Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
We are a broken wreck
We've both got piles of regrets
There ain't nothin' you can say or prove
I held the rope that let you down
As we crash into the waves and drown
This is impossible
So if there's any doubt
I will throw you a line
Excuses, excuses
Don't ever remind me
How it isn't all it will be
There ain't nothin' you can say or prove
That I held the rope that let you down
As we crash into the waves and drown
This is impossible
You've been this way before
Shadows here all know you
I don't know what you've heard
Or what it is inside you
We are all around you
We are all around you
We are all around you
If love comes first
Maybe our lives will dissolve
Young fruit, still not bruised
Hey, maybe, just maybe,
We all made our moves
And mine could've helped you
I could've helped you
We are a broken wreck
We've both got piles of regrets
We are a broken wreck
We've both got piles of regrets
There ain't nothing you can say to prove
That I held the rope that let you down
As we crash into the waves and drown
This is impossible
This is impossible
We've both got piles of regrets
There ain't nothin' you can say or prove
I held the rope that let you down
As we crash into the waves and drown
This is impossible
So if there's any doubt
I will throw you a line
Excuses, excuses
Don't ever remind me
How it isn't all it will be
There ain't nothin' you can say or prove
That I held the rope that let you down
As we crash into the waves and drown
This is impossible
You've been this way before
Shadows here all know you
I don't know what you've heard
Or what it is inside you
We are all around you
We are all around you
We are all around you
If love comes first
Maybe our lives will dissolve
Young fruit, still not bruised
Hey, maybe, just maybe,
We all made our moves
And mine could've helped you
I could've helped you
We are a broken wreck
We've both got piles of regrets
We are a broken wreck
We've both got piles of regrets
There ain't nothing you can say to prove
That I held the rope that let you down
As we crash into the waves and drown
This is impossible
This is impossible
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
A relationship that perhaps they feel responsible for allowing to dissolve. They held the rope to rescue the situation, but instead let them down (the song sort of suggests that they didn't really want to rescue the situation anyway).
The song title to me sort of suggests the internal struggle going on within that person, trying to come to grips that perhaps they intended the relationship to fail (but they are trying to simultaneously refuse that truth).