ok.. this will be long.. but I hope that you read it :)
For me this song is about a break-up. At first I believed, as many of you, that the separation was because one of them cheated. And I still think that it is a fine explanation. But now, after listening to the song many MANY times, I believe that it is a question of growth and long-distance.
I see it as something very adolescent, I imagine a teen couple, where he decides, for both sake, break-up now, in spite of the fact that they are loved, because she is going away to college... since it happens to many couples.
For example (I took the lyrics from AM's official site):"ask anyone they'll tell you that. It's these times that it tends, The start to breaking up, to start to fall apart. Oh! hold on to your heart." that's about how starting 'adult' life implies break-ups, new starts, and you have to go through all these things holding on to what you really want in long terms.
'and I watched and I waited,'Till she was inside, forcing a smile and waving goodbye.' she is 'inside' of a plain, she is going away, and he is forcing a smile because he doesn't want her to see him suffering, 'cause it's something good for her.
'curiosity becomes a heavy load, too heavy to hold' she will be away and the curiosity will get in the way, her curiosity for something new, and his to know what she's doing. 'will force you to be cold' be cold and end the relationship right now.
the 'do me a favour' verse is 'cause when you hurt somebody that you love you prefer that person to be mad at you than to see them suffer and feel even worse with yourself for what you've done.
ok.. this will be long.. but I hope that you read it :)
For me this song is about a break-up. At first I believed, as many of you, that the separation was because one of them cheated. And I still think that it is a fine explanation. But now, after listening to the song many MANY times, I believe that it is a question of growth and long-distance. I see it as something very adolescent, I imagine a teen couple, where he decides, for both sake, break-up now, in spite of the fact that they are loved, because she is going away to college... since it happens to many couples.
For example (I took the lyrics from AM's official site):"ask anyone they'll tell you that. It's these times that it tends, The start to breaking up, to start to fall apart. Oh! hold on to your heart." that's about how starting 'adult' life implies break-ups, new starts, and you have to go through all these things holding on to what you really want in long terms.
'and I watched and I waited,'Till she was inside, forcing a smile and waving goodbye.' she is 'inside' of a plain, she is going away, and he is forcing a smile because he doesn't want her to see him suffering, 'cause it's something good for her.
'curiosity becomes a heavy load, too heavy to hold' she will be away and the curiosity will get in the way, her curiosity for something new, and his to know what she's doing. 'will force you to be cold' be cold and end the relationship right now.
the 'do me a favour' verse is 'cause when you hurt somebody that you love you prefer that person to be mad at you than to see them suffer and feel even worse with yourself for what you've done.