Lyric discussion by xsn13 

It's about trying to protect yourself even though you have to be vulnerable to fall in love.

It's so easy to be scared of falling, to walk away and not let yourself let close to someone out of fear of getting hurt.

I think this guy did it, walked away, and he regrets it, because the girl was special, at her worst she was the best girl for me, but he played the game, and he's happy ("confident") he didn't let himself be hurt by this girl.

And then he realizes that he actually lost, that it was a mistake.

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