This song means a lot to me. Whilst getting through a difficult break up from my ex, I heard this song for the first time, and obviously, a broken heart makes your mind link everything to your sisuation. To me, this song spoke exactly how I was feeling. For a year my ex 'led me on' as you call it, telling me that MAYBE one day we'd get back together etc. These words and false hopes were the 'flowers' which I refused to 'throw away' and ignore. I felt our relationship had never reached it's full potential (some of the bulbs never opened quite fully), and I felt that if I let myself move on to someone else, I might miss out on my chance for us to get back together, so I waited. (They might so I'm waiting and staying awake). The 'allowed to keep' part is fantastic. To me, It's as though she's convincing herself and her friends that she's not being pathetic and what she's doing is harmless. Again, the 'I'll never know If I go to sleep' is the idea that If she moves on, she'll never know what could've been. It's probably not how Regina intended it to be, but to me, it means so much.
This song means a lot to me. Whilst getting through a difficult break up from my ex, I heard this song for the first time, and obviously, a broken heart makes your mind link everything to your sisuation. To me, this song spoke exactly how I was feeling. For a year my ex 'led me on' as you call it, telling me that MAYBE one day we'd get back together etc. These words and false hopes were the 'flowers' which I refused to 'throw away' and ignore. I felt our relationship had never reached it's full potential (some of the bulbs never opened quite fully), and I felt that if I let myself move on to someone else, I might miss out on my chance for us to get back together, so I waited. (They might so I'm waiting and staying awake). The 'allowed to keep' part is fantastic. To me, It's as though she's convincing herself and her friends that she's not being pathetic and what she's doing is harmless. Again, the 'I'll never know If I go to sleep' is the idea that If she moves on, she'll never know what could've been. It's probably not how Regina intended it to be, but to me, it means so much.