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> I am not a native speaker, but doesn't "before" just mean "in the past" here?

That is a strong possibility. It doesn't solve the problem with the line; to make sense, it should say she's said goodbye too many times before.

> It sounds clear to me: the girl has previously tried to break up many times, so now he is breaking up with her.

That is not so strong; the first verse is phrased in a way that suggests she is leaving him, not the other way around:

I was so high, I did not recognize

The fire burning in her eyes

The chaos that controlled my mind

Whispered goodbye as she got on a plane

Never to return again but always in my heart, oh

(On first impression, I assumed this verse meant that the girl was dead, but she could just be leaving.)



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