I see the interpretation of the desperate heart, and his wife's suicide, but I interpret the song differently. Jackson seems to write of the struggle with wanting something more when one is in a relationship. This theme is reflected in songs such as Farther On, Hold Out, Love Needs a Heart, etc.
In this song the singer wants to cut out that part of him that is looking for something more.
He meets the girl, and he courts her to win her love. He becomes the man he thinks he needs to be to win her, a fantasy. Once he has her, there's a crazy longing for something more. He wants to cut out that part of him that is never content, and constantly searching for something better. He says he wishes he could return to the beginning, when they were lovers and nothing more.
He admits that he has schemed and lied to her, but he is unsatisfied, and wishes that he could somehow be. He is pleading by the end, because he knows this "desperate heart" will tear his whole life apart.
In the end he tells her he does love her, and always will, but there is something inside of him that makes him yarn for something else. Something he knows he will never find, or be satisfied by....
I see the interpretation of the desperate heart, and his wife's suicide, but I interpret the song differently. Jackson seems to write of the struggle with wanting something more when one is in a relationship. This theme is reflected in songs such as Farther On, Hold Out, Love Needs a Heart, etc.
In this song the singer wants to cut out that part of him that is looking for something more.
He meets the girl, and he courts her to win her love. He becomes the man he thinks he needs to be to win her, a fantasy. Once he has her, there's a crazy longing for something more. He wants to cut out that part of him that is never content, and constantly searching for something better. He says he wishes he could return to the beginning, when they were lovers and nothing more.
He admits that he has schemed and lied to her, but he is unsatisfied, and wishes that he could somehow be. He is pleading by the end, because he knows this "desperate heart" will tear his whole life apart.
In the end he tells her he does love her, and always will, but there is something inside of him that makes him yarn for something else. Something he knows he will never find, or be satisfied by....