It's Not You It's Me

drinks only gin says its how to get thin

Thank you so much ghosts! I knew I wasn't getting that one line and I was hoping for a kind soul to come along and tell me, thank you for your help!

I think it's actually "drinks only gin, says it's how to keep thin"

Thank you too Ash L! That helps, probably someone who already is thin, keeping thin. (When I was listening to it, I kept hearing "drinks only gin, says its Atticus Finch" which I knew was completely off!) Thanks! :)

Is this song talking about a girl who has an eating disorder? maybe bulimia? I don't know, the part that made me think that was this:

"Drinks only gin, says it's how to keep thin And she’s crying after every meal Lord you don’t know how you’re making me feel"

And when he says you look older I can tell by your hands... when you are bulimic you do end up looking older after purging especially if you have been doing it for awhile because you get dark circles under your eyes, as well as a lot of other complications. Your hands can also get very dry... i think i read that somewhere.

When he says in the first verse "how you've come back in style".. reminds me of how being really "thin" is in right now... especially what they portray in the media through celebs such as Nicole Richie, Lindsay, Keira. I mean, I guess the pressure for girls to be thin was always around, but especially these days... we see these pictures of stars looking so emaciated on the covers of magazines and on tv and I know a lot of girls do look up to them and want to look like that.

Maybe this girl wants to get better...but it's a lot harder to actually follow through with the actions. It's hard for him to see her going through this, and he doesn't know what he can do to help her. There is nothing he can do or say to help her or heal her. He feels helpless and is saying "I just can't go on".

I don't know...this is what I thought about when I heard this song.

i think this song is about his ex zooey deschanel..

I kept hearing Atticus Finch too! I love this song so, so much.

maybe i'm interpreting this too personally, but i think it's about getting back with an ex and knowing it's not the same and knowing it won't really work, and that you both will be happier off together, but it's just too comfortable to leave.

ooops. i meant happier off apart.

I felt like it was him comforting his ex because she wants to stay together with him but he wants to move on. He feels really bad but it's unfair to her to keep up the charade.