fire escape" rain...fire....rain puts out fire...maybe?), but as far as being perfect, he's far from it and isn't even gonna try.
I got something way different out of this song. I think it's about a guy admitting his imperfections, and telling a girl not to expect much out of him. The girl is probably expecting an ideal, traditional relationship with her knight in shining armor who's going to come rescue her out of her tower ("I don't want to meet your dad/ I don't want to be your dream come true") and I think he's trying to get her to just be what she is. He's saying that he'll be there for her when she needs him ("I'll be the rain falling on your fire escape" rain...fire....rain puts out fire...maybe?), but as far as being perfect, he's far from it and isn't even gonna try.