Continued from my comment on When The Lights Are Down (If you haven't read that comment, you won't understand the meaning I'm posting on this song) Song meaning...
Ariel explains himself to Marguerite as best he can. He explains that he saw her as a mere shadow of his dead lover, that any feelings he has for her are a mere facade of his love for Helena, and that he can never love her the way she loves him. In a tragic and moving duet, he urges her to leave and forget him. But he says that, perhaps, they may one day reunite. With that, he leaves, never to see her again.
Continued from my comment on When The Lights Are Down (If you haven't read that comment, you won't understand the meaning I'm posting on this song) Song meaning... Ariel explains himself to Marguerite as best he can. He explains that he saw her as a mere shadow of his dead lover, that any feelings he has for her are a mere facade of his love for Helena, and that he can never love her the way she loves him. In a tragic and moving duet, he urges her to leave and forget him. But he says that, perhaps, they may one day reunite. With that, he leaves, never to see her again.