Psychadelia pretty much got it. She makes him feel horrible but he needs her; she's the 'only one' for him, or possibly the only one he thinks he can have.
Hold me close
-I need you, I love you, let's be together
I can hear you dear
-Kind of confusing line to me; he calls her 'dear' in this, so there may be some sort of feeling of affection in this line towards her. Maybe he hears her calling for him?
I hate you the most
When you are the only one
-She treats him badly, he hates it. He hates it the most, knowing that shes the only one.
(Never could) forgotten one
-He wishes he could forget her. But in reality, he's still in the same horrible situation. He could never bring himself to leave and forget about her.
I wish that I was never born
When you are the only one
-He wishes that he wasn't born so he wouldn't have to experience this feeling of dependency and affection towards the 'only one' for him.
You come to me
(Thoughts that) I can't see
-She comes to him with thoughts that he doesn't know about, or he doesn't know what she's been lying about/ telling the truth about. This could also mean she may be hiding something, cheating on him, using him as a toy/ playing games with him, etc. Whatever you interpret it as.
You're never real
You're pretend to me
-She's never truthful about her affection or anything she says. She's practically pretend(false) to him because he knows that she never says anything truthful/that she means. In other words, he knows she isn't real, and she might as well be called 'imaginary', because shes never true to him.
When I'm with you
I don't know what to do
-He doesn't know whether he should get angry at her for all of the things she does or could be too afraid of that. He's unsure whether he should love her or hate her, but it's obvious that he clings to her anyway.
Don't come back soon
I don't want you to
When you are the only one
-Pretty self explanatory. He doesn't want to see her anytime soon because she still is the only one. Then again, she is the only one. So he does feel affection towards her but knows that if she comes she'll do the same thing all over again.
Hold my hand
But understand
You are the hated one
And you are the only one
-He loves her, he wants her to hold his hand. He has a lot of affection towards her. But he doesn't like what she does, what she acts like, or something along those lines. So he's trying to make her understand that she is the hated one, but the only one that he could ever have/ the only one that he wants to be with.
You can look
And you can touch
That's why it's never fun
When you are the only one
-She can do everything. She can look/touch other guys, she can cheat on him or flirt with other people with no consequence because he needs her, and she knows that he won't leave. It's never fun doing anything intimate with her perhaps, or never fun in the relationship. Because she's still the only one; his only love, his only partner.
If they could see
What you have done to me
You will not be the only one
-If everyone else in the world knew what he was going through, he'd have someone else better for him. She wouldn't be his only friend/companion because others would come to him for support.
You come back soon
Breaking up the room
And soon you'll be the forgotten one
-She came back soon and destroyed what he had. Maybe this is one of the points where he's realized that he has to go, soon she'll be the forgotten one and he'll leave her.
And (to her) the only one
Only one
(Now you'll be) forgotten one
-This line makes me think that the song is written from the girl speaking about the guy, which may be completely possible, depending on how you interpret it. Anyway, and (to her/him) the only one means that soon she/he will be gone and will be someone elses only one. This is the point where the person of the story finally says now you'll be the forgotten one, I'm leaving. Goodbye.
Psychadelia pretty much got it. She makes him feel horrible but he needs her; she's the 'only one' for him, or possibly the only one he thinks he can have.
Hold me close -I need you, I love you, let's be together
I can hear you dear -Kind of confusing line to me; he calls her 'dear' in this, so there may be some sort of feeling of affection in this line towards her. Maybe he hears her calling for him?
I hate you the most When you are the only one -She treats him badly, he hates it. He hates it the most, knowing that shes the only one.
(Never could) forgotten one -He wishes he could forget her. But in reality, he's still in the same horrible situation. He could never bring himself to leave and forget about her.
I wish that I was never born When you are the only one -He wishes that he wasn't born so he wouldn't have to experience this feeling of dependency and affection towards the 'only one' for him.
You come to me (Thoughts that) I can't see -She comes to him with thoughts that he doesn't know about, or he doesn't know what she's been lying about/ telling the truth about. This could also mean she may be hiding something, cheating on him, using him as a toy/ playing games with him, etc. Whatever you interpret it as.
You're never real You're pretend to me -She's never truthful about her affection or anything she says. She's practically pretend(false) to him because he knows that she never says anything truthful/that she means. In other words, he knows she isn't real, and she might as well be called 'imaginary', because shes never true to him.
When I'm with you I don't know what to do -He doesn't know whether he should get angry at her for all of the things she does or could be too afraid of that. He's unsure whether he should love her or hate her, but it's obvious that he clings to her anyway.
Don't come back soon I don't want you to When you are the only one -Pretty self explanatory. He doesn't want to see her anytime soon because she still is the only one. Then again, she is the only one. So he does feel affection towards her but knows that if she comes she'll do the same thing all over again.
Hold my hand But understand You are the hated one And you are the only one -He loves her, he wants her to hold his hand. He has a lot of affection towards her. But he doesn't like what she does, what she acts like, or something along those lines. So he's trying to make her understand that she is the hated one, but the only one that he could ever have/ the only one that he wants to be with.
You can look And you can touch That's why it's never fun When you are the only one -She can do everything. She can look/touch other guys, she can cheat on him or flirt with other people with no consequence because he needs her, and she knows that he won't leave. It's never fun doing anything intimate with her perhaps, or never fun in the relationship. Because she's still the only one; his only love, his only partner.
If they could see What you have done to me You will not be the only one -If everyone else in the world knew what he was going through, he'd have someone else better for him. She wouldn't be his only friend/companion because others would come to him for support.
You come back soon Breaking up the room And soon you'll be the forgotten one -She came back soon and destroyed what he had. Maybe this is one of the points where he's realized that he has to go, soon she'll be the forgotten one and he'll leave her.
And (to her) the only one Only one (Now you'll be) forgotten one -This line makes me think that the song is written from the girl speaking about the guy, which may be completely possible, depending on how you interpret it. Anyway, and (to her/him) the only one means that soon she/he will be gone and will be someone elses only one. This is the point where the person of the story finally says now you'll be the forgotten one, I'm leaving. Goodbye.
That's just my 2 cents on the song.