Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: power-pop
Song Meaning of “Never Mine” by David Myhr
Never Mine is a song of defeat. It’s about realizing that something you wanted, whether it be another person or a dream, will never be yours. The singer expresses his feelings of loneliness, regret, and sadness, yet acceptance of the futility of continuing on even though his situation is hopeless.
The verses give us the background of his story. He was in love, but the other person didn’t feel the same and wasn’t ready to commit. There was so much potential, but it was never to be realized. It’s a reminder that we don’t always get everything we want out of life.
The chorus articulates the pain and emptiness he feels.
The song is a reflection of the darker side of loving someone, as he has been hurt, adrift on the sea of his life without finding his way yet. The acknowledgement of the inability to reach his dream echoes throughout the track, while there is an undercurrent of bittersweet acceptance of his fate.
In the end, he has come to a conclusion which might have taken him a while to accept – that the dream he was so desperately clinging to will never be his. Even though his dream was never be his, the song allows him to find solace in the fact that he was brave enough to go for something he wanted, even if it was never meant to be.