Interesting theory, Andrewxc. But I don't think Kevin's ever been married. I also get the impression that, despite a great deal of lyrical evidence to the contrary, the other 4 band members' marriages are really doing pretty well, especially by famous-people standards. Actually by any standards...non-famous people have a pretty appalling divorce rate too.
But anyway, all that's irrelevant because I really don't think this song is about a marriage. I think it's about a fling. They dove headfirst into this relationship much too fast and without thinking, and now they've discovered that they don't actually like each other much.
"Hearts on fire" implies the going too fast, sudden early passion; "heartburn" obviously indicates that it's not going too well. And there are all these little clues that they don't even really know each other: disguises, lying, faking...even the bit about eloping kind of makes me think of impulsiveness and generally going too far, too fast.
Interesting theory, Andrewxc. But I don't think Kevin's ever been married. I also get the impression that, despite a great deal of lyrical evidence to the contrary, the other 4 band members' marriages are really doing pretty well, especially by famous-people standards. Actually by any standards...non-famous people have a pretty appalling divorce rate too.
But anyway, all that's irrelevant because I really don't think this song is about a marriage. I think it's about a fling. They dove headfirst into this relationship much too fast and without thinking, and now they've discovered that they don't actually like each other much.
"Hearts on fire" implies the going too fast, sudden early passion; "heartburn" obviously indicates that it's not going too well. And there are all these little clues that they don't even really know each other: disguises, lying, faking...even the bit about eloping kind of makes me think of impulsiveness and generally going too far, too fast.