Eye on the Finish Line Lyrics

Lyric discussion by startnowgo 

Cover art for Eye on the Finish Line lyrics by Pedro the Lion

Without having heard the whole album, and with little idea of any intended meaning for this song, I just hear the sad rendition of some sort of sacrifice - especially with lines like "Though I've been striving for their good, I will be misunderstood". I can't see the part where the narrator killed his wife/lover, maybe she just got caught in the crossfire of something bigger than both of them...