To me, it's about a long-term relationship that has just ended. The girl broke up with the guy because she changed and wasn't happy anymore -- and the guy couldn't change with her. Now, the guy can't stop looking back and dwelling on the way things used to be before the girl changed ("in these faded old photographs, you can see how we smiled").
In fact, he would do anything just to even be her friend again, because they were together so long that she was basically all that he knew. But now, he is left with nothing and the person he knew so well is completely gone from his life (having broke up with him AND having turned into a totally new person at the same time). He feels that he got screwed over (and perhaps he did) by her changing, and his anger becomes evident toward the end of the song ("Did you bury the woman I love and fall asleep in her space?")
This song is depressing.
To me, it's about a long-term relationship that has just ended. The girl broke up with the guy because she changed and wasn't happy anymore -- and the guy couldn't change with her. Now, the guy can't stop looking back and dwelling on the way things used to be before the girl changed ("in these faded old photographs, you can see how we smiled").
In fact, he would do anything just to even be her friend again, because they were together so long that she was basically all that he knew. But now, he is left with nothing and the person he knew so well is completely gone from his life (having broke up with him AND having turned into a totally new person at the same time). He feels that he got screwed over (and perhaps he did) by her changing, and his anger becomes evident toward the end of the song ("Did you bury the woman I love and fall asleep in her space?")