"It’s definitely not a love song. The “I miss you and beg forgiveness” isn’t really begging forgiveness of another person. In particular, those lines are begging forgiveness of yourself. Usually if a person makes a mistake, they can reconcile that with other people as long as they’ve got a brain, a heart, a soul and the means to convey sincere regret to people. But sometimes if you’ve got a certain view of yourself, if you step outside of that hastily and poorly assembled collection of selves, it is very difficult to [reconcile]. Self-respect is a very important thing. It fuels almost everything I do…When I think about [this] song, it’s a song about insecurity and growing up."
From paperthinwalls:
"It’s definitely not a love song. The “I miss you and beg forgiveness” isn’t really begging forgiveness of another person. In particular, those lines are begging forgiveness of yourself. Usually if a person makes a mistake, they can reconcile that with other people as long as they’ve got a brain, a heart, a soul and the means to convey sincere regret to people. But sometimes if you’ve got a certain view of yourself, if you step outside of that hastily and poorly assembled collection of selves, it is very difficult to [reconcile]. Self-respect is a very important thing. It fuels almost everything I do…When I think about [this] song, it’s a song about insecurity and growing up."