-The subject is unreciprocated love or desire. Specifically, the speaker feels abandoned by the woman in question. This is demonstrated by the lines, "You think you've changed your mind/ You'd better change it back or we will both be sorry," showing that the narrator feels a negative development as occurred in their relationship and that they should revert to the previous status quo.
-One side, the man, wants to continue the relationship. The woman feels that the relationship should end. "You'd better change back or we will both be sorry," threatens the man, demonstrating that he believes that their separation will directly or indirectly harm both parties and is thus undesirable. "Now I think it's time I lived my life on my own," counters the woman: she has decided that the man should no longer be part of her life.
-I sympathize with the woman over the man because she appears to be looking towards progress in her life. The man appears constraining, alternating between clingy and threatening, whiny and arrogant. She does appreciate what the man has done for her, but contends that she would have done the same herself. The woman appears to be ready to progress, while the man attempts to cling to a past state- denying hope and optimism for the future.
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