I have listened to this song eight times in the past hour and watched the video 7 times.
To me it seems as if Matthew is asking himself and the girl he is in a relationship with whether after learning about his faults he is still worth something. It isn't exactly a traditional break up or love song... it is more of a song that questions the worth of a person and whether even if one person is screwed up and can't commit because of (in this case) a past relationship does that mean the new relationship will never work out?
In the beginning he says, "maybe I'm crazy" then asks the question, "am I no good to you now?" which is like asking if he is still worth it. "Spend my days with doctors and the nights with crooks and all of them sell me for a song" which makes me think that he is seeing someone for his problems during the day but at night he ends up getting another source of 'help'. One of the last verses he says, "I'm giving up, I'm starting over, I wanna be the one who holds you," which makes me think he has finally convinced himself that she does love him by surrendering and putting his guard down, that he deserves to be happy after.
thank you for your interpretation! I am having a really difficult time understand what exactly this song is about, especially the video because the video makes no sense! but your answer has made the most sense out of everything I've read.
thank you for your interpretation! I am having a really difficult time understand what exactly this song is about, especially the video because the video makes no sense! but your answer has made the most sense out of everything I've read.
I have listened to this song eight times in the past hour and watched the video 7 times.
To me it seems as if Matthew is asking himself and the girl he is in a relationship with whether after learning about his faults he is still worth something. It isn't exactly a traditional break up or love song... it is more of a song that questions the worth of a person and whether even if one person is screwed up and can't commit because of (in this case) a past relationship does that mean the new relationship will never work out?
In the beginning he says, "maybe I'm crazy" then asks the question, "am I no good to you now?" which is like asking if he is still worth it. "Spend my days with doctors and the nights with crooks and all of them sell me for a song" which makes me think that he is seeing someone for his problems during the day but at night he ends up getting another source of 'help'. One of the last verses he says, "I'm giving up, I'm starting over, I wanna be the one who holds you," which makes me think he has finally convinced himself that she does love him by surrendering and putting his guard down, that he deserves to be happy after.
thank you for your interpretation! I am having a really difficult time understand what exactly this song is about, especially the video because the video makes no sense! but your answer has made the most sense out of everything I've read.
thank you for your interpretation! I am having a really difficult time understand what exactly this song is about, especially the video because the video makes no sense! but your answer has made the most sense out of everything I've read.