I think of it as a song about old and new relationships, and here is my take on it:
He is at the moment getting over bad times, and is finding pure love with somebody new. The first verse reveals that the girl he is talking to is alone, but he feels it is better to be "green", in a growing, healthy relationship with somebody. In the second verse, he dwells on how his life is a "long winter" of unhappiness because "summer is gone", his happier times are over. He misses the "green" of love.
However, he wants commitment. He doesn't want a casual, short-term relationship. So if the girl wants "to be free", she should not set her sights on him. However, at the moment, it's all or nothing - he feels so much love for her, that if she does not be his forever, then he cannot simply be her friend. If she only opens the "door" of her heart to him, he will give everything he has to make her happy.
After the chorus, we see that he is sure of his feelings: he wants to be living with her, for the rest of his days. And though she may be doubtful, the truth is that she doesn't have forever, and that soon she too will miss a secure relationship as well. So one of the themes is semper fi, "sieze the day".
Combined with the last verse that implies a sense that she is somehow speechless at this request of his ("you know it's the truth when you find that you can't talk") I feel the song is not only about relationships, but about a man proposing to his beloved in the most romantic way he can.
If anybody else agrees or disagrees, please leave comments...
I think of it as a song about old and new relationships, and here is my take on it:
He is at the moment getting over bad times, and is finding pure love with somebody new. The first verse reveals that the girl he is talking to is alone, but he feels it is better to be "green", in a growing, healthy relationship with somebody. In the second verse, he dwells on how his life is a "long winter" of unhappiness because "summer is gone", his happier times are over. He misses the "green" of love.
However, he wants commitment. He doesn't want a casual, short-term relationship. So if the girl wants "to be free", she should not set her sights on him. However, at the moment, it's all or nothing - he feels so much love for her, that if she does not be his forever, then he cannot simply be her friend. If she only opens the "door" of her heart to him, he will give everything he has to make her happy.
After the chorus, we see that he is sure of his feelings: he wants to be living with her, for the rest of his days. And though she may be doubtful, the truth is that she doesn't have forever, and that soon she too will miss a secure relationship as well. So one of the themes is semper fi, "sieze the day".
Combined with the last verse that implies a sense that she is somehow speechless at this request of his ("you know it's the truth when you find that you can't talk") I feel the song is not only about relationships, but about a man proposing to his beloved in the most romantic way he can.
If anybody else agrees or disagrees, please leave comments...