Too Close

I think there is a lot from this song and i totally understand and relate to it... here i'll give you my lyric to lyric breakdown! in brackets is what i understand the meaning to be!

You know I'm not one to break promises (In a relationship you make lots of silly promises you think you can keep at the time because everything has been going great, and you always kinda say i dont break promises, but in the end there comes a time you have to... like something as silly as 'i promise ill never hurt you' Sometimes things dont work out and you have no other option...)

I don't want to hurt you but I need to breathe (the other half, in this case lets say a girlfriend is being too needy in the relationship and making him feel trapped like he cant breathe and has no room, which is soooo frustrating in a relationship so hes kinda apologising for breaking his promise, because he said he wouldn't hurt her but he needs the room to breathe now because it's getting too much)

At the end of it all you're still my best friend (They always say at the end of a relationship they dont want it all to go to waste, when you have a serious relationship it also becomes a massive friendship, and sometimes things can go so much in the wrong direction that it ends up just being that for one person... so he's saying although this is over, your still going to be my best friend, because he will always care, but the love has just gone)

But there's something inside that I need to release Which way is right? Which way is wrong? How do I say that I need to move on? You know we're heading separate ways (He needs to get it off his chest because you find it hard to tell someone you were in love with, especially when you know they still love you as much as you did at the start, and you've been together a long time, how do you tell that person you want to move on? It's such a difficult thing to do and you have no idea how to even start to go about it... You know your going separate ways so they must too, hes kind of making that obvious to her now and bringing it up as a kind of, almost confirmation... its a clear statement... you know we are going our separate ways it what he's saying, you know that its over... He's not straight out saying ITS OVER because he cares enough to not be harsh he's just trying to tell her gently that its finished and she must have expected it)

And it feels like I am just too close to love you (he can't love her anymore.. and he's began to see her as more of a close friend now then a girlfriend, sometimes when you realise you don't quite feel the same for someone as you used to for a few little reasons but stay with them for the benefit of the doubt, and not wanting to ruin all the hard work you've put into the relationship you actually end up moving on whilst still in a relationship, and already just seeing them as a best friend, and not a girlfriend... and he's saying hes just to close to her to love her now, which sounds confusing but if you think of it as he's gotten over his love for her and closeness to her in that way, but still cares about her wellbeing and being her friend, hes still close, in fact to close but cant love her anymore.)

There's nothing I can really say (nothing he can say, sometimes it's hard to explain why things become to different and broken, because we dont always know ourselves its an emotion that kind of can manifest over time because of a few things you didn't like about the relationship and thought about so long, that when it comes down to it, you have no idea, and there really isn't a lot you can say... i mean what do you say??)

I can lie no more I can hide no more Got to be true to myself (self explanatory really he can't pretend its working when it isn't because it's wearing him down and making him unhappy as well, he cant lie and pretend its fine and keep hiding the fact that really its not okay anymore, he has to be honest to himself and to her...) And it feels like I am just too close to love you (same as above) So I'll be on my way (he's saying he's leaving her...)

You've given me more than I can return (he is grateful for all the things she done for him, it isnt personal he appreciated the times they had, but it simply isn't working anymore...)

Yet there's oh so much you deserve (he feels she deserves someone who can love her how she deserves to be loved, how he once loved her, but he knows he can't love her like that again so he's telling her she deserves better, and to have a real shot at being happy instead of trying to make this work because it wont!)

Nothing to say Nothing to do (he has nothing he can say about it and there isnt anything you can both do, you cant work it out)

I've nothing to give (he can't give you the love that he did before, because it isn't there he has nothing to give)

I must live without you (he's saying its hard for him as well, he also has to live without her, but its something he thinks is necessary, although a shame, the relationship is well and truly dead, he knows it will be weird but it isnt fair to carry on, they have to live without each other.... he's letting her know its not just her hurting he does hurt too, but it doesn't make a difference, he's made his choice...) You know we're heading separate ways

And it feels like I am just too close to love you There's nothing I can really say I can lie no more I can hide no more Got to be true to myself And it feels like I am just too close to love you So I'll be on my way So I'll be on my way

And it feels like I am just too close to love you There's nothing I can really say I can lie no more I can hide no more Got to be true to myself And it feels like I am just too close to love you So I'll be on my way So I'll be on my way

So that's what my take is on it!!! In short it's about a relationship thats broken down and can't be repaired, he knows he cant pretend everything is fine anymore and he cant hide the fact its broken down... He just wants to be friends with her, and he cant love her anymore, and he will never love her the way she deserves to be loved so he's trying to break up with her and tell her to move on...

He felt trapped in the relationship and found it really hard to break it off probably because it was serious so you tend to become best friends as well as gf/bf so he didnt want to hurt her, but it was draining him emotionally so he had to get it out of his system and tell her the truth and move on from the relationship!

Explains what happened to me soo well, only reversed... i started to love my other half less and less but didnt want to give up until i realised actually, i don't love him... and i care about him enough to know he should know that i dont love him.. and i want him to know because i know he deserves to be loved by someone who can really love him the way he loved me, and i once loved him... So it got to a point where i had to say it, even though i knew he already knew we 'were going our separate ways' but you kind of have to lay it down on the table and make it really clear, say your goodbyes and your apologies and there isn't an awful lot you can say... only that you know they deserve to be with someone who really loves them, and you deserve to move on and find someone else that you will love...

i think thats exactly what is happening in this song! He's laying down the cards for her, and setting it all straight now... he's ending their relationship and trying to explain why, and its a hard thing to do hence the {nothing to say nothing to do)!

That's my interpretation anyway :D