Of course, like the best songs, this one can be read in many ways.

As for Amy’s post, it’s nice to hear Koole covering Dylan, as her original songs, particularly those from her 2nd album, are clearly inspired by artists like Dylan..

Her interpretation does play up the anger you hear in the lyrics, so I guess the performance of the lyrics matters as much as the words themselves.

“I ain’t sayin’ you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don’t mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time”

the essential “kinda” becomes even more obviouslly important. He’s not singing with irony; the relationship wasn’t horrible. It came to a natural end, and it’s time for him to – literally – move on. In retrospect, now knowing that the relationship was a sort of space holder, he can recognize that time was “wasted,” but that certainly wasn’t something either of them could know at the time. Which is why he tries to let them both off the hook with the suggestion they “don’t think twice,” and be assured instead that “it’s all right.”

Because I read/hear the song that way, I found it the perfect an poignant choice to accompany Matt’s journey out of Dillon. It seems, however, like a very odd choice to accompany the discovery of a husband and father that his family has left him. Perhaps, the director liked the irony of a lyric suggesting the choice was made by the unencumbered man, when in reality it was made by the woman (and her children) who encumbered him.

Regardless, it’s a wonderful song.