Ahh, Conway how you understand me. This song for the party that is always left, aka myself, really hits home. Sorry for the bit of self-deprecation, but if you really feel this song, I feel for you. The first time i heard this I was bawling on the freeway. Anyway, it's pretty straight forward, and if I can remark interesting hearing the song was sung by a male because generally speaking the man is the one who wants his freedom.
Anyway, here's my interpretation...
"Don't all the dreams we've seen come true mean anything
You say it's different now and you keep staring at the door"
The other party doesn't want to fight anymore for their love. She just thinks the grass will be greener away from the narrator. The singer just wants them to work on it, everything they did together is memorable and amazing, and just because things are different or tough doesn't mean he wants to give up.
"If being free's worth what you leave behind
And if it's too late for love to change your mind
Then it's goodbye time"
The narrator realizes no matter how much he loves this person, if they want to go they will go. And in the process he will need to cut them off, goodbye, not see you later, because if her freedom matters more to her than him, he knows he stands.
"If we had known our love would come to this
We could have saved our hearts the hurt of wasted years
Well it's been fun, what else can I say
If the feeling's gone words won't stop you anyway."
The narrator is saying if he had known this would happen, and the other party would so easily walk away, he would've passed on the relationship. But he's still selfless when he uses "we", because he still feels like she shouldn't be in pain either. And my favorite line in the song..."If the feeling's gone words won't stop you anyway." He knows there's nothing he can say to keep her. If she doesn't feel it, doesn't love him, doesn't want to work for it, there's nothing he can do.
"Goodbye baby"
And at the end of the song he says goodbye. Affectionately with "baby", but he knows she just don't care or love him anymore, so he has to leave because he still loves her.
Ahh, Conway how you understand me. This song for the party that is always left, aka myself, really hits home. Sorry for the bit of self-deprecation, but if you really feel this song, I feel for you. The first time i heard this I was bawling on the freeway. Anyway, it's pretty straight forward, and if I can remark interesting hearing the song was sung by a male because generally speaking the man is the one who wants his freedom. Anyway, here's my interpretation...
"Don't all the dreams we've seen come true mean anything You say it's different now and you keep staring at the door" The other party doesn't want to fight anymore for their love. She just thinks the grass will be greener away from the narrator. The singer just wants them to work on it, everything they did together is memorable and amazing, and just because things are different or tough doesn't mean he wants to give up.
"If being free's worth what you leave behind And if it's too late for love to change your mind Then it's goodbye time" The narrator realizes no matter how much he loves this person, if they want to go they will go. And in the process he will need to cut them off, goodbye, not see you later, because if her freedom matters more to her than him, he knows he stands.
"If we had known our love would come to this We could have saved our hearts the hurt of wasted years Well it's been fun, what else can I say If the feeling's gone words won't stop you anyway." The narrator is saying if he had known this would happen, and the other party would so easily walk away, he would've passed on the relationship. But he's still selfless when he uses "we", because he still feels like she shouldn't be in pain either. And my favorite line in the song..."If the feeling's gone words won't stop you anyway." He knows there's nothing he can say to keep her. If she doesn't feel it, doesn't love him, doesn't want to work for it, there's nothing he can do.
"Goodbye baby" And at the end of the song he says goodbye. Affectionately with "baby", but he knows she just don't care or love him anymore, so he has to leave because he still loves her.