This is a pretty clear-cut song about a long ago love, and regret that he let it slip away. What I find fascinating are the brief words that imply what's occurred in his life since Ann slipped away: "now the thing that I call living is just being satisfied with knowing I got no one left to blame'. Disillusionment with life and alienation from others, due to his always blaming others for his problems. Now he's alone and "has no one left to blame".
This is a pretty clear-cut song about a long ago love, and regret that he let it slip away. What I find fascinating are the brief words that imply what's occurred in his life since Ann slipped away: "now the thing that I call living is just being satisfied with knowing I got no one left to blame'. Disillusionment with life and alienation from others, due to his always blaming others for his problems. Now he's alone and "has no one left to blame".