I've always taken it as talking about someone's plans and dreams.
Things you want tend to haunt you after a while. You get obsessed, trying to achieve them, waiting for them. You see how anything, everything could fit into the dream. Of course, you start doubting yourself and it all goes downhill from there. You're in a negative spiral of doubt.
The next verse is about other people telling you your dreams are ridiculous, making you question them again. You tell them your dreams, in hopes of having an ally in achieving them. But when you reach out to them for validation, they tell you you should give it up.
The "Did you want to..." section is just a bunch of dreams, followed quickly by "I never saw the light," as in the light of day or the light of success. The dreams never came to fruition, even though you waited for a long time.
"When we fall in love we're just falling in love with ourselves." You fall in love with someone because they are a lot like you, generally. Another negative spiral, because then there's no getting better in life, just more of the same. (This part throws me off a bit too. I love this line, but I can't figure out how it works with the song!)
I've always taken it as talking about someone's plans and dreams.
Things you want tend to haunt you after a while. You get obsessed, trying to achieve them, waiting for them. You see how anything, everything could fit into the dream. Of course, you start doubting yourself and it all goes downhill from there. You're in a negative spiral of doubt.
The next verse is about other people telling you your dreams are ridiculous, making you question them again. You tell them your dreams, in hopes of having an ally in achieving them. But when you reach out to them for validation, they tell you you should give it up.
The "Did you want to..." section is just a bunch of dreams, followed quickly by "I never saw the light," as in the light of day or the light of success. The dreams never came to fruition, even though you waited for a long time.
"When we fall in love we're just falling in love with ourselves." You fall in love with someone because they are a lot like you, generally. Another negative spiral, because then there's no getting better in life, just more of the same. (This part throws me off a bit too. I love this line, but I can't figure out how it works with the song!)