This song makes me sad because it's very real , and not fairy-taleish like many of my favourite love songs. It's about her growing cynical about the institution of Marriage, and she remembers how distant and lonely her parents were despite having each other and how her all her married friends have problems even though they live picture perfect lives . she agrees to marry her boyfried because that's what's expected of her and is supposed to be like a natural progression of their relationship , but she is not entirely convinced that their marriage will not eventually end up unhappy like everyone else's.
This song makes me sad because it's very real , and not fairy-taleish like many of my favourite love songs. It's about her growing cynical about the institution of Marriage, and she remembers how distant and lonely her parents were despite having each other and how her all her married friends have problems even though they live picture perfect lives . she agrees to marry her boyfried because that's what's expected of her and is supposed to be like a natural progression of their relationship , but she is not entirely convinced that their marriage will not eventually end up unhappy like everyone else's.