zstem February 23rd, 2009 08:02PM  
This song is about the fear in a man that the woman he loves will eventually realize that she can live without him. He cannot contemplate that day. He cannot deal with the pain it would cause him. He has made mistakes with her. He had thought he could make it right with the right words and sincerity. She took no pity in his words and he is again faced with a life without her. Its a life he cannot bear. In the chorus he makes a last plea for her to just forget everything and take a chance on him. there is no such chance. the song ends just the way it started. he has screwed up and must face life without her, as hard as it seems.

anonymous June 10th, 2009 01:16PM  
I think its not only the fear that someone has, that his other half notice that she/he can live without someone...
It means more than that.

I see it this way, as long as your partner is alive you always should be in harmony never say something to hurt each other, because you never know when you take your last breath. ("What if there was no time")

Because if you loose the person you love in death, no flowers no poems no love songs can help to make her understand that you didn't meant what you said. ("What if I got it wrong And no poem or song")

anonymous August 16th, 2009 10:43PM  
the song is about a man whos lover leaves him and he wants her to come back. he's telling her that he cant comprehend that and that "every step that you take could be your biggest mistake" means that he will try to make thing right but if she leaves him then she'll never know. he wants her to come back and take a chance with him.

EmmaBee September 4th, 2009 05:11PM  
To me this isn't about a man already IN a relationship...it's about a man who wants one but is afraid. Maybe the girl has said I want you and he tells her: what if the world isn't how we think it is? Then the crucial "what if you should decide that you don't want me there in your life/by your side" meaning what if we do this and it tears us apart? What if we put all of our friendship and ourselves into this and you decide you don't like what you see in me? He asks what if I do something wrong that I can't fix?(no poet or song could put right what I got right). He's essentially asking her what if, no matter how much I love you, this doesn't work and we lose everything we had with each other. The chorus can either be interpreted as "but I'm willing to try this...because how can I know if I don't even try?" OR as the rest of the song really coming from her point of view. As in he was singing what she was singing and really it's her who is scared to commit and be together and in the chorus he finally tells her 'ya there's all these what if's but WHAT IF we take the risk(jump over the side) we need to know (how can you know it if you don't even try" Essentially saying there's so many what if's but asking ourselves "what would've happened?" "how could it have been?" "WHAT IF we'd gotten together" might be the 'what if' that destroys us in the long run.