I think this is about a friends-with-benefits situation that turned into actual feelings on her end.
The lines "I don't wanna miss you like this," "I don't wanna need you this way," and "I told myself don't get attached" hint at it, and the line "if I had known what I know now, I never would have played so nonchalant" really drives the point home.
She thought she could be in a FWB situation and not get attached, telling herself she wouldn't develop feelings. Yet suddenly she's missing him like she would a boyfriend, not a FWB, and she realizes that she never should have acted like it was no big deal when she's beginning to fall.
Just my take on it. I'm kind of in that position, so maybe I'm just twisting the words to fit my situation. Regardless, it's a lovely song.
I think this is about a friends-with-benefits situation that turned into actual feelings on her end.
The lines "I don't wanna miss you like this," "I don't wanna need you this way," and "I told myself don't get attached" hint at it, and the line "if I had known what I know now, I never would have played so nonchalant" really drives the point home. She thought she could be in a FWB situation and not get attached, telling herself she wouldn't develop feelings. Yet suddenly she's missing him like she would a boyfriend, not a FWB, and she realizes that she never should have acted like it was no big deal when she's beginning to fall.
Just my take on it. I'm kind of in that position, so maybe I'm just twisting the words to fit my situation. Regardless, it's a lovely song.