"She'll fight for you like hell, then force herself, to like some other men."

John: 

"That's what women do. 
They show up 100 percent. 

There is a time they're 100 percent with everything. 

And then at some point, for whatever reason, 

not making a judgement, you say "nah". 

and what they force themselves to do 

to get over you is so transformative, 

for good and bad you will never 

see that whole person again. 

They will never show.. 

(She'll fight for you like hell), 

there is the time that they'll be 

fighting for you with everything they have. 

But when you say, in that moment - 

and maybe it's right that you do, 

maybe the end joke of Never on The Day You Leave 

is it's all bad thinking; 

you shouldn't be together.  

But that's not what it's about 

in that moment of that song. 

That song is about a moment you're investigating 

why you're so lonely and why 

you don't have this thing. 

Maybe it's revisionist history 

and you're completely wrong.

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(She'll fight for you like hell, 

then force herself, to like some other men)

That's what people do. 

When you finally say "I don't want to", 

There is a day they stop calling. 

And that's when guys go "Oh my god."