Lyrics
"Like the leaves that fall off of a tree, I know that love has just left me.
Love has ended, comparing it to leaves falling off a tree.
I can give in to being estranged as the branches wilt and the colors change.
Acceptance of estrangement, likening it to changing seasons.
And the fish that wash up on the shore, who won't swim in the sea anymore,
Symbolizing loss of will to continue, like fish no longer swimming in the sea.
Are like those thousands of wasted days upon those million grains of sand.
Wasted days analogous to countless grains of sand.
And like the leaves that pile to decay these little deaths happen every day.
Everyday losses compared to leaves decaying.
Maybe our love was just a cliché and not unique because it happened to me.
Suggesting love wasn't unique, possibly a common experience.
Let my life blow away in the wind, carry those old dreams far from me.
Desire to let go of past dreams and experiences.
I'll just be alone and pass the time. I'm better off, it was too much,
Embracing solitude after realizing the relationship was overwhelming.
A little death from every touch. I had to run, I had to leave,
Expressing the emotional toll of the relationship through physical pain.
I'm dead inside but I can breathe.
Feeling emotionally dead but physically alive after leaving.
And I see now that it was me, I've lost my love and my family.
Acknowledging personal responsibility for the loss of love and family.
But let the trees and the sea feel contrite, convince myself that it's alright.
Encouraging self-deception to cope with the pain.
Better to smile and take the blame than to hold on to the truth and the pain.
Preferring to smile and accept blame rather than face the harsh truth.
I don't want love if it will hurt me again.
Rejecting love if it brings pain, a defensive stance.
I'm better off, it was too much, a little death from every touch.
Reiterating the idea that the relationship was overwhelming and detrimental.
I had to run, I had to leave, I'm dead inside but I can breathe.
Highlighting the necessity of leaving for personal survival.
The leaves that fall never grow back, their colors fade and turn to black.
Symbolism of irreversible change and loss, using falling leaves.
Forget the things you used to love, just give up and let the memory fade."
Encouraging forgetting and giving up to ease the pain of lost love.
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