I've always seen this as a goodbye song. I can see the argument the other way, but he seems to know in his heart it'll never work. The use of 'we' is quite reassuring I think, they're going to step out of the relationship together and go their separate ways. I don't see it as meaning they're staying together - it's amicable, but resigned to the fact that things are over. But it's positive, because they're both going to rise from the ashes of their dead relationship and be reborn into 2 fulfilled individuals.
I've always seen this as a goodbye song. I can see the argument the other way, but he seems to know in his heart it'll never work. The use of 'we' is quite reassuring I think, they're going to step out of the relationship together and go their separate ways. I don't see it as meaning they're staying together - it's amicable, but resigned to the fact that things are over. But it's positive, because they're both going to rise from the ashes of their dead relationship and be reborn into 2 fulfilled individuals.