"What if I got it wrong" is a thing that you'd ask yourself if you were in a state of confusion for too long, that's the first thing you would ask yourself. So, no matter how hard I try, what if there is no way for making you stay?Īnd "what I got wrong" is actually the way he understood things, it should not be understood as "what I did wrong". So, what if the time has come to let someone go? If you were in a position to be the one that has to make a move, and the other side (whether it's a lover or a friend) is the one that has to go :( or that wants it but don't want to make you suffer and later feel guilty about that, you'll understand this song the same way. So, even though we don't want to believe in the "what if" question, the mind keeps asking. So we "take a breath and jump over the side". I understood it like attempt to finally let someone go, when your mind is aware of the fact that it has to be done, though the heart hurts incredibly. Or mental state that's pushing us to make big decisions.
General CommentIt sounds like ode to bravery. Too much guilt isn't good for one's mood and outlook. it was a brief moment, albeit a necessary one. There seemed to be this brief moment of clarity where I realized these things happen and I shouldn't keep self-inflicting myself with so much guilt and that things were going to be okay for him eventually. But when I listened to it then, I felt different. I think that in other moods I would categorize the song under 'sad, touching break-up, lost love songs'. Then when I heard the song, I just listened. Hence the massive, massive, massive guilt.
To top it all off, I broke up with him 2 days before his birthday. Anyways, I was already feeling like the biggest bitch there ever was. His friends were dissing me yet he stood up for me. But I suppose everyone does at some point. And we both thought that we were going to make it through all the way. And that sucked cause we both knew we were a pretty good match for each other. My reasons: I had fallen out of love with him. I had recently broken up with my long term boyfriend. Nobody really needs to know this (neither should anyone care too) but I need a place to vent about what this song means to me right now so I'll just go. And that time round something really clicked. General CommentI was driving alone in my car and listening to X&Y for the second time when I heard the song. You know that darkness always turns into light How can you know when you don't even try? How can you know it if you don't even try? That you don't want me there in your life That you don't want me there by your side