This really is a beautiful song. It's melancholy and definitely a little bitter, but you can't help but feel the love and the disappointment of the narrator, because in my opinion he's coming to terms with the fact that he will likely lose the woman he loves so very much simply because there's nothing he can do to make her happy, no matter how hard he tries. And I can certainly relate.
It's haunting--"I want to remain a child with you forever"--I think we all feel like that sometimes. The narrator, when he was young and in love with this woman, had nothing to worry about, and things between them were beautiful. He longs for the ability to stay the hands of time, because he knows that if they didn't have to grow up then they never would have come to such bitter terms. He tries so hard for her, but she's never satisfied, and when he tries to leave, she "tease[s] him and tell[s] him to stay." So he stays, trying to convince himself that things can work...but deep down he knows they never will. So he just wistfully wishes that time could stop.
This really is a beautiful song. It's melancholy and definitely a little bitter, but you can't help but feel the love and the disappointment of the narrator, because in my opinion he's coming to terms with the fact that he will likely lose the woman he loves so very much simply because there's nothing he can do to make her happy, no matter how hard he tries. And I can certainly relate.
It's haunting--"I want to remain a child with you forever"--I think we all feel like that sometimes. The narrator, when he was young and in love with this woman, had nothing to worry about, and things between them were beautiful. He longs for the ability to stay the hands of time, because he knows that if they didn't have to grow up then they never would have come to such bitter terms. He tries so hard for her, but she's never satisfied, and when he tries to leave, she "tease[s] him and tell[s] him to stay." So he stays, trying to convince himself that things can work...but deep down he knows they never will. So he just wistfully wishes that time could stop.