He's saying their best effort in the relationship wasn't quite good enough to make them want to stay.
"Knowing now how all our best intentions never lit the world on fire. Lights, illuminate the exit signs
and over the wings the skies an open endless sea, crowding up surrounding me."
The grass is greener. The lit up exit signs signify how they felt there was more for them outside of the relationship.
There is fantastic meaning behind this song.
He's saying their best effort in the relationship wasn't quite good enough to make them want to stay.
"Knowing now how all our best intentions never lit the world on fire. Lights, illuminate the exit signs and over the wings the skies an open endless sea, crowding up surrounding me."
The grass is greener. The lit up exit signs signify how they felt there was more for them outside of the relationship.
Any help on the second stanza?