From the album Starting Over Again - Single
This is a breakup anthem where the narrator is stuck accusing someone of emotional cowardice while simultaneously begging for another chance. The song frames the other person as too damaged to love properly, but the narrator is the one who can't move forward. Every line that says 'I gave everything' is contradicted by the fact that they're still here, building a monument to grievance instead of letting go.
You said I'm like an open ocean / Don't act like you'd swim if they threw you in
The narrator uses the other person's own compliment against them. Calling someone an 'open ocean' sounds romantic until you add the accusation that they'd refuse to dive in. The image of being thrown versus choosing to enter matters—it suggests the relationship required force, not desire.
Broken, you were so afraid to feel anything
This gets repeated four times across the song, which stops being an observation and becomes a mantra. The narrator needs the other person to be the problem—'broken' and 'afraid'—because if they're not, then the relationship failed for other reasons. The repetition is self-convincing, not truth-telling.
Discarded, you roam as it washes away / Was that the reason you stayed?
The drowning imagery from the first verse returns as washing away, but now it's unclear who's being erased. 'Discarded' could mean the narrator feels thrown out, or it could mean the other person is drifting without purpose. The question at the end—'was that the reason you stayed?'—might be asking if they only stuck around because they had nowhere else to go.
If you could just surrender / To what's inside of you / Then we could be forever
The narrator offers conditional forgiveness but phrases it as a demand. 'Surrender' and 'ask forgiveness' aren't invitations—they're requirements before the relationship can restart. The bridge promises 'forever' and 'infinity' three times, but only if the other person admits fault first. That's not reconciliation. That's a contract.
You pulled me under / We're falling faster / And starting over again
The drowning metaphor finally lands on both of them. After spending the whole song blaming the other person for being too afraid to feel, the narrator admits they're both going down together. 'Starting over again' stops sounding hopeful and starts sounding like a loop they can't escape. Maybe the relationship didn't end because someone was broken. Maybe it ended because neither of them could stop drowning each other.
The song thinks it's about someone too scared to love, but it's really about someone who won't stop grieving a relationship that already ended. The narrator would be surprised to learn that repeating 'I'll never let this go' is exactly why they can't start over. You can't hold onto pain and reach for a fresh beginning at the same time.