I'm in a very similar situation right now... and this song helps me tremendously. I believe it to be about a man who loves a woman, but he realizes now that his love is one-sided, and that though there is hope, the time has come to let this fall from his hands and move on.
He doesn't want to let go of his hope - he wants to hang on forever, to be with this person, to spend his life with them, but there is too much between them, whether it be that they just don't love him in return, or that the circumstances surrounding their relationship make it difficult for one or both parties, and their relationship is really no relationship as such.
It's the pained goodbye of a man to his best friend, and the person he loved. Moving on to the future - the past is just the past, and there's no going back, and as difficult as he may find it to let go... he has no choice.
I'm in a very similar situation right now... and this song helps me tremendously. I believe it to be about a man who loves a woman, but he realizes now that his love is one-sided, and that though there is hope, the time has come to let this fall from his hands and move on.
He doesn't want to let go of his hope - he wants to hang on forever, to be with this person, to spend his life with them, but there is too much between them, whether it be that they just don't love him in return, or that the circumstances surrounding their relationship make it difficult for one or both parties, and their relationship is really no relationship as such.
It's the pained goodbye of a man to his best friend, and the person he loved. Moving on to the future - the past is just the past, and there's no going back, and as difficult as he may find it to let go... he has no choice.
Heartbreakingly beautiful.