It's a pretty sad song. The women in his life are just able to throw those items back at him and say "just give it away." The whole phrase makes it sound so easy. Well yeah, I'm sure the character in the song is very capable of getting rid of those things, but that emotional experience has stopped being an experience; it's an object of its own. He can go on through life and leave it all behind, but he will always carry his broken heart.
It's a pretty sad song. The women in his life are just able to throw those items back at him and say "just give it away." The whole phrase makes it sound so easy. Well yeah, I'm sure the character in the song is very capable of getting rid of those things, but that emotional experience has stopped being an experience; it's an object of its own. He can go on through life and leave it all behind, but he will always carry his broken heart.