City & Colour - Save Your Scissors Lyrics Meaning

The whole point of interpretations isn't to look at the song from the artist's point of view. While yes, they clearly did write the song for a purpose with their own specific meanings behind the lyrics considering how they're feeling/experiencing at that point in time.

With that being said, I'm going to break away from the "Well, Dallas Green said this in this interview..." Etc. I'm going to switch it up and share what this song mea hms to ME.

To me, it sounds like there's someone that he cares about very deeply and would love to be with, but it never seems to be the right tine for them to be together. He keeps saying "maybe next time will be the right time. Maybe next time will be your time." Which makes me feel like maybe the person is with another person, but it's not who they want or feel like they're meant to be with. So he's saying that although they can't be together at that time, that the right time will present itself when it's ready and that for the time being they should move on. Perhaps he's scared to be with that person because he's scared of th e relationship failing and losing that person so he is with other people that he isn't as scared lose. And when he says whatever it is about not meaning for everyone to fall in love with him, he's saying that the people he's with because he's too afraid to be with who he really wants keep falling in love with them and then he feels guilty becaise he doesn't want to hurt anyone, but it's becoming harer to deny his real feelings.

Sorry it's all over the place. I don't have the time to explain each line. But that's what I'm going through right now, and have been for the last 5 years. So when I hear this song it makes reminds me of that situation.