This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Run the water 'til it scalds you know that I'm listening
Pitter-patter runs the shower hits the bare porcelain
Watch the dirt run down the plughole, hear an echo within
They described you nude in detail, I knew everything
An artist's impression of the Manhattan skyline
And a soon to be burned scar in the perfect shape of the sooner state
I fall to my knees
My piss-soaked jeans
The first time, the last time, all the times in-between
The first time, the last time, all the times I would've liked there to have been
I can't believe I chose the mountains every time you chose the sea
Pitter-patter runs the shower hits the bare porcelain
Watch the dirt run down the plughole, hear an echo within
They described you nude in detail, I knew everything
An artist's impression of the Manhattan skyline
And a soon to be burned scar in the perfect shape of the sooner state
I fall to my knees
My piss-soaked jeans
The first time, the last time, all the times in-between
The first time, the last time, all the times I would've liked there to have been
I can't believe I chose the mountains every time you chose the sea
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willc93 is spot on. the last line is just a conceited metaphor. i can't believe i went one way, you went the other.
i think he the relationship just dissolved, and he's bemoaning that, i certainly don't think there's death involved, though TSIAGPTTOTF and TIAF:TISNW both point to the fact that it could be. i just don't choose to think so.