Housesitter

One of Jawbreaker's best songs, musically and lyrically. The lyrics are all first person, even though it seems to be in second person at times ("What are YOU taking so hard and why" etc.); this is because the guy is talking to himself and shows his anger at himself by referring to himself as "you" instead of "I". He's shut himself off from the rest of the world and is a pretty miserable guy, keeping to himself all the time. It is soon learned what his problem is by his expression of his tiredness of love. His failures at communication only make things worse, and he becomes more fed up with the world. But he reminds himself why things are the way they are: he did it to himself. He "burned his bridges" to the world intentionally, and he is getting exactly what he worked for. He starts to chastise himself for his misery and tells himself to suck it up. He's the one at fault, and he now has to live his new life. Finally it is learned why he is the way he is. It is over an ex-girlfriend of his (go Jawbreaker), someone that saw through his faults. She gave him many chances to make things work, but he did not try to save the relationship. Things fell apart, and he reacted by severing himself from her, and this grew to the rest of the outside world. He regrets his actions. He'd do anything to take back everything he did wrong.