Well, I agree with all of your ideas. However, one thing really sticks out to me in the second verse. Which leads me to believe that the meaning behind this song is that her boyfriend broke up with her for another girl and now is trying to get back in a relationship with her.
In the first verse it says: "Hold my breath and I'll count to ten, I'm the paper and you're the pen, You fill me in and you are permanent, And you'll leave me to dry" I believe that it's saying that her ex boyfriend is very controlling and manipulative and basically tries to change her, and exceeds.
After that it says: "I'm the writer and she's the muse, I'm the one that you always choose, She will falter and gift her blame, And it's starts all over again, Again, again, again" I think that it's saying that the boyfriend that's manipulating her and controlling her and trying to change her, is basing her after the girl her truly likes. Then it moves into the future tense after the boyfriend breaks up with the narrator when it says "She will falter and gift her blame" that's when the girlfriend breaks up with the narrators ex boyfriend and then it, so to speak, starts all over again. Where the boyfriend tries to get back together with the narrator.
In the chorus it's the narrator trying to explain to her ex boyfriend how much better and brighter his other girlfriend is, that that's the girl he wants. However then she starts remembering when they were together and remembers how much she loved him. So then she turns on her idea that this other girlfriend is perfect, so she tells him that she will take everything from him. Then she continues to tell him how much she loves him.
However, then in the second verse that's when she starts to get angry. She realizes all the things he's done to her. Where he never truly loved her, just the version of her that he made up. She kindly asks him why he thinks it'll be good for them to be in a relationship. Of course then he would tell her it's because he still loves her.
I think this whole song is filled with her mixed emotions about him. I think at the end of the song is when she made up her mind. She doesn't want a second chance of a relationship with him because she knows it'll go know where and won't last.
But honestly all of us are right to our own meanings of this song because those are our meanings of it. When we sing it or hear it those are the words that speak to us. We all make up our own versions of this songs story, and I think that's what Sara intended. I think she wanted to leave it up to everyone to have their own meanings just like a true poet would. So, if you're reading this, don't use this as your meaning. Use what ever makes you feel emotion for this song because then that's when you'll have the true meaning, your meaning. This is just my interpretation.
Well, I agree with all of your ideas. However, one thing really sticks out to me in the second verse. Which leads me to believe that the meaning behind this song is that her boyfriend broke up with her for another girl and now is trying to get back in a relationship with her.
In the first verse it says: "Hold my breath and I'll count to ten, I'm the paper and you're the pen, You fill me in and you are permanent, And you'll leave me to dry" I believe that it's saying that her ex boyfriend is very controlling and manipulative and basically tries to change her, and exceeds. After that it says: "I'm the writer and she's the muse, I'm the one that you always choose, She will falter and gift her blame, And it's starts all over again, Again, again, again" I think that it's saying that the boyfriend that's manipulating her and controlling her and trying to change her, is basing her after the girl her truly likes. Then it moves into the future tense after the boyfriend breaks up with the narrator when it says "She will falter and gift her blame" that's when the girlfriend breaks up with the narrators ex boyfriend and then it, so to speak, starts all over again. Where the boyfriend tries to get back together with the narrator.
In the chorus it's the narrator trying to explain to her ex boyfriend how much better and brighter his other girlfriend is, that that's the girl he wants. However then she starts remembering when they were together and remembers how much she loved him. So then she turns on her idea that this other girlfriend is perfect, so she tells him that she will take everything from him. Then she continues to tell him how much she loves him.
However, then in the second verse that's when she starts to get angry. She realizes all the things he's done to her. Where he never truly loved her, just the version of her that he made up. She kindly asks him why he thinks it'll be good for them to be in a relationship. Of course then he would tell her it's because he still loves her.
I think this whole song is filled with her mixed emotions about him. I think at the end of the song is when she made up her mind. She doesn't want a second chance of a relationship with him because she knows it'll go know where and won't last.
But honestly all of us are right to our own meanings of this song because those are our meanings of it. When we sing it or hear it those are the words that speak to us. We all make up our own versions of this songs story, and I think that's what Sara intended. I think she wanted to leave it up to everyone to have their own meanings just like a true poet would. So, if you're reading this, don't use this as your meaning. Use what ever makes you feel emotion for this song because then that's when you'll have the true meaning, your meaning. This is just my interpretation.