I've always thought this song was about a relationship with a sex addict who wants an open relationship.
"Hot-cold season going to sink in my sweat
No one isn't ever gonna make it there yet"
They do it all the time (regardless the season, she's sweating; lots of effort put into the sex), but satisfaction is impossible to reach
"You can't even cope with it
Then it passed me by"
The partner wants to sleep with other people.
"Fast slow living is holding me back
Wishing that my baby never told me that
Can't even cope to make it last
Then it passed me by
We'll take it over
And make it mine"
Here's where he asks for an open relationship. Fast-slow living is where they're at; she's not sure if she's being "old-fashioned" by rejecting the idea or not ("slow" living), and she can't deal with it, so having an open relationship "passes her by", and the partner agrees to stay in a closed relationship.
"And you wanted it, wanted it, wanted it again"
But that's not enough for the partner.
"My dear you've been used
I'm breaking in the news"
He cheats, and she forgives him and agrees to be in an open relationship.
"Well, love nearly beat us
I'm thinking like you, I'm thinking of you"
If they both loved each other in the same way, it would have torn him apart and caused her to ultimately lose him much farther down the road, so instead, she's sleeping around for his sake (thinking like you), but does it so he doesn't feel guilty/while imagining it's him (thinking of you).
"Well, love follows near us
Can love really steer us?
Oh, can't it be true?
Oh, can't it be true?"
She's hoping that he'll want to stay devout to her eventually.
"Lost all reason for playing your games
Better quit staring 'cause you're looking the same"
She grows tired of it being an open relationship.
"Can't even cope to make a change
Then it passed me by
And we'll take it over
And make it mine"
They go back into a closed relationship, making it "hers", but as he can't really do it (cope to make a change), she knows he'll end up cheating.
"Use me up, use me up
Taper off and I'm had"
She'll stay with him, knowing he's cheating, all for the sake of love, until she either can't stand it anymore or doesn't care.
I've always thought this song was about a relationship with a sex addict who wants an open relationship.
"Hot-cold season going to sink in my sweat No one isn't ever gonna make it there yet"
"You can't even cope with it Then it passed me by"
"Fast slow living is holding me back Wishing that my baby never told me that Can't even cope to make it last Then it passed me by We'll take it over And make it mine"
"And you wanted it, wanted it, wanted it again"
"My dear you've been used I'm breaking in the news"
"Well, love nearly beat us I'm thinking like you, I'm thinking of you"
"Well, love follows near us Can love really steer us? Oh, can't it be true? Oh, can't it be true?"
"Lost all reason for playing your games Better quit staring 'cause you're looking the same"
"Can't even cope to make a change Then it passed me by And we'll take it over And make it mine"
"Use me up, use me up Taper off and I'm had"