And all our sins come back to haunt us in the end,
To hang around and tap us on the shoulder,
And smile
Silent
It's all implied.
"You'll die trying to live this down.
You might as well forget it."
Still, I'm convinced that wondering what if is The worst thing there is,
So we bottled and shelved
All our regrets,
Let them ferment and came back to our senses,
Drove back home and slept a few days
Woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be
All these lines fall short of what I had in mind,
A failed attempt to capsulize a feeling,
So I just try fail and try and try again,
Someday I swear I'm going to get it,
Because I'm convinced that giving in is the Worst thing there is
So we bottled and shelved
All our regrets,
Let them ferment and came back to our senses,
Drove back home and slept a few days
Woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be
We'll get over it
Sad, strong, safe and sober
We'll move forward
And know where we went wrong
But, "You can't go home again"
So we bottled and shelved
All our regrets,
Let them ferment and came back to our senses,
Drove back home and slept a few days
Woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be
To hang around and tap us on the shoulder,
And smile
Silent
It's all implied.
"You'll die trying to live this down.
You might as well forget it."
Still, I'm convinced that wondering what if is The worst thing there is,
So we bottled and shelved
All our regrets,
Let them ferment and came back to our senses,
Drove back home and slept a few days
Woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be
All these lines fall short of what I had in mind,
A failed attempt to capsulize a feeling,
So I just try fail and try and try again,
Someday I swear I'm going to get it,
Because I'm convinced that giving in is the Worst thing there is
So we bottled and shelved
All our regrets,
Let them ferment and came back to our senses,
Drove back home and slept a few days
Woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be
We'll get over it
Sad, strong, safe and sober
We'll move forward
And know where we went wrong
But, "You can't go home again"
So we bottled and shelved
All our regrets,
Let them ferment and came back to our senses,
Drove back home and slept a few days
Woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be
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i felt, knowing this, that this song was about the breakup
"so we bottled and Shelved all our regrets"
its saying, we were different, and we didnt think about the future.
i love this song...
but he doesn't want to give up. he wants to give this one last try, because he doesn't want to be left wondering "what if we could have fixed it?" (still, i'm convinced that wondering what if is the worst thing there is).
so they're going to try again. they're going to take some time off to think about where they went wrong, to cool off their feelings, then try at it again. (so we bottled and shelved all our regrets / let them ferment and came back to our senses / drove back home and slept a few days / woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be)
but it's not like it used to be, it's not what he imagined. (all these lines fall short of what i had in mind / a failed attempt to capsulize a feeling / so i just try fail and try and try again / someday i swear i'm going to get it) they can't revive what they had before this. but he STILL doesn't want to give up. he's just going to keep on trying, even though it's becoming pretty clear that this relationship is officially doomed.
and he knows that eventually whatever fight or bad thing they're going through, they'll get over it eventually (we'll get over it / sad, strong, safe and sober). things will move on and seem normal, and even though they can maybe be together again and know what they did wrong the last time and how not to do it again, it will never ever be like it used to be. (we'll move fo rward / and know where we went wrong / but "you can't go home again.")
lyrical genius....
what more is there to say?