My take on this song is very different to the comments so far.
However from the first time I heard it I already developed a visual,
I believe it is about a a person who is sick and dying and has come to terms with it.
It's like even though you love someone so dearly, that fact that you can never grow old together, you want your partner to eventually move on, you want to know that after your passing they will be alright.
'But I want you to move on'
However you know your partner won't want to move on, they'll stick with you till death and then be deeply sadden. Yet you want to reassure them, 'And I want you to know, You couldn't have loved me better', however you never tell of them that your dying because a loved one loss to death is much harder then a loved one loss to a breakup.
Resulting in with you ending the relationship before your death.
'So I'm already gone'
It's hard and painful for the person dying but they feel this is the last of what they can do when they cannot be cured.
'Looking at you makes it harder. But I know that you'll find another'
You do this because you know it'll eventually it'll be over, no matter what anyone tries.
'I want you to know that it doesn't matter. Where we take this road. Someone's gotta go', and that someone is you.
This is just how I feel about the song, it does remind me of a personal situation. Although it maybe a stretch, I guess it can be a song that relates to a situation like this.
That's a very interesting interpretation of the song, and I can definitely see what you are saying... it would be very hard being in a situation where you know that your time is almost up, and knowing that the one person that has been there with you through it all is having a hard time coming to terms with it and resisting getting to that point where he/she will have to let go. So you see yourself pushing them away, even when you don't really want to do so, but knowing that you are doing it for their own good...
That's a very interesting interpretation of the song, and I can definitely see what you are saying... it would be very hard being in a situation where you know that your time is almost up, and knowing that the one person that has been there with you through it all is having a hard time coming to terms with it and resisting getting to that point where he/she will have to let go. So you see yourself pushing them away, even when you don't really want to do so, but knowing that you are doing it for their own good eventually.
I like thinking about all the possible interpretations of a song, and this one never really crossed my mind until you mentioned it.
i agree that that could be a meaning for the song. however, i disagree with "because a loved one loss to death is much harder then a loved one loss to a breakup". I personally think it is much harder to lose someone to a break up because they chose to leave, the rejection of it all makes it more difficult than if they died because then they are taken from you and you couldn't have changed anything, when they break up with you you always think "what could i have done differently, if i didn't do that he wouldn't...
i agree that that could be a meaning for the song. however, i disagree with "because a loved one loss to death is much harder then a loved one loss to a breakup". I personally think it is much harder to lose someone to a break up because they chose to leave, the rejection of it all makes it more difficult than if they died because then they are taken from you and you couldn't have changed anything, when they break up with you you always think "what could i have done differently, if i didn't do that he wouldn't have broken up with me. etc"... but maybe that is just me. interesting thinking though, i didn't think about it as a breakup because of sickness.
@stephiiy I agree - that's how I thought of it, as the "Sleeping at Last" version came on, when I was on my way home this evening. @tonis It isn't easier to lose someone to death. They don't always choose to leave, either. I lost my mother two months ago, and not only am I missing her terribly, but my father is completely lost without her. They were divorced for a while, in the past, and remarried. He thought that he'd deal with this the same way, but he said that it's so much different - so much worse -...
@stephiiy I agree - that's how I thought of it, as the "Sleeping at Last" version came on, when I was on my way home this evening. @tonis It isn't easier to lose someone to death. They don't always choose to leave, either. I lost my mother two months ago, and not only am I missing her terribly, but my father is completely lost without her. They were divorced for a while, in the past, and remarried. He thought that he'd deal with this the same way, but he said that it's so much different - so much worse - because she isn't here, anymore.
Oh wow to think this song came out in 2009. I'm deeply sorry about situation with your mother @anela. You are also right, dealing with death is so much more painful then a break up because the difference is hope. When someone is still there you are always left with the opportunity to see their face one more time. I think anyone who has dealt with death would agree, even if you don't have the chance to be in a relationship with them, you would give anything to see them one more time. It's about hope, and you lose that...
Oh wow to think this song came out in 2009. I'm deeply sorry about situation with your mother @anela. You are also right, dealing with death is so much more painful then a break up because the difference is hope. When someone is still there you are always left with the opportunity to see their face one more time. I think anyone who has dealt with death would agree, even if you don't have the chance to be in a relationship with them, you would give anything to see them one more time. It's about hope, and you lose that with death. You don't with a break up @tonis.
