laces.

when you're little, and you just learned how to tie your shoes, you never tie em tight enough so you end up trippin and fallin all over yourself. but as you grow up, you tie em in a way they won't fall apart and make you hurt yourself. the same thing can be said when you like someone. you leave your laces untied, in hopes that the person you like will be the one to knot em together so you will no longer fall the wrong way and hurt yourself. for those that don't understand the metaphor, it's basically when you open yourself to someone and hope they'll reciprocate feelings so that you won't end up with hurt feelings and disappointment -- & untied laces. I just think that at a certain point you either know this method works for you ... or it doesnt.