Gale Song Lyrics

Lyric discussion by cheyivey1999 

Cover art for Gale Song lyrics by Lumineers, The

I am curious about the part where it says "And he fell apart with his broken heart And this blood, this blood, this blood Oh it drains from my skin, it does" is he talking about Peeeta? Is he saying that he let Katniss go? I'm confused. help?

"Gale Song" is supposed to be looking at Catching Fire from Gale's perspective. It's saying that he should have taken Peeta's place and been there for her through the whole ordeal, but he couldn't because he's "ten thousand miles away." Gale's forced to watch Katniss get engaged to Peeta and watch her go into the Games a second time. He gets to see things from two perspective because he sees what's portrayed on television but gets what Katniss tells him. Before she leaves for the Victory Tour and once she comes home, he fights for her...