Sounds to me like it's two people in a relationship, both saying the same things about the other: "You're not the great person you say you are, and I'm the benign one without blame... But, you're still special to me." Thus, the symmetry - they perfectly line up in that regard, mirror images of each other, neither one any happier - or more discontented - than the other.
It's one of those cases where the lyrics read and the lyrics listened to are different. You really need to hear the two of them singing simultaneously to understand the mirrored duality of the song.
Sounds to me like it's two people in a relationship, both saying the same things about the other: "You're not the great person you say you are, and I'm the benign one without blame... But, you're still special to me." Thus, the symmetry - they perfectly line up in that regard, mirror images of each other, neither one any happier - or more discontented - than the other.
It's one of those cases where the lyrics read and the lyrics listened to are different. You really need to hear the two of them singing simultaneously to understand the mirrored duality of the song.