to me this song is talking about the regret of breaking up with someone when you still love them. the video that accompanies this song is a bit obscure but near the end you can see where this fits in.
Tore a line in the sun - the "sun" could represent who the persona's love interest was, talking about how she broke up with them. the other lines in this verse mainly talk about what she was thinking at the time.
Taking back an empty threat - to me this seems like the "empty threat" was her breakup because she didn't actually want to break up but she did anyway, therefore making it an "empty threat"
more than you could ever know - telling us that she still loves the person she broke up with and wishes that she could stop herself from saying it.
Take it back with no regrets - saying about how she would gladly try to take it back and have no regrets about re-starting their relationship.
i was better off when i was on your side and i was holding on - this talks about how she felt as though her life was better when she was with her love interest and is slowly accepting that they are with another person.
the second verse goes on to talk about how her love interest is with another person and yet she is still hoping that they can forgive her and get back together with her "hold my ground long enough, till i see the turning tides are coming from you."
the bridge mainly uses a lot of metaphors around water or the ocean, which to me seems as though she feels as though she's being pushed back or as though she's drowning because she knows and realizes that she can't get her old love back because of her mistake. "but i know that this is different" could be telling that she's learning to accept that her love interest has left her completely.
then the final chorus which again tell us that she wishes she could go back and change what she did but it's far too late and she just has to accept it.
to me this song is talking about the regret of breaking up with someone when you still love them. the video that accompanies this song is a bit obscure but near the end you can see where this fits in.
Tore a line in the sun - the "sun" could represent who the persona's love interest was, talking about how she broke up with them. the other lines in this verse mainly talk about what she was thinking at the time.
Taking back an empty threat - to me this seems like the "empty threat" was her breakup because she didn't actually want to break up but she did anyway, therefore making it an "empty threat"
more than you could ever know - telling us that she still loves the person she broke up with and wishes that she could stop herself from saying it.
Take it back with no regrets - saying about how she would gladly try to take it back and have no regrets about re-starting their relationship.
i was better off when i was on your side and i was holding on - this talks about how she felt as though her life was better when she was with her love interest and is slowly accepting that they are with another person.
the second verse goes on to talk about how her love interest is with another person and yet she is still hoping that they can forgive her and get back together with her "hold my ground long enough, till i see the turning tides are coming from you."
the bridge mainly uses a lot of metaphors around water or the ocean, which to me seems as though she feels as though she's being pushed back or as though she's drowning because she knows and realizes that she can't get her old love back because of her mistake. "but i know that this is different" could be telling that she's learning to accept that her love interest has left her completely.
then the final chorus which again tell us that she wishes she could go back and change what she did but it's far too late and she just has to accept it.