This is a song about a relationship that has gone cold. The singer is finally coming to terms with the reality that her relationship is nothing more than going through the motions. The two lovers are together more out of habit than out of true love for one another. My assumption is that both parties have identified the presence of a lull in their relationship in the past; but neither party, at least for a good while, wanted to rip the band-aid off and just break up. The singer implies that there was indeed a time where both parties were deeply and passionately in love (or at the very least, she was) but over time, the love became "half-hearted." The lyric "can't quite see the end" implies that she has finally come to the realization that things never will return to the way they were or get any better like she had hoped for in the past. The passion they once had is simply gone and is never going to return. While there may be some lingering love and/or affection between the singer and her lover, the relationship just isn't enough for the singer anymore and she has made the difficult decision to utter the "last goodbye" as opposed to all the insincere and temporary goodbyes made between the lovers in the past. A very sad song to be sure, but one that also shows hope for the future.
This is a song about a relationship that has gone cold. The singer is finally coming to terms with the reality that her relationship is nothing more than going through the motions. The two lovers are together more out of habit than out of true love for one another. My assumption is that both parties have identified the presence of a lull in their relationship in the past; but neither party, at least for a good while, wanted to rip the band-aid off and just break up. The singer implies that there was indeed a time where both parties were deeply and passionately in love (or at the very least, she was) but over time, the love became "half-hearted." The lyric "can't quite see the end" implies that she has finally come to the realization that things never will return to the way they were or get any better like she had hoped for in the past. The passion they once had is simply gone and is never going to return. While there may be some lingering love and/or affection between the singer and her lover, the relationship just isn't enough for the singer anymore and she has made the difficult decision to utter the "last goodbye" as opposed to all the insincere and temporary goodbyes made between the lovers in the past. A very sad song to be sure, but one that also shows hope for the future.