I think the song is about a relationship. One of the partners is truly in love with the other, but the other just can't give that love back. He/she just has got other priorities - and the first one accepts this, because whatever these priorities are, the first one loves the other one (also) for doing exactly that, and so accepts it the way it is.
I knew this song for quite a while, but I didn't really care for the lyrics just until recently, when I heard the excellent cover version from James Blake. Now this reminds me alot of the situation in a passed partnership, where my girl, suffering from some kind of borderline syndrome, just couldn't love me the whole way. There was this point, when she split up in the heat of a moment, where I knew I couldn't change anything in the long run, if I'd have tried to put us back together (again). It was really hard for me, but...
I knew this song for quite a while, but I didn't really care for the lyrics just until recently, when I heard the excellent cover version from James Blake. Now this reminds me alot of the situation in a passed partnership, where my girl, suffering from some kind of borderline syndrome, just couldn't love me the whole way. There was this point, when she split up in the heat of a moment, where I knew I couldn't change anything in the long run, if I'd have tried to put us back together (again). It was really hard for me, but somehow I knew I had to let it go and save myself this time.
I think the song is about a relationship. One of the partners is truly in love with the other, but the other just can't give that love back. He/she just has got other priorities - and the first one accepts this, because whatever these priorities are, the first one loves the other one (also) for doing exactly that, and so accepts it the way it is.
I knew this song for quite a while, but I didn't really care for the lyrics just until recently, when I heard the excellent cover version from James Blake. Now this reminds me alot of the situation in a passed partnership, where my girl, suffering from some kind of borderline syndrome, just couldn't love me the whole way. There was this point, when she split up in the heat of a moment, where I knew I couldn't change anything in the long run, if I'd have tried to put us back together (again). It was really hard for me, but...
I knew this song for quite a while, but I didn't really care for the lyrics just until recently, when I heard the excellent cover version from James Blake. Now this reminds me alot of the situation in a passed partnership, where my girl, suffering from some kind of borderline syndrome, just couldn't love me the whole way. There was this point, when she split up in the heat of a moment, where I knew I couldn't change anything in the long run, if I'd have tried to put us back together (again). It was really hard for me, but somehow I knew I had to let it go and save myself this time.