I think this is about his first experience with love, and it being unreciprocated, but they were friends.
and he would constantly want more, and she would constantly want to be friends.
and he would go back and forth between wanting to be the best he could be for her, and absolutely hating her because he wasn't good enough for her.
and when it all came down to it, they needed each other to be there, they needed each other around.
personally, the first person I fell in love with made me grow exponentially as a person, I felt like I was alive for the first time, and for the first time in my life, I started setting goals and going for them, making something of myself, if for no other reason then that futile hope that I might at some point be good enough for her.
and while that never happened, I still needed her, I needed her around to have that motivation, and she needed me around for the same reason.
I think this is about his first experience with love, and it being unreciprocated, but they were friends.
and he would constantly want more, and she would constantly want to be friends.
and he would go back and forth between wanting to be the best he could be for her, and absolutely hating her because he wasn't good enough for her.
and when it all came down to it, they needed each other to be there, they needed each other around.
personally, the first person I fell in love with made me grow exponentially as a person, I felt like I was alive for the first time, and for the first time in my life, I started setting goals and going for them, making something of myself, if for no other reason then that futile hope that I might at some point be good enough for her.
and while that never happened, I still needed her, I needed her around to have that motivation, and she needed me around for the same reason.
I think that's what this song is about.