I have a bit of a different take on this song. I'm in love with someone who is emotionally unavailable due to a divorce and I can totally hear these lyrics coming from her vantage point. No matter how kind or caring I am, she can't love me because she is "in the dark" emotionally. This creates "space between us" and we can never close the gap. I think in the song she is being "cruel to be kind"...letting him go because he is just spinning his wheels. She wanted the relationship, tried hard to make it work and appreciated all his love, but realizes her emotional condition won't allow her to love him the way he loves her. "Everything changed me"...meaning her past breakup. "I don't think you can save me"...meaning his love can't pull her out of the dark emotional condition she is in. Maybe not true at all, but that's how I hear it.
I have a bit of a different take on this song. I'm in love with someone who is emotionally unavailable due to a divorce and I can totally hear these lyrics coming from her vantage point. No matter how kind or caring I am, she can't love me because she is "in the dark" emotionally. This creates "space between us" and we can never close the gap. I think in the song she is being "cruel to be kind"...letting him go because he is just spinning his wheels. She wanted the relationship, tried hard to make it work and appreciated all his love, but realizes her emotional condition won't allow her to love him the way he loves her. "Everything changed me"...meaning her past breakup. "I don't think you can save me"...meaning his love can't pull her out of the dark emotional condition she is in. Maybe not true at all, but that's how I hear it.