It sounds to me like he is in a relationship with a girl and they've grown apart, or maybe even just secretly in love with his friend ("I'll read your lips, watch your scarf play at your hips" << watching her longingly), but he feels like she is slipping away from him ("I'll read your lips, watch your scarf play at your hips" << watching her from a distance). I think he realises she likes somebody else, but he can't see why she would because this other guy's not even interested in her as a person ("And I know it's true, But I don't hear him call to you" << whereas he IS calling to her, she just can't hear it).
As for the "Don't blame/change/hate yourself", I don't really know, but maybe he figures she'll realise one day that she was wrong, but he knows it's not up to him to change her mind, only she can do that.
Well I could be compleeeetely wrong! But let me know what you think.
It sounds to me like he is in a relationship with a girl and they've grown apart, or maybe even just secretly in love with his friend ("I'll read your lips, watch your scarf play at your hips" << watching her longingly), but he feels like she is slipping away from him ("I'll read your lips, watch your scarf play at your hips" << watching her from a distance). I think he realises she likes somebody else, but he can't see why she would because this other guy's not even interested in her as a person ("And I know it's true, But I don't hear him call to you" << whereas he IS calling to her, she just can't hear it).
As for the "Don't blame/change/hate yourself", I don't really know, but maybe he figures she'll realise one day that she was wrong, but he knows it's not up to him to change her mind, only she can do that.
Well I could be compleeeetely wrong! But let me know what you think.