This song is an almost perfect reflection of what I felt when I had to break up with this girl I had a great relationship with. This song talk about her "history" full of "scandals and secrets" and how she wears the "hearts shapes in ink" on her "sleeve." Clearly this indicates that this particular girl has a lot of heartbreaking secrets in her past (more than likely they're sexual in nature considering "how easy [she] undressed"), and she won't let the singer forget it. These sins have become who she is and what she talks about.
The knowledge of such sin in a loved one's past are "burning in [the singer's] chest", and as indicated by the heavy-hearted line, "[t]he truth hurts and you're killing me," this is why he is breaking up with her. Everyone remembers the last drive home from their ex-girlfriend's house, and this is reminiscent of such an event, where all you can do in the driver's seat is think about the relationship you've just ended (or are about to end).
It would be easy to judge both parties, him for not forgiving completely, and the other for rubbing her past in his face. However as shown by the lines "You're so the one-liner / I'm such the critic", their natures don't allow for such a high tensity relationship to continue.
He's got reasons for this, and so did I. Even if they didn't seem like such good reasons at the time, it was for the best.
This song is an almost perfect reflection of what I felt when I had to break up with this girl I had a great relationship with. This song talk about her "history" full of "scandals and secrets" and how she wears the "hearts shapes in ink" on her "sleeve." Clearly this indicates that this particular girl has a lot of heartbreaking secrets in her past (more than likely they're sexual in nature considering "how easy [she] undressed"), and she won't let the singer forget it. These sins have become who she is and what she talks about. The knowledge of such sin in a loved one's past are "burning in [the singer's] chest", and as indicated by the heavy-hearted line, "[t]he truth hurts and you're killing me," this is why he is breaking up with her. Everyone remembers the last drive home from their ex-girlfriend's house, and this is reminiscent of such an event, where all you can do in the driver's seat is think about the relationship you've just ended (or are about to end). It would be easy to judge both parties, him for not forgiving completely, and the other for rubbing her past in his face. However as shown by the lines "You're so the one-liner / I'm such the critic", their natures don't allow for such a high tensity relationship to continue. He's got reasons for this, and so did I. Even if they didn't seem like such good reasons at the time, it was for the best.