I think this song is pretty clearly about a failing marriage. Both the narrator and his wife are miserable and don't quite know how they became so unhappy together (hence the title question: What Happened?)
He's clear to point out that both he and his wife are to blame for what brought them to this point. She's insulted him and resents him while he just drinks away his problems rather than dealing with them. He doesn't know why she won't wear her ring anymore or how she could just abandon their plans for a future together. Meanwhile, she can't understand where the romance went and why he no longer is willing to meet her halfway.
I like to think that the song ends with the two of them working things out. She shows up and finally tells him what's been going on in her head and he responds by saying what's been on his mind. And, like that they accept the fact that neither of them are happy, they don't know where it went wrong, and they don't want to be unhappy anymore.
I think this song is pretty clearly about a failing marriage. Both the narrator and his wife are miserable and don't quite know how they became so unhappy together (hence the title question: What Happened?)
He's clear to point out that both he and his wife are to blame for what brought them to this point. She's insulted him and resents him while he just drinks away his problems rather than dealing with them. He doesn't know why she won't wear her ring anymore or how she could just abandon their plans for a future together. Meanwhile, she can't understand where the romance went and why he no longer is willing to meet her halfway.
I like to think that the song ends with the two of them working things out. She shows up and finally tells him what's been going on in her head and he responds by saying what's been on his mind. And, like that they accept the fact that neither of them are happy, they don't know where it went wrong, and they don't want to be unhappy anymore.