That Should Be Me

The speaker is struggling to see someone he loves with a new partner. He remembers their shared plans and familiar places, and imagines the new person taking his place in ordinary acts of affection. His feelings move from jealousy and sadness toward regret: by the end, he admits he may have made a mistake by letting the relationship go.

The repeated phrase “That should be me” expresses not just a wish, but a belief that he belongs in the other person’s life instead. “Rumours spreading” suggests he is learning about the new relationship indirectly, while seeing the couple at the movies makes the change feel real. The line about whether to “fight for love or disarm” compares love to a conflict: he is unsure whether to keep pursuing the relationship or stop resisting the pain.

The song presents events mainly through the speaker’s hurt perspective, so his claim that he should be the one beside the former partner is not necessarily fair or shared by that person. He says the breakup followed his mistakes and that the other person asked for time, but he interprets their new relationship as replacement. The ending sounds remorseful, though it remains unclear whether he wants to repair the relationship or is simply grieving what he lost.