A man still in love with his wife, ruefully cooperating in their divorce and feeling bad for himself, blaming himself.
"She was a beauty queen but I held her down" meaning he held her back from enjoying the life she could have had without him. This is only his own interpretation, the tone of the song makes me think he is being too hard on himself but is not self-aware enough to see it.
His self confidence is too low to fight back, he blames himself, he sees "beautiful faces" and takes it for granted that they are not interested in him because he has no self-worth.
A very sad song with a beautiful melody, a nice, bittersweet juxtaposition.
A man still in love with his wife, ruefully cooperating in their divorce and feeling bad for himself, blaming himself.
"She was a beauty queen but I held her down" meaning he held her back from enjoying the life she could have had without him. This is only his own interpretation, the tone of the song makes me think he is being too hard on himself but is not self-aware enough to see it.
His self confidence is too low to fight back, he blames himself, he sees "beautiful faces" and takes it for granted that they are not interested in him because he has no self-worth.
A very sad song with a beautiful melody, a nice, bittersweet juxtaposition.