"What a fool believes" has been a mystery to me, as to its meaning, for years. I just now read several interpretations, and they mostly make sense. However, I would like to get someone's response to the meaning I have concluded as to these two lines:
"She had a place in his life" to me, is from her point of view. A long time ago (somewhere back in her long ago), she cared a lot for him. But, he took her for granted.. and
"He never made her think twice" to me means, because she felt there was no commitment or future from him, she had no reason to stay, and moved on..she never had a reason to think twice about their relationship ever being more than a non-commitment from him. "She rises to her apology" when she has heard enough of his "nostalgic tale" which reminds her of that time, and had since given up and moved on.
As time went on, the fool believes she will return, and that he will never be able to understand why she leaves him. He is left with his own make-believe, and it is better have "what seems to be" than realizing she is never going to return.
What a great song, it has so many ways to interpret it.
"What a fool believes" has been a mystery to me, as to its meaning, for years. I just now read several interpretations, and they mostly make sense. However, I would like to get someone's response to the meaning I have concluded as to these two lines:
"She had a place in his life" to me, is from her point of view. A long time ago (somewhere back in her long ago), she cared a lot for him. But, he took her for granted.. and
"He never made her think twice" to me means, because she felt there was no commitment or future from him, she had no reason to stay, and moved on..she never had a reason to think twice about their relationship ever being more than a non-commitment from him. "She rises to her apology" when she has heard enough of his "nostalgic tale" which reminds her of that time, and had since given up and moved on.
As time went on, the fool believes she will return, and that he will never be able to understand why she leaves him. He is left with his own make-believe, and it is better have "what seems to be" than realizing she is never going to return. What a great song, it has so many ways to interpret it.