I think this song is about that time when you realize that a break-up is final and you now realize how much you have lost. This is the struggle to win back someone who has been hurt one too many times or has given up on you ever changing. There is a conversation running though parts of the song, a hopeful pleading and a disappointing retort:
Lead me, I'm stupid from a lesson learned
You've learned nothing
You told me to get lost to find myself
There is a demand to change (change if you can't be bound) and a promise to change (yes I would). It all fails though, and the writer is left with nothing but pain. And the pain comes in waves and doesn’t stop:
And first it bleeds then it stops
I feel like I've been filling up
He wants another chance to make it right — pleading that this time will be different and that he will change (Believe me now / Yes I would). He doesn’t want to give up (And I can't sink now), but there is a realization the his ex-lover has moved on and the chance to make things right will probably never happen:
Well what if I am never thrown that bone
And what if this tear in my side just pours, and pours, and pours
I wonder if you've noticed that I'm not around
The loss of a lonely man never makes much of a sound
Despite all of his effort to make things right, she is gone. The pain still remains, as do the pleas that will never be heard (Believe me now / Yes I would).
Yes, I agree. He wants that chance, to change, to be different, but he fears he will never be given the opportunity "what if i am never thrown that rope?"
Yes, I agree. He wants that chance, to change, to be different, but he fears he will never be given the opportunity "what if i am never thrown that rope?"
I think this song is about that time when you realize that a break-up is final and you now realize how much you have lost. This is the struggle to win back someone who has been hurt one too many times or has given up on you ever changing. There is a conversation running though parts of the song, a hopeful pleading and a disappointing retort:
There is a demand to change (change if you can't be bound) and a promise to change (yes I would). It all fails though, and the writer is left with nothing but pain. And the pain comes in waves and doesn’t stop:
He wants another chance to make it right — pleading that this time will be different and that he will change (Believe me now / Yes I would). He doesn’t want to give up (And I can't sink now), but there is a realization the his ex-lover has moved on and the chance to make things right will probably never happen:
Despite all of his effort to make things right, she is gone. The pain still remains, as do the pleas that will never be heard (Believe me now / Yes I would).
Yes, I agree. He wants that chance, to change, to be different, but he fears he will never be given the opportunity "what if i am never thrown that rope?"
Yes, I agree. He wants that chance, to change, to be different, but he fears he will never be given the opportunity "what if i am never thrown that rope?"
One of the most gorgeous from the album.
One of the most gorgeous from the album.