Perhaps its because I was in one of those "just because its real doesn't mean its going to work" situations when I first heard it but...
For me this song is about the insecurity of that comes from a near-miss relationship, a situation where two people click, have chemistry, like one another, but have other things (not necessarily romantic entanglements with others, but just personal stuff) and aren't really in a place where they can be together. Maybe they tried to make it work, or maybe they just talked about it, but either way both parties agreed to ending things. There isn't a scorned lady/you left me vibe to this song.
Even when breaking up/pre-emptively ending things is the right decision it sometimes feels weird. You worry that maybe you weren't good enough, or maybe, deep down they weren't. If the other person was someone with whom you'd been close before the weird relationship element came in, or someone you'd had a long flirtation with then a recognized end to those behaviors is going to make you feel lonely, particularly if it was the kind of dynamic where when together the two of you had felt sort of drunk off of flirting.
Perhaps its because I was in one of those "just because its real doesn't mean its going to work" situations when I first heard it but...
For me this song is about the insecurity of that comes from a near-miss relationship, a situation where two people click, have chemistry, like one another, but have other things (not necessarily romantic entanglements with others, but just personal stuff) and aren't really in a place where they can be together. Maybe they tried to make it work, or maybe they just talked about it, but either way both parties agreed to ending things. There isn't a scorned lady/you left me vibe to this song.
Even when breaking up/pre-emptively ending things is the right decision it sometimes feels weird. You worry that maybe you weren't good enough, or maybe, deep down they weren't. If the other person was someone with whom you'd been close before the weird relationship element came in, or someone you'd had a long flirtation with then a recognized end to those behaviors is going to make you feel lonely, particularly if it was the kind of dynamic where when together the two of you had felt sort of drunk off of flirting.