Oh, this is my favourite snow patrol song. It's so haunting. i think the song is the whole, not knowing what you had till it was gone. I think the lyrics represent the break up stage and aftermath for the singer.
'Please don't let this turn into something it's not
I can only give you everything I've got
I can't be as sorry as you think I should
But I still love you more than anyone else could'
This is the moment of the end of the relationship and he's on the defensive because he made a mistake in the relationship, probably cheating on her. He's being an ass, telling her , so i cheated, i don't want that to break us up. it's done and dusted lets move on. He's being flippant because he doesn't realise that she's had enough. no more second chances.
'All that I keep thinking throughout this whole flight
Is 'it could take my whole damn life to make this right'
This splintered mast I'm holding on won't save me long
Because I know fine well that what I did was wrong'
He knows he's screwed up royally but he doesn't want to believe it. He wants it to be easy. i forgive you baby ,ok we'll forget this ever happened.
He doesn't want to take responsibility because he'll realise how much he hurt her. The 'splintered mast' bit i think, means that what he did to her is going to hit him eventually and there will be nowhere to run.
'The last girl in the last reason to make this last for as long as I could
First kiss and the first time that I felt connected to anything
The weight of water, the way you taught me to look past everything I had ever learned
The final word in the final sentence you ever uttered to me was love'
some time has passed days/weeks and he's looking back over the whole mess he made. he's thinking of when he cheated her and lost her
'The last girl in the last reason to make this last for as long as I could' he's saying that when he was with the last girl he realises that the relationship that he had with his girlfriend meant more because it was love not lust.
his girlfriend brought out the best in him. He's remembering the first moment that they had, He's holding onto that because thats all he has left. His girlfriend told him that she loves/loved him at the very end and that haunts him.
'We have got through so much worse than this before
What's so different this time that you can't ignore?
You say it is much more than just my last mistake
And we should spend some time apart for both our sakes'
He's talking to her after the breakup and he's saying to her and himself we've been through times worse than this. why can't we fix this and be together again.
she's telling him that he messes up and she's the one that hurts for it, he screws up and screws her up and she needs time. she still loves him because she's put them on a break and not ended it completely.
'And I don't know where to look
My words just break and melt
Please just save me from this darkness
Please just save me from this darkness'
He's depressed and longing for her. He's still pleading with her to forgive him but he's getting nowhere.
I don't know if anyone agrees with me but the way the music is arranged in the song tells me, that when he's singing certain verses to her, that's the calm before the storm, and then the music starts to crescendo again like it's building to something, Like he's in a race against time to get the relationship back.
and then it lulls again to the pleading, and crescendo's again and then eventually fades out to his depression and longing for her. It's really clever, It makes you feel the desperation of the perpatrator in the relationship xxxxx
Oh, this is my favourite snow patrol song. It's so haunting. i think the song is the whole, not knowing what you had till it was gone. I think the lyrics represent the break up stage and aftermath for the singer.
'Please don't let this turn into something it's not I can only give you everything I've got I can't be as sorry as you think I should But I still love you more than anyone else could'
This is the moment of the end of the relationship and he's on the defensive because he made a mistake in the relationship, probably cheating on her. He's being an ass, telling her , so i cheated, i don't want that to break us up. it's done and dusted lets move on. He's being flippant because he doesn't realise that she's had enough. no more second chances.
'All that I keep thinking throughout this whole flight Is 'it could take my whole damn life to make this right' This splintered mast I'm holding on won't save me long Because I know fine well that what I did was wrong'
He knows he's screwed up royally but he doesn't want to believe it. He wants it to be easy. i forgive you baby ,ok we'll forget this ever happened.
He doesn't want to take responsibility because he'll realise how much he hurt her. The 'splintered mast' bit i think, means that what he did to her is going to hit him eventually and there will be nowhere to run.
'The last girl in the last reason to make this last for as long as I could First kiss and the first time that I felt connected to anything The weight of water, the way you taught me to look past everything I had ever learned The final word in the final sentence you ever uttered to me was love'
some time has passed days/weeks and he's looking back over the whole mess he made. he's thinking of when he cheated her and lost her
'The last girl in the last reason to make this last for as long as I could' he's saying that when he was with the last girl he realises that the relationship that he had with his girlfriend meant more because it was love not lust.
his girlfriend brought out the best in him. He's remembering the first moment that they had, He's holding onto that because thats all he has left. His girlfriend told him that she loves/loved him at the very end and that haunts him.
'We have got through so much worse than this before What's so different this time that you can't ignore? You say it is much more than just my last mistake And we should spend some time apart for both our sakes'
He's talking to her after the breakup and he's saying to her and himself we've been through times worse than this. why can't we fix this and be together again.
she's telling him that he messes up and she's the one that hurts for it, he screws up and screws her up and she needs time. she still loves him because she's put them on a break and not ended it completely.
'And I don't know where to look My words just break and melt Please just save me from this darkness Please just save me from this darkness'
He's depressed and longing for her. He's still pleading with her to forgive him but he's getting nowhere.
I don't know if anyone agrees with me but the way the music is arranged in the song tells me, that when he's singing certain verses to her, that's the calm before the storm, and then the music starts to crescendo again like it's building to something, Like he's in a race against time to get the relationship back.
and then it lulls again to the pleading, and crescendo's again and then eventually fades out to his depression and longing for her. It's really clever, It makes you feel the desperation of the perpatrator in the relationship xxxxx