The song is about breaking up with someone, and like most Supertramp songs, it deals with the subject in a ironic, cynical and almost flippant way. It talks about the feelings involved and how it seems to be recurring (“get back up again”). It gives a sense of someone hoping to find love, but it just never works out, and so will keep trying. It also gives the impression that the singer fell for a friend and how it hurts him knowing it’s tainted their friendship, as such a situation would.