Interpretations vary. To me, this song starts off by saying that the narrator cheats on his gf, after a while, he remembers he has a lover and the guilts start up. he feels that the girl knows he has a girlfriend and she's pretending she doesn't know anything. he knows she's not stupid. he starts to remember how much his girlfriend really likes him, and how lucky he is to have someone like that and how foolish he is to have thrown all of that away for something temporary. he decides to tell his girlfriend what had happened and she makes it seem that she took it well and didn't cry or say something like, "how could you?" but something more like, "it's okay, it happens." so now he can't comfort her. but the truth is both of them are feeling this massive pain inside of them. He remembers how fortunate he was, and wonders what he would do without her. he wishes there was nothing else in the world besides them so they can fix things. then he wonders if that really would be best or if everything happened for a reason. They both have hid things from eachother and they felt that they sensed something when they didn't. so with all that guilt accumilating, the only one's they really hurt was themselves. they could have made the best of their relationship and could've stayed for a longer time, but they didn't. he wishes she would've stayed and wonders if anyone will ever love him as much as she did. he wonders whyy she really left him. did she not know that he could fix/learn from his mistakes? afterall, he is human just like she is. so he asks her, "Now that youre gone... Was what I did so wrong? So wrong that you had to leave me alone?" because he is wondering if that was the real reason that she had broken up with him, or was there something else that she is not telling him?
hmmphh. basically, i think it's making it seem at first as if the narrator has the fault, but towards the end, it reveals that the lover isn't too inocent.
my jaw hit the floor after reading this comment, bleenapple. Its like you went inside my head and picked this out from everything else roaming around up there. When i listen to this song it makes me feel exactly the way you just described it. I did those exact things, cheated, lied and kinda got what i deserved. but im still left here wondering, did she know? why did she take the news so well? questions never cease to come up in my mind, they will never get answered, but this song helps a little bit. Great song seether.
my jaw hit the floor after reading this comment, bleenapple. Its like you went inside my head and picked this out from everything else roaming around up there. When i listen to this song it makes me feel exactly the way you just described it. I did those exact things, cheated, lied and kinda got what i deserved. but im still left here wondering, did she know? why did she take the news so well? questions never cease to come up in my mind, they will never get answered, but this song helps a little bit. Great song seether.
my jaw hit the floor after reading this comment, bleenapple. Its like you went inside my head and picked this out from everything else roaming around up there. When i listen to this song it makes me feel exactly the way you just described it. I did those exact things, cheated, lied and kinda got what i deserved. but im still left here wondering, did she know? why did she take the news so well? questions never cease to come up in my mind, they will never get answered, but this song helps a little bit. Great song seether.
my jaw hit the floor after reading this comment, bleenapple. Its like you went inside my head and picked this out from everything else roaming around up there. When i listen to this song it makes me feel exactly the way you just described it. I did those exact things, cheated, lied and kinda got what i deserved. but im still left here wondering, did she know? why did she take the news so well? questions never cease to come up in my mind, they will never get answered, but this song helps a little bit. Great song seether.
