To me the lyrics make most since this way: Basically it's an up and down relationship where the guy is so caught up in his own personal issues and feelings he finds it hard to give his girl and their relationship their needed attention and resents her for wanting more of him and, thus, tries to push her away. I think it's the perspective of a guy. The only lines from the girl, of course, are the two lines beginning, "she said..." I think she feels unappreciated and doesn't get the involvement and honesty(love)she expects in the relationship. He realizes this but expresses that he has other things fighting him, including his own lack of identity, sense of not being truly loved and understood (before her )that keeps him from being the man that he should be (that he truly knows is right) but takes the easy, selfish way out and continues to push her around (not addressing her needs)just focusing on his own struggles and taking anything she confronts him with as further attacks on him. He takes advantage of her love, pushing her around and away, because it is the first time someone loved him enough to take it. Still, he doesn't want to lose her because he realizes she does truly love him; he's just found it hard to make the changes he needs to make and expresses that not rushing things could benefit them both.
So... this may not be the intended interpretation of the writer/singer but it is what i took from it, as the song expresses much passion and many emotions.
I look at it this way, people struggle in relationships because we have to fight our own selfishness. Love is very very tough; but, it is also extremely powerful.
To me the lyrics make most since this way: Basically it's an up and down relationship where the guy is so caught up in his own personal issues and feelings he finds it hard to give his girl and their relationship their needed attention and resents her for wanting more of him and, thus, tries to push her away. I think it's the perspective of a guy. The only lines from the girl, of course, are the two lines beginning, "she said..." I think she feels unappreciated and doesn't get the involvement and honesty(love)she expects in the relationship. He realizes this but expresses that he has other things fighting him, including his own lack of identity, sense of not being truly loved and understood (before her )that keeps him from being the man that he should be (that he truly knows is right) but takes the easy, selfish way out and continues to push her around (not addressing her needs)just focusing on his own struggles and taking anything she confronts him with as further attacks on him. He takes advantage of her love, pushing her around and away, because it is the first time someone loved him enough to take it. Still, he doesn't want to lose her because he realizes she does truly love him; he's just found it hard to make the changes he needs to make and expresses that not rushing things could benefit them both.
So... this may not be the intended interpretation of the writer/singer but it is what i took from it, as the song expresses much passion and many emotions.
I look at it this way, people struggle in relationships because we have to fight our own selfishness. Love is very very tough; but, it is also extremely powerful.