Oh my, this song is so beautiful and amazing. It is about loving someone so much you can't let them go, even though they don't treat you the way you should be treated or respect you like you respect them. It's about giving and giving and getting nothing back.
She knows it's never going to work out between them but she loves him so much she can't let him go, or help waiting for him, holding out for something real, even though she knows it's never gonna be what she wants it to be. He's even told her it's not: "The stickler is you've played not one beat wrong / you never promised me anything / even sat me down, warned me just how they fall / I knew the odds were I'd never win, yet here I am..."
She tries to hold back but can't resist him, because he makes her feel like no other: "I knew that I'd get like this again / That's why I try to keep at bay / Near 100% when I'm with you and then, a perfect hearts length away."
He has his choice of lovers, yet she can't look at anyone but him: "You know you'll never be lonely / No, you'll always be loved / And maybe, you never need more than that / But for the surplus that loves, what's to become of us? Does it even register on your conscience?" He has no second thought for all the girls he's affecting with his ways.
I also really love the lyrics "My self worth's measured in text back tempo / It's been 2 days and 8 minutes too slow / Well there may well be others, but I still like to pretend / That I'm the one you really want to grow old with." Great stuff.
Oh my, this song is so beautiful and amazing. It is about loving someone so much you can't let them go, even though they don't treat you the way you should be treated or respect you like you respect them. It's about giving and giving and getting nothing back.
She knows it's never going to work out between them but she loves him so much she can't let him go, or help waiting for him, holding out for something real, even though she knows it's never gonna be what she wants it to be. He's even told her it's not: "The stickler is you've played not one beat wrong / you never promised me anything / even sat me down, warned me just how they fall / I knew the odds were I'd never win, yet here I am..."
She tries to hold back but can't resist him, because he makes her feel like no other: "I knew that I'd get like this again / That's why I try to keep at bay / Near 100% when I'm with you and then, a perfect hearts length away."
He has his choice of lovers, yet she can't look at anyone but him: "You know you'll never be lonely / No, you'll always be loved / And maybe, you never need more than that / But for the surplus that loves, what's to become of us? Does it even register on your conscience?" He has no second thought for all the girls he's affecting with his ways.
I also really love the lyrics "My self worth's measured in text back tempo / It's been 2 days and 8 minutes too slow / Well there may well be others, but I still like to pretend / That I'm the one you really want to grow old with." Great stuff.