French Vacation

This song is about suddenly losing a connection. He is singing about his friend and they lost connection; they are no longer on the same page, hence "Hey where'd you go/ I remember when all our plans were to meet at home." And when he thinks that their bond is back on track, "Hey I'm glad you've finally caught up", he thinks they're on the same page again "Just go get a lounge", "Been drank on my own" just expresses his coping with losing this bond with his friend "Hey where'd you go?"

It is a very melancholy song that laments about losing a friendship, a connection so beautiful that suddenly disappears.

i always thought it was "I've left my friend/ oh, the train came in on time"

this song reminds me of being back home, before everyone started growing up and living their own lives.

At the end of the song, i thought he sang "avenge you" ... Great song

Lyrics are wrong:

I've left my friend Of drinking in on time But he never showed up But he speaks french he's fine And I'm..

Where did you go; Where did you go I should have known I should have known Hey I'm glad you've finally caught up Just go get a lounge; Been drank on my own Hey where'd you go?

Hey where'd you go? I remember when all our plans were to meet at home Where'd you go? Where'd you go?

Hmm, this is how I've always interpreted these lyrics:

I've left my friend Our train came in on time But he never showed up Well he speaks french he is fine alone

Where did you go? Where did you go? I should have known I should have known Hey, I'm glad you've finally caught up Just to get around It's been a drag on my own

Hey where'd you go? I remember when our plans were to meet at home You made it home Where'd you go? Where'd you go?

As you can see, I think this song is quite literally about some guys on a vacation in France who accidentally leave their friend behind, only to have him catch up later on. The implied fraternalism in the song makes sense, considering most of band's members met while attending an elite DC prep school. Such establishments encourage very insular, familial like bonds between classmates. It's one of the ways they consolidate power and maintain that aforementioned eliteness.

But anyway, I think the fact that the song is about something so benign makes it really unique. It may be just the recounting of completely inconsequential event, but it's performed with a ton of wistfulness. That delivery would make sense if the song was reflecting on it in the preterite, but being instead that it wavers between both present and past tenses, it makes it all the more charming. Pretty smart song.