Maroon 5 - Payphone Lyrics Meaning

Payphone is all about a failed relationship. It tries to imply that even if he persevered for their relationship of his girl, it just wasn't enough thus making their relationship into a failure. I obviously would not want to explain the whole lyrics of the song, but here's an explantion about its chorus:

1. "I'm at a payphone trying to call home"
-This line explains that a man is at a payphone trying to recall the beautiful memories he had with his partner. But instead of it being beautiful, it was rather miserable and that what makes him sad.

2. "All of my change I spent on you"
-This line implies about the man's efforts in keeping their relationship afloat but unfortunately failed due to an unexpected circumstance (such as an argument, insecurities, etc.)

3. "Where have the times gone? Baby, it's all wrong"
-This line shows the man's "frustration" about why their relationship still couldn't keep up despite all his efforts. At this point, he feels miserable already.

4. "Where are the plans we made for two?"
-This line contemplates the man questioning their plans that they made during their relationship such as marriage, having kids, or enjoying life with him/her.

5. "If 'happy ever after' did exist, I would still be holding you like this"
-This line explains the man's thinking of a fantasy of their relationship being successful and thus leading it to their best quality of life. I think that this is his way of coping his heartache after their relationship failed, or maybe I'm just dumb at understanding it. Who knows?

6. "All those fairytales are full of sh*t"
-This is the part that I'm not sure about. Maybe he doesn't care of other people's interpretation of their relationship and only cares of his own? I'm not really sure...

7. "One more f**king love song I'll be sick"
-This line shows that the man just had enough of it and anything that is related to love (such as a love song) just wouldn't help him to move on and just makes him to remember his girl miserably.

Note: This is just my understanding about this song so take this with a grain of salt. We all have other interpretations of this song and that what makes this song meaningful. <3