It sounds like a couple who worked out great for a while, then drifted apart, tried their hardest to make it work, but in the end she broke up with him, and he brushed it off and acted like he was fine but really it truly bothers him. Maybe it's just because I've experienced exactly this, but it fits the song perfectly.
She tearfully breaks up with him, but he doesn't feel sorry for her because he knows it's causing him more pain than her.
He's realizing how she's done him wrong, and wants to make her feel terrible ("you're feeling lonely").
He tries to brush it off by convincing himself that he never needed anybody.
He's reminiscing about the good times they had, and how they're gone now.
She's agreeing with him, saying it's all her fault and she was terrible and he deserves better, but he wishes she could just stop it ("Don't sing along with me").
Basically, he didn't want to give up, but she did. And it sounds like it might have been their second try together? ("I'm fine, it's just the second time we lost the war")
As for the song, it's just amazing. I love the kind of melancholy verses mixed with the upbeat chorus, it really sounds like he's getting over something and is convincing himself that he never needed it and he's happy again.
It sounds like a couple who worked out great for a while, then drifted apart, tried their hardest to make it work, but in the end she broke up with him, and he brushed it off and acted like he was fine but really it truly bothers him. Maybe it's just because I've experienced exactly this, but it fits the song perfectly.
She tearfully breaks up with him, but he doesn't feel sorry for her because he knows it's causing him more pain than her. He's realizing how she's done him wrong, and wants to make her feel terrible ("you're feeling lonely"). He tries to brush it off by convincing himself that he never needed anybody. He's reminiscing about the good times they had, and how they're gone now. She's agreeing with him, saying it's all her fault and she was terrible and he deserves better, but he wishes she could just stop it ("Don't sing along with me"). Basically, he didn't want to give up, but she did. And it sounds like it might have been their second try together? ("I'm fine, it's just the second time we lost the war")
As for the song, it's just amazing. I love the kind of melancholy verses mixed with the upbeat chorus, it really sounds like he's getting over something and is convincing himself that he never needed it and he's happy again.
Wow, that's exactly what's happened to me, too! I'd say it's a pretty spot on interpretation, then.
Wow, that's exactly what's happened to me, too! I'd say it's a pretty spot on interpretation, then.