I agree a bit with duckandcover23. He is an unfortunate lost cause even though he doesn't want to be. This starts towards the end of his and Helena's fling, and he's asking her to wait on him. She's realizing it's not going anywhere and doesn't want to waste anymore time. He didn't intentionally fall for her, he "let down his guard", and she got him anyways. Because she "was playing for keeps", she actually makes him fall for her. He's asking for his heart back because he knows that his girl would sense a difference if he's really longing to be with Helena and she's not around.
She won his heart, and he loses because he can't be with her without hurting his first girl. He wants her to "leave him in her debts", basically have something to collect later after he and his girl's time has finally passed without her as a reason. He doesn't want her to have any part in his confusion with his original girl. And when they do break up, he plans to go back to Helena.
The lyrics should be YOU'LL look so sweet waiting for me. And this part is self-explanatory. He's just daydreaming Helena waiting in love as ever until his current relationship fades due not to him but to the other girl. This really shows how sad the guy is. He doesn't know how to deal with his feelings at all. He actually loves Helena, but what he has with his current girl is so good that she isn't reason enough for him to leave or he just doesn't want the breakup to be on him. This is not the first instance that shows he doesn't like the blame cast on himself. That was shown when he didn't intentionally fall for Helena and says it's her fault. He's also attempting to sweet-talk her into waiting by calling her sweet and saying she has his heart.
But Helena feels bad for the other girl. The guy just doesn't get it and pushes Helena farther away until it's too late. She leaves with his heart. He doesn't really understand why. He had such a convincing argument for why she should wait. He turns to bitterness in order to not feel heartbroken by telling her that he'll just forget about her even though it's obvious he won't.
He attempts to break her down and make her feel guilty by saying that she can say whatever she wants because he's such a charming and good-looking guy that he can get any woman he wanted anyways. Helena, because she has his heart and can actually figure out what he feels, sees how pathetic he is (not the bad pathetic, the sad pathetic), but he tells her he doesn't need her sympathy and tries to convince himself that he'll be alright even though he won't.
I agree a bit with duckandcover23. He is an unfortunate lost cause even though he doesn't want to be. This starts towards the end of his and Helena's fling, and he's asking her to wait on him. She's realizing it's not going anywhere and doesn't want to waste anymore time. He didn't intentionally fall for her, he "let down his guard", and she got him anyways. Because she "was playing for keeps", she actually makes him fall for her. He's asking for his heart back because he knows that his girl would sense a difference if he's really longing to be with Helena and she's not around.
She won his heart, and he loses because he can't be with her without hurting his first girl. He wants her to "leave him in her debts", basically have something to collect later after he and his girl's time has finally passed without her as a reason. He doesn't want her to have any part in his confusion with his original girl. And when they do break up, he plans to go back to Helena.
The lyrics should be YOU'LL look so sweet waiting for me. And this part is self-explanatory. He's just daydreaming Helena waiting in love as ever until his current relationship fades due not to him but to the other girl. This really shows how sad the guy is. He doesn't know how to deal with his feelings at all. He actually loves Helena, but what he has with his current girl is so good that she isn't reason enough for him to leave or he just doesn't want the breakup to be on him. This is not the first instance that shows he doesn't like the blame cast on himself. That was shown when he didn't intentionally fall for Helena and says it's her fault. He's also attempting to sweet-talk her into waiting by calling her sweet and saying she has his heart.
But Helena feels bad for the other girl. The guy just doesn't get it and pushes Helena farther away until it's too late. She leaves with his heart. He doesn't really understand why. He had such a convincing argument for why she should wait. He turns to bitterness in order to not feel heartbroken by telling her that he'll just forget about her even though it's obvious he won't.
He attempts to break her down and make her feel guilty by saying that she can say whatever she wants because he's such a charming and good-looking guy that he can get any woman he wanted anyways. Helena, because she has his heart and can actually figure out what he feels, sees how pathetic he is (not the bad pathetic, the sad pathetic), but he tells her he doesn't need her sympathy and tries to convince himself that he'll be alright even though he won't.