It would seem to me this song is about unrequited love, which for some is their first experience in love. One day you'll find a girl that you like, she's not interested in you so she doesn't try to "buy you with her time". "Nothings the same as you will see when she's gone" I think this refers to her being absent, and your world is changed by your new feelings.
you begin to see love in a new way, but this is exciting and not really all that scary. This would seem to be a bit of a segway into the next verse.
When she's gone you begin to make up things that never happened, like you imagine fictionalized meetings with her, or build up fantasies that never happened. These made up events begin to convince you that there really is "love", but in reality you're only finding this "love" because you are looking for it
Then you find that the love you thought you had was nothing but a fantasy, but the real world is better than one made up, even if it doesn't feel good.
Most often this first love experience leaves you bitter, with at least some of it directed toward romance. The first entrance to the world of love is more often than not, a painful one. Once you’ve learned all this there really are no directions on how to deal with love. You’ve just went about it the wrong way, building the relationship up in the mind, and then trying to act it out, when it should really be the opposite.
Though I think this is a metaphor for love, it can also be applied as a general coming of age song, because the imagery can be taken a step further to also be relevant to general life, as lessons in love can be used in general life and vice versa.
It would seem to me this song is about unrequited love, which for some is their first experience in love. One day you'll find a girl that you like, she's not interested in you so she doesn't try to "buy you with her time". "Nothings the same as you will see when she's gone" I think this refers to her being absent, and your world is changed by your new feelings.
you begin to see love in a new way, but this is exciting and not really all that scary. This would seem to be a bit of a segway into the next verse. When she's gone you begin to make up things that never happened, like you imagine fictionalized meetings with her, or build up fantasies that never happened. These made up events begin to convince you that there really is "love", but in reality you're only finding this "love" because you are looking for it
Then you find that the love you thought you had was nothing but a fantasy, but the real world is better than one made up, even if it doesn't feel good.
Most often this first love experience leaves you bitter, with at least some of it directed toward romance. The first entrance to the world of love is more often than not, a painful one. Once you’ve learned all this there really are no directions on how to deal with love. You’ve just went about it the wrong way, building the relationship up in the mind, and then trying to act it out, when it should really be the opposite.
Though I think this is a metaphor for love, it can also be applied as a general coming of age song, because the imagery can be taken a step further to also be relevant to general life, as lessons in love can be used in general life and vice versa.