Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by wintersfella 

Cover art for Love's Not A Competition  (But I'm Winning) lyrics by Kaiser Chiefs

This song is beautifully written, the lyrics (The trick is, getting you to think that all this, was your idea) suggest a controlling partner, who is being caught out by their partner, putting them under a new light.I'm not sure, what's truly altruistic, any more, could mean everything that was done in the relationship was not questioned before, but now that the spouse is trying to break free from the (mental shackles), new questions are risen that might not have been before, therefore putting a relationship under an uncertain strain (At least I thought I was, but there's no way of knowing). I think this track in particular has some 'Smiths' influence which makes for a good lyrical and musical track. Sorry if no-one gets what I'm trying to say this is my first review, thank you!

"...could mean everything that was done in the relationship was not questioned before, but now that the spouse is trying to break free from the (mental shackles)..."

I can really resonate with this as hindsight is always 20/20. My long standing girlfriend and I recently underwent a horrible breakup, but it was after all the emotions had died down that we really started to understand one another, and she really began revealing some truths to me. What it boiled down to was that this whole time that I thought I had been loving her to the best of...