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This song perfectly how I feel about my ex-girlfriend. I don't think the song reflects someone who is pathetic and "hung up" on their ex. I think rather that the poet that is Dido is simply stating a truth. Once we truly love someone, it never ends, ever.

One loves their children even if they are in jail or highly estranged. One loves their parents long after their deaths. But, why doesn't the same apply to romantic love? Dido says that IT DOES apply, and I agree completely.

Dido is a true poet. And, she is very honest about her feelings. So, basically she is saying this: "I fucked you over. I know it. No sane person would still be with me. But, I will always have a place in your heart for you. And, I would rather go down in flames and experience all the hurt of not being able to be with you that learn to hate you."

Most people hate their ex-lovers, often with a horrific passion. Dido says she can't do that. She loves this man like a family member, basically. And, that doesn't mean that she thinks that things can work out. She fucked it up, and it can't. At least not right now.

I've always found the bizarre notion of hating most of my ex-girlfriend's just that, bizarre. I hate my ex-wife for good reasons, but the woman I lost for whom this song is so special to me did not do anything in particular but happen to be from another country and I happened to not have enough money to support us both at the time and she was educated and working as a house cleaner made her so miserable that I loved her enough to let her go back to her home in Peru. And, we parted with the words, "I will always love you" and they were true.

Yet, so many women I've truly cared for since her simply want to possess 100% of me for some odd reason. I don't expect them to like that I am honest in saying I'll always love her, but I do expect they respect it. But, the idea of "carrying a torch" (which I am and I am not) is repulsive to so many people. But, I'd rather die than lie about how I feel about her.

As for the final verses, well, destiny is an odd thing and I believe in things like God and irony and fate. "And when we meet, which I'm sure we will" will probably happen at some airport one day with my new wife of 10 years and her new husband of similar time. And, I'll pretend that I have moved on, because it is socially acceptable, but in reality such an encounter would be horrific and lovely.

I treasure every day I had with her...but I only got 3 years. Most people never get to experience "true love" for a day, much less 3 years. I am fucking lucky.

Dido isn't hung up so much as she is just a very honest woman that loves with all her heart and cannot hold back her feelings.

Emotional honesty is hard but rewarding. Trust me.

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