To me this song reminds me of my first girlfriend. We kept our love hidden from everyone and I don't think I've told anyone about her until now. But this song made me cry when I heard it for the first time and honestly it still makes me cry. To me, it's coming from my point of view in the first two verses, saying that even though I planned everything, nothing turned out the way I thought it would, and that I loved her so deeply that I was willing to give up my life to make her stay. And although the fact that our love kept me alive, it was the one thing slowly killing me inside. The line, "To fall in love with someone capable of cutting out my tongue" means that she knew me so deeply that she could destroy me from the inside out which is true. I just love this song, and I love how beautifully Braden can portray such a dark world. It just amazes me what he can do with words, and I hope I can do that some day. I'm so sorry (coughimaginedragonscough) if this review made no sense, it's my first, and I tried!