I don't know exactly what this song means. Like kbkaitemarie5 said, it could mean any of a dozen things.
I know what it means to me though. This one is about a man looking back at his relationship. Not from the table, weeping over a dear john letter. But from the distance of time. Remembering the good times. The freedom and passion that comes in love. And remembering the end, the distance and pain. But muted, and with the sense of realism that comes with stepping outside of something.
He can see the reality of things. The growing distance. What he should and shouldn't have done to stop what seems now to have been so obvious. He loved her, and he hated her. He blamed her for leaving, but sees now that there really was no other choice. He misses the simpler times, when they were happy for no other reason than being together. When life was something that would change itself to their desires.
Instead, it was them that changed. Routines slipping in and replacing passion with the 9-5 grind and credit card bills. Real life replaced the honeymoon disconnect from reality. The fires burned low until maybe, one day, it was another spark that blossomed in her bosom. Maybe someone else stepped in and breathed life into her ashes. Maybe she just grew tired of the cold.
Either way he looks back with a sad reminiscence on a time filled with joy, and sorrow. With life.
The thought that maybe he could hate her and love her was something i didn't even think about. What a great perspective. I was thinking that he is still writing from a place where he is still in pain, but you write that he is writing from a place of compassion. That's what i love about DMB...so many interpretations and each one beautiful! : )
The thought that maybe he could hate her and love her was something i didn't even think about. What a great perspective. I was thinking that he is still writing from a place where he is still in pain, but you write that he is writing from a place of compassion. That's what i love about DMB...so many interpretations and each one beautiful! : )
I don't know exactly what this song means. Like kbkaitemarie5 said, it could mean any of a dozen things.
I know what it means to me though. This one is about a man looking back at his relationship. Not from the table, weeping over a dear john letter. But from the distance of time. Remembering the good times. The freedom and passion that comes in love. And remembering the end, the distance and pain. But muted, and with the sense of realism that comes with stepping outside of something. He can see the reality of things. The growing distance. What he should and shouldn't have done to stop what seems now to have been so obvious. He loved her, and he hated her. He blamed her for leaving, but sees now that there really was no other choice. He misses the simpler times, when they were happy for no other reason than being together. When life was something that would change itself to their desires. Instead, it was them that changed. Routines slipping in and replacing passion with the 9-5 grind and credit card bills. Real life replaced the honeymoon disconnect from reality. The fires burned low until maybe, one day, it was another spark that blossomed in her bosom. Maybe someone else stepped in and breathed life into her ashes. Maybe she just grew tired of the cold. Either way he looks back with a sad reminiscence on a time filled with joy, and sorrow. With life.
The thought that maybe he could hate her and love her was something i didn't even think about. What a great perspective. I was thinking that he is still writing from a place where he is still in pain, but you write that he is writing from a place of compassion. That's what i love about DMB...so many interpretations and each one beautiful! : )
The thought that maybe he could hate her and love her was something i didn't even think about. What a great perspective. I was thinking that he is still writing from a place where he is still in pain, but you write that he is writing from a place of compassion. That's what i love about DMB...so many interpretations and each one beautiful! : )