Mead posted...Listen to the song the and you can tell the girl likes the guy and actually wants to stay
Exactly. She's saying no because that's what good girls were supposed to say. But she doesn't actually try to go because she wants him to convince her that it's ok to do what she wants and stay.
_AdjI_ posted...That depends entirely on the performance.
Not really. The intent of the person who wrote it is what matters. It was their song, their vision, their story. They decide what it actually means. Any other modern interpretation or twisting of it's meaning is irrelevant.