Goin' Home

I think the lyric is: If you're castin' out some psycho "need me" tantrum, I won't bite. Like she's freaking out because she wants him to still love her and need her, but he's moving on.

You know those break ups that get really messy because both people still love each other but they've hurt each other too badly for the relationship to ever be healthy again? I think that's what this song describes. In the beginning of the song, the speaker is still trapped in the cycle, but he breaks free from it in the end. The line "go ahead fake it" makes me think of those tearful declarations of love or doing other things to try to keep him, when really they both know that their relationship will never be back to what it was. In the beginning, he "can't shake it," so he's still susceptible to these antics. At the end, he "can't take it" so he's over it. And the line "if it's gonna be the last time, well then maybe it's alright" is really cool too. You get this image of the speaker realizing he doesn't want this anymore and trying to justify meeting with her one last time.

Obligatory personal addition: this song always kills me because it could have been written out of the perspective of my ex. I feel sympathy for the girl (or other person, whatever gender) because I imagine she's as lost as the speaker. They both miss each other, but their relationship is completely in-salvageable and he's the first one to accept that and "go home."