I've seen a lot of these comments have been suggested that the line from her mother is literal - an STD or some other disease. I always took it in the context of the rest of the song which is obviously a love song. I have been thinking of that line ("Could be worse, could be born with that disease instead or catching it first") in more metaphorical terms. There are some people who seem to always be falling in love time and time again really quickly when they should be holding back some, and then there are other people who never put anything into a relationship until one day when they find someone really special. What if the singer is like the latter, whose only real comfort in being so vulnerable is that she hasn't been until this relationship? Just my thoughts on that. Love this song, so amazing!
I've seen a lot of these comments have been suggested that the line from her mother is literal - an STD or some other disease. I always took it in the context of the rest of the song which is obviously a love song. I have been thinking of that line ("Could be worse, could be born with that disease instead or catching it first") in more metaphorical terms. There are some people who seem to always be falling in love time and time again really quickly when they should be holding back some, and then there are other people who never put anything into a relationship until one day when they find someone really special. What if the singer is like the latter, whose only real comfort in being so vulnerable is that she hasn't been until this relationship? Just my thoughts on that. Love this song, so amazing!