I wonder if this song could be about Paul or another friend that John felt he was losing. It describes exactly how I feel about a friend that I'm sort of in the process of losing...
He's losing someone and is helpless to stop that loss. He hurt this person in the past, and that's part of why he's losing them, but he just wants to move on from that. He's aware that he reminds the person of "all that bad stuff", but what can he do about it? Band-aid solutions don't work, pretending it didn't happen doesn't work. This song could be a plea to that person, sort of saying let's just move on already. But to me it feels like he's just venting his frustration -- somebody he values is slipping away from him and even though he's tried, he can't seem to do anything to keep that person around.
That's just my take on it, though, and maybe it's just because of the situation I'm in that I am seeing it this way.
I wonder if this song could be about Paul or another friend that John felt he was losing. It describes exactly how I feel about a friend that I'm sort of in the process of losing...
He's losing someone and is helpless to stop that loss. He hurt this person in the past, and that's part of why he's losing them, but he just wants to move on from that. He's aware that he reminds the person of "all that bad stuff", but what can he do about it? Band-aid solutions don't work, pretending it didn't happen doesn't work. This song could be a plea to that person, sort of saying let's just move on already. But to me it feels like he's just venting his frustration -- somebody he values is slipping away from him and even though he's tried, he can't seem to do anything to keep that person around.
That's just my take on it, though, and maybe it's just because of the situation I'm in that I am seeing it this way.