| Silversun Pickups – It's Nice to Know You Work Alone Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Like many people above I think this song is about a relationship that has come to a close. The narrator of the song was in a relationship where he/she felt very strongly towards his /her partner but never felt that same level of love in return (unrequited love). During the breakup, the former partner lets them know that they still want to be friends. I think that the word "work" in the recurring line and title of the song means work in the sense of operate or function. It's a sarcastic way of saying its nice to know that you can get along with your day to day activities w/o me. it's the beauty of confession in the sound when the levees break and all the air is wrong wrong [confession of not feeling the same way towards someone and the rush of emotions that] [follows as the levees break] redesigning the connection [changing from lovers to friendship] a composition painted on my face with a smile drawn on drawn on [trying to act like everything is cool and "be friends"] sit back and breathe [so i try to relax] it's nice to know you work alone [it's nice to know that you don't need me - sarcasm] my head is reeling [can't believe that this is happening] disembody the infection with water marks on the pillow case and all my nerves turned on [love has become an infection, get rid of it by crying and being irritable] overriding the obsession [realizing that maybe it wasnt love but it was an obsession] to take it all and be on my way [take all the benefits that were got out of the relationship and move on] dragging the lead along [like a dog that was on a lead/leash and followed their lover whereever they wanted] [and had unconditional love] but all the grace is gone ... but the reveal is gone [the relationship has come to a close, all the previous things that were there are gone] reaching the serene [finally come to the realization of what happened and are at peace with it bc there is] [a resolution] my hands stopped bleeding [i finally stopped working so hard to be with you and please you] |
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