maybe it's him looking back on somebody he cared about deeply and therefore who roused strong emotions in him - somebody he loved deeply and also at times hated, only to quickly feel love again - and then when they broke up, even though he moved on to other people (pile lover upon lover) there was "no way to recover" from the heartache of losing that person. but then, the last line seems really spiritual - so maybe it's him, after death, looking back on his life thinking despite these ranges of emotions we feel as human beings on earth, in the afterlife he finds out we are all the same and kindred spirits (i was your brother when i saw you). far-fetched but the last line seems pretty otherworldly to me. really beautiful song
maybe it's him looking back on somebody he cared about deeply and therefore who roused strong emotions in him - somebody he loved deeply and also at times hated, only to quickly feel love again - and then when they broke up, even though he moved on to other people (pile lover upon lover) there was "no way to recover" from the heartache of losing that person. but then, the last line seems really spiritual - so maybe it's him, after death, looking back on his life thinking despite these ranges of emotions we feel as human beings on earth, in the afterlife he finds out we are all the same and kindred spirits (i was your brother when i saw you). far-fetched but the last line seems pretty otherworldly to me. really beautiful song