People keep saying this song is about a love that ended. I think it's about one that never started. He liked her; she didn't; he moved on; they randomly see each other; she sees what she missed before, but too late--he's no longer interested. He leaves to do whatever delightful thing he has planned (or that she jealously assumes he has planned) and she's left to ponder what could have been.
I don't think she's censoring herself with the "bolt like a horse" line. I think she deliberately chose it for its ambiguity, its duplicity of meaning. And both meanings work very well within the context of the song.
People keep saying this song is about a love that ended. I think it's about one that never started. He liked her; she didn't; he moved on; they randomly see each other; she sees what she missed before, but too late--he's no longer interested. He leaves to do whatever delightful thing he has planned (or that she jealously assumes he has planned) and she's left to ponder what could have been.
I don't think she's censoring herself with the "bolt like a horse" line. I think she deliberately chose it for its ambiguity, its duplicity of meaning. And both meanings work very well within the context of the song.