I believe this song is a flashback about a man who had a bad experience with love and made himself believe he never wanted to get close to someone ever again. "he made his life a lie so he might never have to know anyone"
But he met a girl, and he reluctantly fell in love. telling himself he shouldn't, but knowing that he would just keep thinking about her if he didnt embrace it. "i told him he shouldn't upset her, and he'd only be making it worse involving somebody else"
Then the first verse happens, and he is killed by a car. "and a cop's standing out in the road turning traffic away"
And she is broken, not able to begin her memory erasing process of morning until his body is under ground, "while her memory worked in reverse to keep her safe from herself" Trying to not kill herself, she severs ties with the world. she becomes like he was "way back in the day", living her life a lie, not wanting to love again.
The last lines are what he wants to tell her after he is dead. "The part of me you feel like now will pass away, you will get over me, then you will be happy, like i was before i died."
"what I used to be will pass away and then you'll see
that all I want now is happiness for you and me"
I believe this song is a flashback about a man who had a bad experience with love and made himself believe he never wanted to get close to someone ever again. "he made his life a lie so he might never have to know anyone"
But he met a girl, and he reluctantly fell in love. telling himself he shouldn't, but knowing that he would just keep thinking about her if he didnt embrace it. "i told him he shouldn't upset her, and he'd only be making it worse involving somebody else"
Then the first verse happens, and he is killed by a car. "and a cop's standing out in the road turning traffic away"
And she is broken, not able to begin her memory erasing process of morning until his body is under ground, "while her memory worked in reverse to keep her safe from herself" Trying to not kill herself, she severs ties with the world. she becomes like he was "way back in the day", living her life a lie, not wanting to love again.
The last lines are what he wants to tell her after he is dead. "The part of me you feel like now will pass away, you will get over me, then you will be happy, like i was before i died."
"what I used to be will pass away and then you'll see that all I want now is happiness for you and me"