For me, this song is about a man who is refusing to move on a failed relationship. He fears the future on his own, he fears losing her completely. He's become so overcome with fear, panic and anxiety that he feels that he's lost his sense of self. There is nothing left of him as he put everything into her. He feels that she is moving on, everything that he did for her is being forgotten in the process. He resents her for it because he doesn't want her to move on from her. He's holding on to her because that's all he knows.
"I can't get it right" is that he can't say the right things to fix it. Everything he does pushes her away further. This makes him more anxious and more despairing. "Since I met you" - he feels that he didn't do or say the right things from the start. He's pushed her away with his actions. He's blaming himself.
He wants her to come back. He wants his loneliness to end. He can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. Can't see past this relationship.
He reflects on his life and can't find himself. He doesn't know where he begins. Losing all sense of individuality. He wants the pain to stop but can't see how. He's frustrated because she's blaming him and he's blaming her. They can no longer look objectively at things. He wants her to see that they are both hurting the same way. But she fails to do so.
Nothing he says or does makes any difference. She's moving on regardless. He goes back to despairing about his lost sense of self. Refusing to move on past her once more.
For me, this song is about a man who is refusing to move on a failed relationship. He fears the future on his own, he fears losing her completely. He's become so overcome with fear, panic and anxiety that he feels that he's lost his sense of self. There is nothing left of him as he put everything into her. He feels that she is moving on, everything that he did for her is being forgotten in the process. He resents her for it because he doesn't want her to move on from her. He's holding on to her because that's all he knows.
"I can't get it right" is that he can't say the right things to fix it. Everything he does pushes her away further. This makes him more anxious and more despairing. "Since I met you" - he feels that he didn't do or say the right things from the start. He's pushed her away with his actions. He's blaming himself.
He wants her to come back. He wants his loneliness to end. He can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. Can't see past this relationship.
He reflects on his life and can't find himself. He doesn't know where he begins. Losing all sense of individuality. He wants the pain to stop but can't see how. He's frustrated because she's blaming him and he's blaming her. They can no longer look objectively at things. He wants her to see that they are both hurting the same way. But she fails to do so.
Nothing he says or does makes any difference. She's moving on regardless. He goes back to despairing about his lost sense of self. Refusing to move on past her once more.
"He's holding on to her because that's all he knows." Charity. Makes a heart and loins tingle.
"He's holding on to her because that's all he knows." Charity. Makes a heart and loins tingle.