My take: The love he and his significant other "used to know" was passionate, romantic love. That has fizzled into platonic love, and he is beginning to understand that his S.O. is ready to take a break, a "time out." He's saying he's done with the whole thing unless she shows fights to rekindle their romantic relationship -- "unless you contest."
My take: The love he and his significant other "used to know" was passionate, romantic love. That has fizzled into platonic love, and he is beginning to understand that his S.O. is ready to take a break, a "time out." He's saying he's done with the whole thing unless she shows fights to rekindle their romantic relationship -- "unless you contest."