He thinks "I know I love you" but "how do i do this?" "how?" I think he is begging for a sign from her.
He thinks "I know she loves me, but why?" he wonders why does she love him? Something bad has happened between them, how could she love him? (Arguments, disagreements, petty things over time? im not sure. That’s just my reading of it guys, no doubt influenced by personal experiences.Īnyone heard Sic Transit Gloria by Brand New?Ĭompletely different sound but some overlap of meaning.Ĭompletely different sound but some overlap of meaning. Still, he keeps giving in, with the pathetic hope it’ll mean something more next time – ‘right, right, better next time, stay on my side tonight’.Īnyone know the feeling? When you’re holding out for something you know won’t/can’t happen but you keep holding out, because wallowing in ‘what could be’ makes you feel better and is easier than facing the facts. It’s bad for him (poison) and he knows it it messes with his feelings and stops him from getting over her. He regrets the flings and always will but keeps doing it it’s his drug. He really wants her badly, but for more than just sex. He can’t resist, he gives in – ‘do what you want’ – partly cause he’s so attracted to her, partly cause he’s dependent (she’s like a drug he’s ‘drinking’), but also because, on some weird level, he wants to make her feel better.īut he’s caught off-guard everytime because it’s so intense (from his point of view). “Like a cigarette,” she needs him, but will burn him – burn in this sense implying ‘dump.’ The girl is using him: maybe as a rebound after a messy break-up, or just for sex, because she knows she can. This song also touches on themes of addiction, dependence, regret, hurt and ‘being used’ Let me first say I think our guy has very deep feelings for this girl, but she doesn’t reciprocate. Hanging on a cigarette, you need me, you'll burn me
What happened to the love we both knew, we both chased? I'd rather live my life in regret then do this. I wonder why I'm so caught off guard when we kiss. I've spent my last nights strung up and pulled tight,
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