At the start of the song it sounds like the protaganist is in love with another person who doesn't feel the same way for them. The protaganist is throwing the thought around in their head, knowing that they'll do anything in the world for this person and do anything to avoid hurting them (even convincing themselves that it's not such a bad thing to be a tool.)
By the second verse the protaganist is starting to open up their eyes, and judging by past failures is well aware where this relationship is going to end up. Every time the object of their desire tries something new to get the protaganist back without making a full commitment it just makes the protaganist more and more aware.
By the bridge the protaganist has finally opened up their eyes and reached their conclusion knowing what he/she already knows from previous mistakes. So instead of waiting for it to get there slowly and painfully the protaganist takes action into his/her own hands and is now using their own type of manipulation to get back at the former object of his/her desire.
I think that the chorus is all about how easy it is to fall into and out of love. At first it's easy to love somebody, they make it easy with every smile and every blink of their eyes. But then every time that they don't pick you, and every time they look to you for emotional support without giving more than their problems they make it easy to fall out of love with that person.
At the start of the song it sounds like the protaganist is in love with another person who doesn't feel the same way for them. The protaganist is throwing the thought around in their head, knowing that they'll do anything in the world for this person and do anything to avoid hurting them (even convincing themselves that it's not such a bad thing to be a tool.)
By the second verse the protaganist is starting to open up their eyes, and judging by past failures is well aware where this relationship is going to end up. Every time the object of their desire tries something new to get the protaganist back without making a full commitment it just makes the protaganist more and more aware.
By the bridge the protaganist has finally opened up their eyes and reached their conclusion knowing what he/she already knows from previous mistakes. So instead of waiting for it to get there slowly and painfully the protaganist takes action into his/her own hands and is now using their own type of manipulation to get back at the former object of his/her desire.
I think that the chorus is all about how easy it is to fall into and out of love. At first it's easy to love somebody, they make it easy with every smile and every blink of their eyes. But then every time that they don't pick you, and every time they look to you for emotional support without giving more than their problems they make it easy to fall out of love with that person.