I've always took it as to be about a girl who just settles with a guy she's not completely interested in because she wants to spare his feelings. But he knows her feelings aren't as strong as his and that she wants to leave.
"And I'm just the ground
that you happened to fall on
when you lost your balance
walking around in the rain."
I think that's saying she only got together with him in the first place because she just got out of a bad relationship and/or was going through a rough time, and he was there.
"And you got to your feet
scratched your head
and started to gather
the life that you dropped
all around me."
But after a while, she realizes she wants and needs more. But she doesn't want to hurt him, so instead she stays. Meanwhile, the guy knows all of this and, like pansyisdabomb said, it's killing him.
I've always took it as to be about a girl who just settles with a guy she's not completely interested in because she wants to spare his feelings. But he knows her feelings aren't as strong as his and that she wants to leave.
"And I'm just the ground that you happened to fall on when you lost your balance walking around in the rain."
I think that's saying she only got together with him in the first place because she just got out of a bad relationship and/or was going through a rough time, and he was there.
"And you got to your feet scratched your head and started to gather the life that you dropped all around me."
But after a while, she realizes she wants and needs more. But she doesn't want to hurt him, so instead she stays. Meanwhile, the guy knows all of this and, like pansyisdabomb said, it's killing him.