While the general tone of the song is someone leaving and then returning with the singer saying, "ha! no way!" I still don't know what his personal intention of "sieze the day" means so, I take it differently than what seems a bit obvious.
To me, it sounds like maybe everything he/she had worked for to get out of a relationship is "thrown away" in that the person is actually at a piviotal moment where they can finally "sieze the day" only to be slapped in the face with a change of heart. He says "finally" which indicates that whatever they had been going through was for a very long time and he is just at the brink when he's pulled under again.
"Fear drives you to act this way,
The sum of all you've done will be the debt that you pay"
Always the fear of losing someone (even if they never mattered to you before) can drive people to "change." However, it is always the sum of however many years were spent that eventually become the debt. In other words, people change over time. Fear can cause anyone to completely change in an instant, but change over time is permenant and the outcome becomes the repercussions of life. We all change and we all grow...sometimes apart.
Then, he describes his fear of losing his newfound sense of self/confidence fully understanding that the other person could quickly take it and throw it away...only if he allows it...which he will not! He will hold it close (closed?) and finally break on through and not ever again become suseptible to being devalued.
On second thought, maybe the whole "no one ever dreamed you'd up and walk away" could be him referring to himself since he says just before that "me, I'll take it all away" which makes more sense.
Ending with "thanks to you" makes it seem that even if he could possibly have not thought through every aspect of his departure because of his own fear, he has no time to stall. If he were to buy any of the lines, he'd possibly give in and knows that to get to the other side, he must "break on through."
Oh, forgot...when he says, "you've just lost your precious spot somehow" along with "you are still no longer welcome here" he is most likely referring to his heart (or emotional open-ness, if you will). He chooses to keep it close as it is important to him, or if you hear "closed" is suits the same purpose; keep closed the opportunity to bond.
Oh, forgot...when he says, "you've just lost your precious spot somehow" along with "you are still no longer welcome here" he is most likely referring to his heart (or emotional open-ness, if you will). He chooses to keep it close as it is important to him, or if you hear "closed" is suits the same purpose; keep closed the opportunity to bond.
The fear of losing "it" (when referencing the "heart") is what drives him to carefully guard it. Also, the "throwaway" could mean that he is fully aware that if he allows...
The fear of losing "it" (when referencing the "heart") is what drives him to carefully guard it. Also, the "throwaway" could mean that he is fully aware that if he allows this person back in, they will throw it away; his "heart;" something he is not willing to go through again. The other person is left seeking "the place" that they once had full control over but he is saying the damage is done.
Though the person only wishes to "find their place" in him, they never will for it is now heavily guarded and is the motivation to break-away instead of becoming, once again, the throw-away. That part IS precious to him and is why he keeps it closed and is why when speaking to the girl, he attributes mockery to the word "precious." Simple song, yet profound!
While the general tone of the song is someone leaving and then returning with the singer saying, "ha! no way!" I still don't know what his personal intention of "sieze the day" means so, I take it differently than what seems a bit obvious.
To me, it sounds like maybe everything he/she had worked for to get out of a relationship is "thrown away" in that the person is actually at a piviotal moment where they can finally "sieze the day" only to be slapped in the face with a change of heart. He says "finally" which indicates that whatever they had been going through was for a very long time and he is just at the brink when he's pulled under again.
"Fear drives you to act this way, The sum of all you've done will be the debt that you pay"
Always the fear of losing someone (even if they never mattered to you before) can drive people to "change." However, it is always the sum of however many years were spent that eventually become the debt. In other words, people change over time. Fear can cause anyone to completely change in an instant, but change over time is permenant and the outcome becomes the repercussions of life. We all change and we all grow...sometimes apart.
Then, he describes his fear of losing his newfound sense of self/confidence fully understanding that the other person could quickly take it and throw it away...only if he allows it...which he will not! He will hold it close (closed?) and finally break on through and not ever again become suseptible to being devalued.
On second thought, maybe the whole "no one ever dreamed you'd up and walk away" could be him referring to himself since he says just before that "me, I'll take it all away" which makes more sense.
Ending with "thanks to you" makes it seem that even if he could possibly have not thought through every aspect of his departure because of his own fear, he has no time to stall. If he were to buy any of the lines, he'd possibly give in and knows that to get to the other side, he must "break on through."
Oh, forgot...when he says, "you've just lost your precious spot somehow" along with "you are still no longer welcome here" he is most likely referring to his heart (or emotional open-ness, if you will). He chooses to keep it close as it is important to him, or if you hear "closed" is suits the same purpose; keep closed the opportunity to bond.
Oh, forgot...when he says, "you've just lost your precious spot somehow" along with "you are still no longer welcome here" he is most likely referring to his heart (or emotional open-ness, if you will). He chooses to keep it close as it is important to him, or if you hear "closed" is suits the same purpose; keep closed the opportunity to bond.
The fear of losing "it" (when referencing the "heart") is what drives him to carefully guard it. Also, the "throwaway" could mean that he is fully aware that if he allows...
The fear of losing "it" (when referencing the "heart") is what drives him to carefully guard it. Also, the "throwaway" could mean that he is fully aware that if he allows this person back in, they will throw it away; his "heart;" something he is not willing to go through again. The other person is left seeking "the place" that they once had full control over but he is saying the damage is done.
Though the person only wishes to "find their place" in him, they never will for it is now heavily guarded and is the motivation to break-away instead of becoming, once again, the throw-away. That part IS precious to him and is why he keeps it closed and is why when speaking to the girl, he attributes mockery to the word "precious." Simple song, yet profound!