Lyric discussion by FrankMensing 

The song is about trying to make the wrong relationship work.

"Tie me to a dream" refers to him tying himself to the dream of what the relationship could be. They will end up stuck and "dead in the water" because they force themselves to stay together.

Het still loves the other person, but is tired of the faults in their relationship, as stated in the "But I love you more then words can say.. I can't count the reasons I should stay."

He is saying that they should both move on instead of waisting their time lying to themselves and eachother that they can make it work.

The song works perfectly for comunity. A running theme in the show is that all the members of the study group are toxic for eachother, but nevrtheless they stay together.

I could go on explaining every line, but you get the point.

@FrankMensing

Reading some of the other comments, the song could also be seen not in terms of tying himself to a relationship, but tying himself to the dream of making it as a musician.

Cool song.

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