This song reminds me of my recent split with my girlfriend.
In the first verse it seems that the speaker is reminiscing on how things were when her and her partner were together, and how things are now (apart). She remarks that her partner doesn't "know her" and can't "hold her", which seems to reflect an admission that they have distanced from each other considerably. I like the lines, "I slip through your hands/I am one single grain of sand". It's kind of a line of humility that says about to her partner, "I'm not in your life anymore, but I realize that not only my life but your life moves on - for I'm just one small piece of your life; important at one time, but eventually I've become a fleeting memory". There's something so painful about those lines, yet they still capture a feeling of acceptance about the couple's split in the way she sings it.
In the second verse the speaker continues to acknowledge the separation that now exists between her and her partner, but she seems to hold herself in somewhat better esteem than the first verse. By saying that she "can't be replaced", and that she's an "empty space", the speaker more assuredly says that she really was an important part of her partner's life, and she's irreplaceable. However, in the next couple of lines the asks her ex to delete her from the ex's memory, it seems, because of what comes next in the chorus...
"you are free to love/happily received/you are free to love/if that is all you need"
It seems like when we get to that chorus that we have the speaker doing something that is to me, one of the toughest things about breaking up with someone - finally coming to closure that you want your ex to be happy, even if it means they're not with you. The speaker is trying to accept that this person she grew so close to is moving on to continue to love, but not her. Everyone needs love, and the speaker recognizes that moving on is the healthiest thing for both people involved. At the same time, it is definetly one of the hardest things ever
This song reminds me of my recent split with my girlfriend.
In the first verse it seems that the speaker is reminiscing on how things were when her and her partner were together, and how things are now (apart). She remarks that her partner doesn't "know her" and can't "hold her", which seems to reflect an admission that they have distanced from each other considerably. I like the lines, "I slip through your hands/I am one single grain of sand". It's kind of a line of humility that says about to her partner, "I'm not in your life anymore, but I realize that not only my life but your life moves on - for I'm just one small piece of your life; important at one time, but eventually I've become a fleeting memory". There's something so painful about those lines, yet they still capture a feeling of acceptance about the couple's split in the way she sings it.
In the second verse the speaker continues to acknowledge the separation that now exists between her and her partner, but she seems to hold herself in somewhat better esteem than the first verse. By saying that she "can't be replaced", and that she's an "empty space", the speaker more assuredly says that she really was an important part of her partner's life, and she's irreplaceable. However, in the next couple of lines the asks her ex to delete her from the ex's memory, it seems, because of what comes next in the chorus...
"you are free to love/happily received/you are free to love/if that is all you need"
It seems like when we get to that chorus that we have the speaker doing something that is to me, one of the toughest things about breaking up with someone - finally coming to closure that you want your ex to be happy, even if it means they're not with you. The speaker is trying to accept that this person she grew so close to is moving on to continue to love, but not her. Everyone needs love, and the speaker recognizes that moving on is the healthiest thing for both people involved. At the same time, it is definetly one of the hardest things ever