Excellent interpretation! I'm impressed that this came from a 14-year-old. I'm teaching eighth grade English and wanted to use this song as an example of metaphor, but was worried that it would be too difficult for my kids to relate to. Good job, you'd make your English teacher proud, kiddo. :)
Excellent interpretation! I'm impressed that this came from a 14-year-old. I'm teaching eighth grade English and wanted to use this song as an example of metaphor, but was worried that it would be too difficult for my kids to relate to. Good job, you'd make your English teacher proud, kiddo. :)
Me too impressed that this came from a 14 year old friend. This is one song I have gone word by word but have always confused the meaning. I really want to understand this once more. So bleenapple could you re narrate again by using gf #1 & gf #2 because that is not clear in the explanation or may be I am dumb :)
Me too impressed that this came from a 14 year old friend. This is one song I have gone word by word but have always confused the meaning. I really want to understand this once more. So bleenapple could you re narrate again by using gf #1 & gf #2 because that is not clear in the explanation or may be I am dumb :)
Interpretations vary. To me, this song starts off by saying that the narrator cheats on his gf, after a while, he remembers he has a lover and the guilts start up. he feels that the girl knows he has a girlfriend and she's pretending she doesn't know anything. he knows she's not stupid. he starts to remember how much his girlfriend really likes him, and how lucky he is to have someone like that and how foolish he is to have thrown all of that away for something temporary. he decides to tell his girlfriend what had happened and she makes it seem that she took it well and didn't cry or say something like, "how could you?" but something more like, "it's okay, it happens." so now he can't comfort her. but the truth is both of them are feeling this massive pain inside of them. He remembers how fortunate he was, and wonders what he would do without her. he wishes there was nothing else in the world besides them so they can fix things. then he wonders if that really would be best or if everything happened for a reason. They both have hid things from eachother and they felt that they sensed something when they didn't. so with all that guilt accumilating, the only one's they really hurt was themselves. they could have made the best of their relationship and could've stayed for a longer time, but they didn't. he wishes she would've stayed and wonders if anyone will ever love him as much as she did. he wonders whyy she really left him. did she not know that he could fix/learn from his mistakes? afterall, he is human just like she is. so he asks her, "Now that youre gone... Was what I did so wrong? So wrong that you had to leave me alone?" because he is wondering if that was the real reason that she had broken up with him, or was there something else that she is not telling him?
hmmphh. basically, i think it's making it seem at first as if the narrator has the fault, but towards the end, it reveals that the lover isn't too inocent.
i'm only 14. I tried my best. :D
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i think thats write, but dude just so you know, the original person who wrote it, george michaels, was gay.
i think thats write, but dude just so you know, the original person who wrote it, george michaels, was gay.
haha just shows how much I know. (:
haha just shows how much I know. (:
my jaw hit the floor after reading this comment, bleenapple. Its like you went inside my head and picked this out from everything else roaming around up there. When i listen to this song it makes me feel exactly the way you just described it. I did those exact things, cheated, lied and kinda got what i deserved. but im still left here wondering, did she know? why did she take the news so well? questions never cease to come up in my mind, they will never get answered, but this song helps a little bit. Great song seether.
my jaw hit the floor after reading this comment, bleenapple. Its like you went inside my head and picked this out from everything else roaming around up there. When i listen to this song it makes me feel exactly the way you just described it. I did those exact things, cheated, lied and kinda got what i deserved. but im still left here wondering, did she know? why did she take the news so well? questions never cease to come up in my mind, they will never get answered, but this song helps a little bit. Great song seether.
my jaw hit the floor after reading this comment, bleenapple. Its like you went inside my head and picked this out from everything else roaming around up there. When i listen to this song it makes me feel exactly the way you just described it. I did those exact things, cheated, lied and kinda got what i deserved. but im still left here wondering, did she know? why did she take the news so well? questions never cease to come up in my mind, they will never get answered, but this song helps a little bit. Great song seether.
my jaw hit the floor after reading this comment, bleenapple. Its like you went inside my head and picked this out from everything else roaming around up there. When i listen to this song it makes me feel exactly the way you just described it. I did those exact things, cheated, lied and kinda got what i deserved. but im still left here wondering, did she know? why did she take the news so well? questions never cease to come up in my mind, they will never get answered, but this song helps a little bit. Great song seether.
Excellent interpretation! I'm impressed that this came from a 14-year-old. I'm teaching eighth grade English and wanted to use this song as an example of metaphor, but was worried that it would be too difficult for my kids to relate to. Good job, you'd make your English teacher proud, kiddo. :)
Excellent interpretation! I'm impressed that this came from a 14-year-old. I'm teaching eighth grade English and wanted to use this song as an example of metaphor, but was worried that it would be too difficult for my kids to relate to. Good job, you'd make your English teacher proud, kiddo. :)
Me too impressed that this came from a 14 year old friend. This is one song I have gone word by word but have always confused the meaning. I really want to understand this once more. So bleenapple could you re narrate again by using gf #1 & gf #2 because that is not clear in the explanation or may be I am dumb :)
Me too impressed that this came from a 14 year old friend. This is one song I have gone word by word but have always confused the meaning. I really want to understand this once more. So bleenapple could you re narrate again by using gf #1 & gf #2 because that is not clear in the explanation or may be I am dumb :)