Someone brought up this song could be from the point of the of the cheater or the one cheated on. I always thought it was a confession from the cheater - however, after re-listening, I think it’s from the point of view of the one cheated on and the pain of dealing with the aftermath. In the beginning of the song he's buying some personal items and 'a case' - he's moving out. As he's doing this, he notices the familiar neighborhood of his girlfriend's and he says he will forget it all. The pain here is that he is taking it all in - noticing every detail - and that he likes the neighborhood and the happy memories he had there. It's painful to reconcile these happy memories with the fact that he has been betrayed - so he resolves to 'forget it'. OK, so how does that make him the cheatee? I'm getting to that. To me, it’s the line 'there's no other.' That is, even though he's been cheated on and she's gone, he has not moved on and still loves her. 'Tempted by the fruit on another' - he's talking about her - not himself. The line about the seduction refers to that even though she has cheated on him, they are still living together and she is making attempts to be amorous in an effort to put the cheating behind them. However, he can't forgive her, he wishes she would stop touching him. The last line is most heartbreaking: even though he is deeply hurt, he still buys her gifts - and then asks himself, 'what the hell am I doing??'.
Someone brought up this song could be from the point of the of the cheater or the one cheated on. I always thought it was a confession from the cheater - however, after re-listening, I think it’s from the point of view of the one cheated on and the pain of dealing with the aftermath. In the beginning of the song he's buying some personal items and 'a case' - he's moving out. As he's doing this, he notices the familiar neighborhood of his girlfriend's and he says he will forget it all. The pain here is that he is taking it all in - noticing every detail - and that he likes the neighborhood and the happy memories he had there. It's painful to reconcile these happy memories with the fact that he has been betrayed - so he resolves to 'forget it'. OK, so how does that make him the cheatee? I'm getting to that. To me, it’s the line 'there's no other.' That is, even though he's been cheated on and she's gone, he has not moved on and still loves her. 'Tempted by the fruit on another' - he's talking about her - not himself. The line about the seduction refers to that even though she has cheated on him, they are still living together and she is making attempts to be amorous in an effort to put the cheating behind them. However, he can't forgive her, he wishes she would stop touching him. The last line is most heartbreaking: even though he is deeply hurt, he still buys her gifts - and then asks himself, 'what the hell am I doing??'.
@EitherWayEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee that says it all.
@EitherWayEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee that says it all.