also, it sounds like she's trying to explain something to someone that's not always so easy to say the right way... because it can so easily be misconstrued and taken personally. this seeems most evident just in your interpretations above about a past love, or another love, etc... none of which have anything to do with it, imo. i think the song's basically rather straightforward, and honest, as when she says, "i'm just trying to be honest, i don't want to hurt you too"... and, it is really easy to hurt someone by getting involved with them at a time when you're not ready to.
also, it sounds like she's trying to explain something to someone that's not always so easy to say the right way... because it can so easily be misconstrued and taken personally. this seeems most evident just in your interpretations above about a past love, or another love, etc... none of which have anything to do with it, imo. i think the song's basically rather straightforward, and honest, as when she says, "i'm just trying to be honest, i don't want to hurt you too"... and, it is really easy to hurt someone by getting involved with them at a time when you're not ready to.