"But we already passed it, I cried"

[PenguinHead]

"But we already passed it, I cried" is a line in Secret Love that some people rightfully took issue with. It doesn't seem to logically apply to anything in the context.

It's one of those quirks in Stevie's writing that sometimes appears in her lyrics. To her it makes sense, but it's not always apparent to the listener.

I think I have reconciled on how to make sense of it. What they "passed" was the opportunity to rest. (No rest for the wicked, they passed the point of no return, and the "secret love secretly died." )

At least, that's my way of making sense of it.