The "author" or songwriter, in this avenue, is holding on to one person, and they're spending time around each other because they can't help it - they still love one another, just not in the same way necessarily. The love is more backed up by a sense of respect and care for the person, not 'I-can't-live-without-you-love'. And although their likliness towards each other is very fragile and ever-changing, they still want to be "together" if only for a little while... perhaps to ease the pain of not seeing each other at all.
So as if to ease the pain?
The "author" or songwriter, in this avenue, is holding on to one person, and they're spending time around each other because they can't help it - they still love one another, just not in the same way necessarily. The love is more backed up by a sense of respect and care for the person, not 'I-can't-live-without-you-love'. And although their likliness towards each other is very fragile and ever-changing, they still want to be "together" if only for a little while... perhaps to ease the pain of not seeing each other at all. So as if to ease the pain?