this song sounds like two people who, basically, had a one night stand. "tangled up like balls of string" -- tangled in bed? they wake in the morning and realize what they've done--maybe they're good friends, maybe they're strangers, maybe they're cheating on their own lovers. either way, they can’t be together.
"i just said the first three words that popped into my head" -- he says "i love you" to her, but he doesn't mean it, or she can’t accept it. the last verse is really vivid in painting a picture of the girl telling him that she can't be with him, ("she whispers to me i was meant to be free, this life that we built is deadly") so she gets out of bed and leaves.
this song sounds like two people who, basically, had a one night stand. "tangled up like balls of string" -- tangled in bed? they wake in the morning and realize what they've done--maybe they're good friends, maybe they're strangers, maybe they're cheating on their own lovers. either way, they can’t be together.
"i just said the first three words that popped into my head" -- he says "i love you" to her, but he doesn't mean it, or she can’t accept it. the last verse is really vivid in painting a picture of the girl telling him that she can't be with him, ("she whispers to me i was meant to be free, this life that we built is deadly") so she gets out of bed and leaves.