In the first verse she is a strong independent woman who could do or do without love. The love she seeks is unique and rare and few fit the missing puzzle piece in her heart but many have tried and some have succeeded at wounding her heart hence her cynical persona. She is speaking to a world full of interested guys letting them know they either got it or they don’t when it comes to capturing her heart which has yet to have happened. Say it all , say it right again referring to don’t hide any secrets and tell me in a way that won’t make me run away - again it’s the only way the puzzle piece of love will fit. If they pass this level of courtship they will stand another round if they don’t they will fall.
When you will will is broken when it slips from your hand- her heart has been broken and she is confessing mentally she has given up on love but in her heart still remains a small spark of hope with lots of jaded skepticism. When there is no time for joking there’s a hole in her plan — again she is speaking of her past to a future candidate for love letting them know that her love was never a joke even though her heart was broken before and her future plan of this person left her with a hole in her heart or what she refers to a plan and vision she had of their would been future together.
Oh you don’t mean nothing at all to me
This verse changes meaning and who it’s directed to through each chorus verse. In this chorus She is talking to the person who hurt her and broke her will to accept love again but she is acknowledging they also set her free and she is considering the possibility of love again.
You could mean everything to me : again she is speaking to the person in the past reliving what it meant to her and her feelings in the beginning before their betrayal put a hole in her plans and their future she is also reminding them they could have meant everything to her because they did. If you notice the ha ha ha ha in the background of when she’s singing the chorus again she is saying sarcastically now she is armored up and that she will have the last laugh because nobody could ever hurt her as deeply as they did ever again and at the same time she is healed now and they can’t hurt her ever again ha ha ha ha ha but at the same time she acknowledged the pain and the person also set her free. It’s very bittersweet for her to move on. She doesn’t have a lot of faith in her long list of perspectives and she sees them all the same until the one missing piece fits. Do they have it? Will they have it? Do they stand? Will they fall? - Who really cares she’s just window shopping and the glass between her and the goods is her armor.
As she prepares to fully move on from the past and the hurt she makes it clear
I can't say that I'm not lost and at fault
She isn’t lost and she acknowledges the heartbreak they caused certainly wasn’t her fault or what she deserved.
I can't say that I don't love the light and the dark
Love has its ups and downs she is admitting she prefers the happier of times she is also referring to the dark that put a hole in her plans from her past relationship. She is admitting part of her was used to being emotionally abused and she learned to like it but now she is acknowledging she learned to live with the light and the pain and sees beauty in it all.
I can’t say - that I don’t love the light and the dark = she is in the moment of meeting someone new and she is answering a question about wether she wants to live alone or love again and she acknowledges the connection between love and pain and that she accepts both - she can’t say she doesn’t.
I can't say that I don't know that I am alive
She can’t say that her heartbreak has killed her and that she has given up she is saying that she is alive she chooses not to give up and that her heart does in fact still beat.
And all though what I feel I could show .. show you tonight
This is complicated — with all that she feels for the past present and future part of her feels she has so much emotions it has made her crave a sexual release of energy. She knows she won’t feel good about just hooking up but part of her wants to show a complete stranger a side of her sexually that even the guy she planned on spending the rest of her life with never experienced. She knows she won’t feel so pent up and deviant forever. She has confessed it all and wants to hookup and rebound. This will also set her free ( the chorus now applies to the new guy )
Oh you don't mean nothing at all to me - it’s just sex
No you don't mean nothing at all to me - but wait do I feel something for you? Something I haven’t felt in a long time ?
Do you got what it takes to set me free?
From my hands I could give you, something that I made
She wants him to know she doesn’t feel she has very much to offer right now as she lost it all. But she wants him to know she has talent - organic talent REAL Talent she won’t buy a unique gift to give rather she will make it her damn self with her hands.
From my mouth I could sing you another bridge that I made
She still has a her voice. Will they find it beautiful enough to bring his heart closer to hers and her heart closer to his. Will he value and appreciate her organic talents? This is what bonds two hearts together.
From my body, (From my body) I could show you, (I could show you) a place, (A place) God knows (That only God knows)
Again when she loves she loves hard and passionately.. why would he ever want to look at another girl if he has her.
You should know the space is holy
Do you really want to go?
This means a few things let’s start with her heart:
Should you stray and create a space between us I will find out I will feel it. She lets him know she will embrace that space not accept it — embrace it and she will be gone and won’t look back. She is warning him to think twice before he would ever go because there is no coming back. She is also proclaiming if she lets another guy back into her heart that he better be in it for real reasons and he should know what that space means and to be in it is an honor not many get to experience. Once the door is closed it’s closed.
2. She is also referencing again female anatomy. She is making it clear just because she hooked up with him and caught feelings doesn’t mean she is a slut and if they fall in love sex will take on a new intimate meaning and should never be cheated on. Again think twice before you go and do something stupid.
Final verse :
A confession from within to only her self about the new guy and she will leave some emotion out of it until time proves she can fully trust him
When she thinks of her new love part of her reminds her Oh you (meaning him) don't mean nothing at all to me -
She is prepared to get hurt and will never lose it all again if someone wounds her future vision and plans on marriage , having children being a family etc
No you don't mean nothing at all to me
She is prepared to love again and acknowledges she does but also that she will flick the switch quickly if needed she reminds herself he could mean nothing to you one day and that’s ok she still gives her self permission to roll with it
Do you got what it takes to set me free
Will the flame stay lit forever to the point she can’t say that he doesn’t mean anything to her?
From her heart to his heart :
Oh you could mean everything to me
