Personally I think the temporary nature of relationships is conveyed by this song. He loves someone, but perhaps he is showing how we all love the idea of someone from a distance. In our mind, their presence grows and we feel like we love them indescribably. But, like so so many relationships, they are temporary, we move on, they are disposable and forgotten as quickly as the tide draws out again, and the wave of love that soaked us will all too fast retreat. However, despite the way we often know that the relationship won't last, we still have an ecstasy of love and joy, yet it is tainted with heartbreak and a fear that this love will pass all too fast.
He seems to be able to accept this fact of life and love, shown by the upbeat, youthful and almost careless, 'not-looking-back', tone, which, to me, could be a way of him saying that this happens to everyone, and, like everyone, we have to move on, with only the memory of that exciting, youthful, romantic love we had for someone who we may never see again, or who may no longer feel the same as we do. Because life goes on and nothing lasts long enough...
Personally I think the temporary nature of relationships is conveyed by this song. He loves someone, but perhaps he is showing how we all love the idea of someone from a distance. In our mind, their presence grows and we feel like we love them indescribably. But, like so so many relationships, they are temporary, we move on, they are disposable and forgotten as quickly as the tide draws out again, and the wave of love that soaked us will all too fast retreat. However, despite the way we often know that the relationship won't last, we still have an ecstasy of love and joy, yet it is tainted with heartbreak and a fear that this love will pass all too fast. He seems to be able to accept this fact of life and love, shown by the upbeat, youthful and almost careless, 'not-looking-back', tone, which, to me, could be a way of him saying that this happens to everyone, and, like everyone, we have to move on, with only the memory of that exciting, youthful, romantic love we had for someone who we may never see again, or who may no longer feel the same as we do. Because life goes on and nothing lasts long enough...