My take on this song is very different to the comments so far.
However from the first time I heard it I already developed a visual, I believe it is about a a person who is sick and dying and has come to terms with it.
It's like even though you love someone so dearly, that fact that you can never grow old together, you want your partner to eventually move on, you want to know that after your passing they will be alright. 'But I want you to move on'
However you know your partner won't want to move on, they'll stick with you till death and then be deeply sadden. Yet you want to reassure them, 'And I want you to know, You couldn't have loved me better', however you never tell of them that your dying because a loved one loss to death is much harder then a loved one loss to a breakup.
Resulting in with you ending the relationship before your death. 'So I'm already gone'
It's hard and painful for the person dying but they feel this is the last of what they can do when they cannot be cured. 'Looking at you makes it harder. But I know that you'll find another'
You do this because you know it'll eventually it'll be over, no matter what anyone tries. 'I want you to know that it doesn't matter. Where we take this road. Someone's gotta go', and that someone is you.
This is just how I feel about the song, it does remind me of a personal situation. Although it maybe a stretch, I guess it can be a song that relates to a situation like this.
That's a very interesting interpretation of the song, and I can definitely see what you are saying... it would be very hard being in a situation where you know that your time is almost up, and knowing that the one person that has been there with you through it all is having a hard time coming to terms with it and resisting getting to that point where he/she will have to let go. So you see yourself pushing them away, even when you don't really want to do so, but knowing that you are doing it for their own good...
That's a very interesting interpretation of the song, and I can definitely see what you are saying... it would be very hard being in a situation where you know that your time is almost up, and knowing that the one person that has been there with you through it all is having a hard time coming to terms with it and resisting getting to that point where he/she will have to let go. So you see yourself pushing them away, even when you don't really want to do so, but knowing that you are doing it for their own good eventually.
I like thinking about all the possible interpretations of a song, and this one never really crossed my mind until you mentioned it.
i agree that that could be a meaning for the song. however, i disagree with "because a loved one loss to death is much harder then a loved one loss to a breakup". I personally think it is much harder to lose someone to a break up because they chose to leave, the rejection of it all makes it more difficult than if they died because then they are taken from you and you couldn't have changed anything, when they break up with you you always think "what could i have done differently, if i didn't do that he wouldn't...
i agree that that could be a meaning for the song. however, i disagree with "because a loved one loss to death is much harder then a loved one loss to a breakup". I personally think it is much harder to lose someone to a break up because they chose to leave, the rejection of it all makes it more difficult than if they died because then they are taken from you and you couldn't have changed anything, when they break up with you you always think "what could i have done differently, if i didn't do that he wouldn't have broken up with me. etc"... but maybe that is just me. interesting thinking though, i didn't think about it as a breakup because of sickness.
@stephiiy I agree - that's how I thought of it, as the "Sleeping at Last" version came on, when I was on my way home this evening. @tonis It isn't easier to lose someone to death. They don't always choose to leave, either. I lost my mother two months ago, and not only am I missing her terribly, but my father is completely lost without her. They were divorced for a while, in the past, and remarried. He thought that he'd deal with this the same way, but he said that it's so much different - so much worse -...
@stephiiy I agree - that's how I thought of it, as the "Sleeping at Last" version came on, when I was on my way home this evening. @tonis It isn't easier to lose someone to death. They don't always choose to leave, either. I lost my mother two months ago, and not only am I missing her terribly, but my father is completely lost without her. They were divorced for a while, in the past, and remarried. He thought that he'd deal with this the same way, but he said that it's so much different - so much worse - because she isn't here, anymore.
Oh wow to think this song came out in 2009. I'm deeply sorry about situation with your mother @anela. You are also right, dealing with death is so much more painful then a break up because the difference is hope. When someone is still there you are always left with the opportunity to see their face one more time. I think anyone who has dealt with death would agree, even if you don't have the chance to be in a relationship with them, you would give anything to see them one more time. It's about hope, and you lose that...
Oh wow to think this song came out in 2009. I'm deeply sorry about situation with your mother @anela. You are also right, dealing with death is so much more painful then a break up because the difference is hope. When someone is still there you are always left with the opportunity to see their face one more time. I think anyone who has dealt with death would agree, even if you don't have the chance to be in a relationship with them, you would give anything to see them one more time. It's about hope, and you lose that with death. You don't with a break up @tonis.