The way I see it, the singer has an affair that he later regrets or at least questions. He is at first tempted by the fruit of a forbidden love, but later on he finds himself pining for the love he left behind.
Despite his early claim that he'll forget it all once he's gone, it seems that memories of his old love and old life linger. I would think that this would confuse and upset him, but the song maintains a celebratory tone that seems to embrace a crossroads such as this as one of life's big, painfully beautiful struggles.
I think the song captures the feeling of homesickness and nostalgia that follows the initial excitement and hopefulness of leaving behind your current life in order to chase after a new life and find freedom. It's the dichotomy between starting all over again and holding on to what's familiar.
You leave behind your old life only to miss it when it's gone.
Yes, the excitement of someone new, the realization that things change with the love you had...the regret and the loss of stability....Well put, jleider.
Yes, the excitement of someone new, the realization that things change with the love you had...the regret and the loss of stability....Well put, jleider.
The way I see it, the singer has an affair that he later regrets or at least questions. He is at first tempted by the fruit of a forbidden love, but later on he finds himself pining for the love he left behind.
Despite his early claim that he'll forget it all once he's gone, it seems that memories of his old love and old life linger. I would think that this would confuse and upset him, but the song maintains a celebratory tone that seems to embrace a crossroads such as this as one of life's big, painfully beautiful struggles.
I think the song captures the feeling of homesickness and nostalgia that follows the initial excitement and hopefulness of leaving behind your current life in order to chase after a new life and find freedom. It's the dichotomy between starting all over again and holding on to what's familiar.
You leave behind your old life only to miss it when it's gone.
Yes, the excitement of someone new, the realization that things change with the love you had...the regret and the loss of stability....Well put, jleider.
Yes, the excitement of someone new, the realization that things change with the love you had...the regret and the loss of stability....Well put, jleider.