I like mypianofire's take on it being about virginity. It sounds really interesting when she says it like that.
Still, it's like wolf cub said. You feel overcome when you listen to this song, and I think leelee87 is spot on about the meaning of the song; experience.
We all come out of whatever horrible experience "a little bit wiser, a little bit sadder, a little bit less you might have guessed" because to me, the latter part suggests how experiences can change a person. Thus he might mean through each experience he feels his original personality becoming less and less; it could be a good thing, or a bad thing, like leelee said.
Then again the suggestion of love throughout the lyrics doesn't exactly tie in with the above ideas I've mentioned, which is why I think mypian's opinion is interesting about the song being about virginity. Or, it could be about falling for someone; when we fall for somebody, we feel so changed by them, we're barely the same person we were at the start, so in a way we're "overcome". If you interpret it as falling for somebody then so much of the song makes sense, especially the part where he goes "come on and save me" which seems to suggest he wants her assurance that she does love him, which will save him from his downward spiral.
Plus, it also suits heart ache. Again we completely change when we have our hearts broken by a loved one. Either he did something to upset her, or she did something to upset him, but the bottom line is that he realizes he still loves her either way despite what they've been through.
I like mypianofire's take on it being about virginity. It sounds really interesting when she says it like that.
Still, it's like wolf cub said. You feel overcome when you listen to this song, and I think leelee87 is spot on about the meaning of the song; experience.
We all come out of whatever horrible experience "a little bit wiser, a little bit sadder, a little bit less you might have guessed" because to me, the latter part suggests how experiences can change a person. Thus he might mean through each experience he feels his original personality becoming less and less; it could be a good thing, or a bad thing, like leelee said.
Then again the suggestion of love throughout the lyrics doesn't exactly tie in with the above ideas I've mentioned, which is why I think mypian's opinion is interesting about the song being about virginity. Or, it could be about falling for someone; when we fall for somebody, we feel so changed by them, we're barely the same person we were at the start, so in a way we're "overcome". If you interpret it as falling for somebody then so much of the song makes sense, especially the part where he goes "come on and save me" which seems to suggest he wants her assurance that she does love him, which will save him from his downward spiral.
Plus, it also suits heart ache. Again we completely change when we have our hearts broken by a loved one. Either he did something to upset her, or she did something to upset him, but the bottom line is that he realizes he still loves her either way despite what they've been through.