It seems very possibly that this was written for his little sister, but the song seems to be about perspective. Specifically the lack of it the first time your heart is broken.
The first time your heart is truely broken can be the most difficult one. Partially because it is a new experience and, I think, more so because that most of us go through this when we are still young and innocent and inexperienced and we tend to be totally committed to the relationship lasting forever. Which makes it all the more difficult when it just ends.
As we get older and more disillusioned, and our hearts have taken more and more pain and heartbreak, we tend to lower our expectations and prepare ourselves for the reality that each new opportunity also brings with it the possibility of another heart break.
Thus, the perspective of multiple relationships ending allows us to know that it is not the end of the world when one does. Despite how it may seem that first time.
It seems very possibly that this was written for his little sister, but the song seems to be about perspective. Specifically the lack of it the first time your heart is broken.
The first time your heart is truely broken can be the most difficult one. Partially because it is a new experience and, I think, more so because that most of us go through this when we are still young and innocent and inexperienced and we tend to be totally committed to the relationship lasting forever. Which makes it all the more difficult when it just ends.
As we get older and more disillusioned, and our hearts have taken more and more pain and heartbreak, we tend to lower our expectations and prepare ourselves for the reality that each new opportunity also brings with it the possibility of another heart break.
Thus, the perspective of multiple relationships ending allows us to know that it is not the end of the world when one does. Despite how it may seem that first time.