I think most of us have at some point in our life, treated someone less respectfully than we should have. And so often it is only too late that we realize that we were at least as wrong as the other person.
While he says at the end he would love (presumably) her for the rest of his life I'm not so sure that this is really what he would do. The relationship he describes in the rest of the song seems like one that should have been ended but in a much kinder and respectful way. Rather than actually breaking up with her, in his mind he already checked out so he kept trying to push her away. The song is an admission that he blamed her for everything and never accepted responsibility for any of their problems.
I think most of us have at some point in our life, treated someone less respectfully than we should have. And so often it is only too late that we realize that we were at least as wrong as the other person.
While he says at the end he would love (presumably) her for the rest of his life I'm not so sure that this is really what he would do. The relationship he describes in the rest of the song seems like one that should have been ended but in a much kinder and respectful way. Rather than actually breaking up with her, in his mind he already checked out so he kept trying to push her away. The song is an admission that he blamed her for everything and never accepted responsibility for any of their problems.