I think it's about a guy finally getting into the dating life for the first time, also a couple of the lyrics are wrong here. The actual first lyric is "Thought I was a loner, til I went out on my own" which implies that he really felt okay being by himself for some time. The girl doesn't literally tell him to slow down but rather her presence is what changes his outlook.
"Thought I always had to win, or I wasn't anything" This part is talking about how he never tried to find anything because failure at any stage would make him feel like he wasn't worth anything. And he follows up by saying it was just a point of view and didn't really mean anything.
"Born in December but there's nothing 'bout her cold"- Nice descriptive line about how she makes him feel
"Gave it something more than anger, in my heart to hold"- Admits that his lack of a love life made him bitter and now she's replacing that with something else
The chorus is pretty self explanatory, he's just stating that he felt extremely lonely when he was alone.
"Safety came in numbers, but all I needed was just one, You're a four-leaf clover, You're an only kind of one"- He's talking about how all of these other people are just going around fucking as many people as they can like it's a numbers game and implying that that's "safe" because there's no emotional attachment for that, but how he prefers the one that he has and how her uniqueness makes her worth it.
The bridge and chorus play again and the final line is actually "And are you hanging onto me?" like the song is his confession about his feeling the girl he's speaking of and he's asking her if she feels the same about him.
I don't know, maybe I'm projecting a bit with the interpretation but I am 100% sure about the changed lyrics in this one. Very clear if you listen to the song.
I think it's about a guy finally getting into the dating life for the first time, also a couple of the lyrics are wrong here. The actual first lyric is "Thought I was a loner, til I went out on my own" which implies that he really felt okay being by himself for some time. The girl doesn't literally tell him to slow down but rather her presence is what changes his outlook.
"Thought I always had to win, or I wasn't anything" This part is talking about how he never tried to find anything because failure at any stage would make him feel like he wasn't worth anything. And he follows up by saying it was just a point of view and didn't really mean anything.
"Born in December but there's nothing 'bout her cold"- Nice descriptive line about how she makes him feel "Gave it something more than anger, in my heart to hold"- Admits that his lack of a love life made him bitter and now she's replacing that with something else
The chorus is pretty self explanatory, he's just stating that he felt extremely lonely when he was alone.
"Safety came in numbers, but all I needed was just one, You're a four-leaf clover, You're an only kind of one"- He's talking about how all of these other people are just going around fucking as many people as they can like it's a numbers game and implying that that's "safe" because there's no emotional attachment for that, but how he prefers the one that he has and how her uniqueness makes her worth it.
The bridge and chorus play again and the final line is actually "And are you hanging onto me?" like the song is his confession about his feeling the girl he's speaking of and he's asking her if she feels the same about him.
I don't know, maybe I'm projecting a bit with the interpretation but I am 100% sure about the changed lyrics in this one. Very clear if you listen to the song.