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Backfire Lyrics
I've got some cookies from our junk food run
And here's a couple beers so
Lets go create some fun
Supplies are limited and I'm all out
Of any explanation
Of what I'm on about
I'm tired
Of having to try
To convince you if I
Go along with you it all will
Backfire
I know you had plans
Your intentions were grand
But it's out of my hands now
And it isn't the way I pictured it either
So things felt wierd but you said that's all right
That it was not a problem
And we could jut sit tight
And when you said that I was sure I cringed
Cause you had no suspicion
That I had come unhinged
Or Just tired
I cannot say which
But there's always a hitch
That will cause the whole thing to
Backfire
I know you had plans
Your intentions were grand
But it's out of my hands now
I know you'd like to be the St. Bernard
Who rushes to the rescue
When there's an avalanche
But in my panic I may pull too hard
And the novice lifeguard
Gets rushed off in the ambulance
I'm tired
I cannot seem to
Get a message to you
The the rescue you planned now has just
Backfired
I know you had plans
Your intentions were grand but it's out of my hands now
And here's a couple beers so
Lets go create some fun
Supplies are limited and I'm all out
Of any explanation
Of what I'm on about
Of having to try
To convince you if I
Go along with you it all will
Backfire
I know you had plans
Your intentions were grand
But it's out of my hands now
And it isn't the way I pictured it either
That it was not a problem
And we could jut sit tight
And when you said that I was sure I cringed
Cause you had no suspicion
That I had come unhinged
I cannot say which
But there's always a hitch
That will cause the whole thing to
Backfire
I know you had plans
Your intentions were grand
But it's out of my hands now
Who rushes to the rescue
When there's an avalanche
But in my panic I may pull too hard
And the novice lifeguard
Gets rushed off in the ambulance
I cannot seem to
Get a message to you
The the rescue you planned now has just
Backfired
I know you had plans
Your intentions were grand but it's out of my hands now
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Backfire is about this completely dysfunctional relationship between two people. One wants to be the savior and drags the other into bad situations (while having good intentions), and it keeps turning into a disaster. The other person sees this destructive pattern and tries to tell the savior how his plans aren't going to work out, but is unsuccessful in communicating this. So, basically, it's about a complete lack of communication and how it perpetuates their destructive relationship. That's my take on it.