the last line is the only one i can't quite parse. the rest of the song seems to be reminiscing and expressing regret for ending his relationship with someone in a way that was cruel. but when he says "real love had not quite yet found me", is he saying that he would have found love in that relationship had he not ended it? or that he would find love in someone else at a later point in his life, and he shouldn't be sad about losing this one person? or something else? i just can't quite put it together. anyone?
I think he's referring to a current love at the end. He's singing about 2 different occasions on the 4th one where he's having a great time, and another where he's crying in his back yard cause he lost a girl.
I think he's referring to a current love at the end. He's singing about 2 different occasions on the 4th one where he's having a great time, and another where he's crying in his back yard cause he lost a girl.
I don't think regret is what he feels about the ending of the first relationship. He was in love with her, but for whatever reason, the relationship stopped working forcing him to end it even though he still had the feelings he believed to be true love at the time. Only to later discover, with this new love, that the old one was never the real deal.
It's pretty much the opposite of regret.
The line "If I had never let go, then only God knows where I would be know" shows that cutting lose of the early damaging love was the...
I don't think regret is what he feels about the ending of the first relationship. He was in love with her, but for whatever reason, the relationship stopped working forcing him to end it even though he still had the feelings he believed to be true love at the time. Only to later discover, with this new love, that the old one was never the real deal.
It's pretty much the opposite of regret.
The line "If I had never let go, then only God knows where I would be know" shows that cutting lose of the early damaging love was the best thing to do.
He is now happy, with his lady (new love) and friends. And it's only because he let go of the first mentioned relationship that he was able to reach the happiness he feels now
the last line is the only one i can't quite parse. the rest of the song seems to be reminiscing and expressing regret for ending his relationship with someone in a way that was cruel. but when he says "real love had not quite yet found me", is he saying that he would have found love in that relationship had he not ended it? or that he would find love in someone else at a later point in his life, and he shouldn't be sad about losing this one person? or something else? i just can't quite put it together. anyone?
I think he's referring to a current love at the end. He's singing about 2 different occasions on the 4th one where he's having a great time, and another where he's crying in his back yard cause he lost a girl.
I think he's referring to a current love at the end. He's singing about 2 different occasions on the 4th one where he's having a great time, and another where he's crying in his back yard cause he lost a girl.
I don't think regret is what he feels about the ending of the first relationship. He was in love with her, but for whatever reason, the relationship stopped working forcing him to end it even though he still had the feelings he believed to be true love at the time. Only to later discover, with this new love, that the old one was never the real deal. It's pretty much the opposite of regret. The line "If I had never let go, then only God knows where I would be know" shows that cutting lose of the early damaging love was the...
I don't think regret is what he feels about the ending of the first relationship. He was in love with her, but for whatever reason, the relationship stopped working forcing him to end it even though he still had the feelings he believed to be true love at the time. Only to later discover, with this new love, that the old one was never the real deal. It's pretty much the opposite of regret. The line "If I had never let go, then only God knows where I would be know" shows that cutting lose of the early damaging love was the best thing to do. He is now happy, with his lady (new love) and friends. And it's only because he let go of the first mentioned relationship that he was able to reach the happiness he feels now