I feel the song is reflective of himself, hence how at first he talks of "my 18 summers" and his relationships through time, both with women and himself. In the first verse he's talking about one of his prominent early relationships with a girl, the girl being in a bad state and telling him to hold her again, him not saying anything. Perhaps he's fed up of this/doesn't feel as strongly as she does, or is as equally upset as her but instead of crying, is silent. This is demonstrated in how he says "Oh. the feeling" - either a feeling of love/sadness with her, or a feeling of being lost within this entire thing.
The latter interpretation that he is somewhat at a loss with this relationship could be backed up in the second part where she tells him "you don't need time" which reminds me of a guy taking a break, needing time to think and her saying "you don't need to!" To which he says "You don't need mine (time)" and to "behave" .. perhaps in the meantime of their break.
The rest of the song continues to be a back-forth of feelings he's experiencing, the girl, his sense of confusion "I keep falling - maybe half the time - but it's all the rage back home" - I feel like when he says "it's all the rage back home" he's almost taking the pi$$ about these feelings of love/etc not being what they're cracked out to be. Ultimately, he is confused in himself and this reflects in his relationships with the girl(s) he speaks of in this song.
I feel the song is reflective of himself, hence how at first he talks of "my 18 summers" and his relationships through time, both with women and himself. In the first verse he's talking about one of his prominent early relationships with a girl, the girl being in a bad state and telling him to hold her again, him not saying anything. Perhaps he's fed up of this/doesn't feel as strongly as she does, or is as equally upset as her but instead of crying, is silent. This is demonstrated in how he says "Oh. the feeling" - either a feeling of love/sadness with her, or a feeling of being lost within this entire thing.
The latter interpretation that he is somewhat at a loss with this relationship could be backed up in the second part where she tells him "you don't need time" which reminds me of a guy taking a break, needing time to think and her saying "you don't need to!" To which he says "You don't need mine (time)" and to "behave" .. perhaps in the meantime of their break.
The rest of the song continues to be a back-forth of feelings he's experiencing, the girl, his sense of confusion "I keep falling - maybe half the time - but it's all the rage back home" - I feel like when he says "it's all the rage back home" he's almost taking the pi$$ about these feelings of love/etc not being what they're cracked out to be. Ultimately, he is confused in himself and this reflects in his relationships with the girl(s) he speaks of in this song.