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Borderstone · 05-04-2004, 04:24 AM

It means if she could read his mind she'd find out more about him then she ever knew before or cared to know.
Each stanza means that he's trying to make her see him as he really is and not build him up to an unreal level of expectation.

05-04-2004, 04:24 AM	#2
Borderstone Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Phoenix,Arizona -America Posts: 4,427	It means if she could read his mind she'd find out more about him then she ever knew before or cared to know. Each stanza means that he's trying to make her see him as he really is and not build him up to an unreal level of expectation.