Been there, done that...usually as the person who was holding back. :P
One thing I really like about this song--and I have no idea if it's intentional or not--is that the narrator tries to play it cool and put on the whole "I don't care" act ("It's alright if you love me/It's alright if you don't"), but as the song progresses it becomes painfully obvious that he does very much care, and it frustrates him to no end that the object of his affections won't give into her feelings for him ("Breakdown/I'm standing here, can't you see?").
Been there, done that...usually as the person who was holding back. :P
One thing I really like about this song--and I have no idea if it's intentional or not--is that the narrator tries to play it cool and put on the whole "I don't care" act ("It's alright if you love me/It's alright if you don't"), but as the song progresses it becomes painfully obvious that he does very much care, and it frustrates him to no end that the object of his affections won't give into her feelings for him ("Breakdown/I'm standing here, can't you see?").