I think the song emphasizes the progression of a relationship drifting apart and eventually ending once the final soft straw is pulled away. The song talks about how others can end things with ease "Good love, goodbye" showing closure of the relationship ending, but not acceptance.
Being left and letting the other go in a relationship is one part, but the hardest part is the acceptance and discovery that occurs after. "Never thought it would mean so much" supports the point that a "self-discovery" (if you would) period post-relationship is a large compartment of what the song talks about, how you can go through blame/ anger about what you did or didn't do during the time together, as "other people want to keep in touch" but how the relationship or people are not Other people.
I think the song emphasizes the progression of a relationship drifting apart and eventually ending once the final soft straw is pulled away. The song talks about how others can end things with ease "Good love, goodbye" showing closure of the relationship ending, but not acceptance.
Being left and letting the other go in a relationship is one part, but the hardest part is the acceptance and discovery that occurs after. "Never thought it would mean so much" supports the point that a "self-discovery" (if you would) period post-relationship is a large compartment of what the song talks about, how you can go through blame/ anger about what you did or didn't do during the time together, as "other people want to keep in touch" but how the relationship or people are not Other people.