"Spending time, convinced that it's mine with her, just to keep her out of mind"
I think in this verse, the singer is saying that he already knew this lady is someone else's woman and she's cheating on him with the singer but he just play along.
"Still I'll take care to see, which way the wind blows, notice how her hair curls"
But then, he fell in love with the lady and noticing all her details, her little changes. I'd say, he's so deeply into her.
"Pay no mind to the clown,who sits to your side"
He don't care about the guy she's in relationship with and he'd still love her the same.
"Content to yield despite pride"
This is a bit tricky. I think the singer knew the guy is a temper, as the guy is content to yield (always happy to have something to argue about) despite pride (despite he is the MAN of the relationship and he's always want to win the arguments and not always listening to the lady.)
"He is a fool to assume, you'd spare a thought"
The guy found out abt the lady's act of cheating and he's a fool in the eyes of the singer bcs the singer thought the lady's also deeply in love with him and she'd leave the guy and be with the singer.
"I'm a thief who's just been caught and I don't find it funny anymore"
"And so I won't play the part, In your mistake, no way. Not unless you stay"
But this lady, finally after being caught cheating, she didn't leave the guy nor she chose the singer. So, the singer decided to leave, unless the lady chose him over the guy.
Hahahha this is too long but it's the first interpretation that I can think of the first time I heard this song
"Spending time, convinced that it's mine with her, just to keep her out of mind" I think in this verse, the singer is saying that he already knew this lady is someone else's woman and she's cheating on him with the singer but he just play along.
"Still I'll take care to see, which way the wind blows, notice how her hair curls" But then, he fell in love with the lady and noticing all her details, her little changes. I'd say, he's so deeply into her.
"Pay no mind to the clown,who sits to your side" He don't care about the guy she's in relationship with and he'd still love her the same.
"Content to yield despite pride" This is a bit tricky. I think the singer knew the guy is a temper, as the guy is content to yield (always happy to have something to argue about) despite pride (despite he is the MAN of the relationship and he's always want to win the arguments and not always listening to the lady.)
"He is a fool to assume, you'd spare a thought" The guy found out abt the lady's act of cheating and he's a fool in the eyes of the singer bcs the singer thought the lady's also deeply in love with him and she'd leave the guy and be with the singer.
"I'm a thief who's just been caught and I don't find it funny anymore"
"And so I won't play the part, In your mistake, no way. Not unless you stay"
But this lady, finally after being caught cheating, she didn't leave the guy nor she chose the singer. So, the singer decided to leave, unless the lady chose him over the guy.
Hahahha this is too long but it's the first interpretation that I can think of the first time I heard this song