Old Hymns

My interpretation is that it's not about a relationship, at least not a romantic relationship.

I think this is about the band's relationship within itself, and then with their fans who have abandoned them or wrote them off over the years. "Old Hymns" is a reference to their early-work, because fans are always holding "Casually Dressed..." up as their career highlight, particularly as benchmark that their others albums don't quite live up to. It is also when the band were at their most popular.

"You're thinking, thinking what the fuck happened to me."

as in, what happened to Funeral for a Friend; their sound did change a bit over the years, and people (including myself) still go on about the 'old' FFAF.

What really convinced me, though, is the closing sentiments of:

"I used to mean something to you, But now I'm tired and alone. I used to mean something to you, Locked out and left here in the cold."

saying that, in their early days, FFAF used to mean something to a lot of people - they were very popular in their heyday - however, they are now less popular and those fans have abandoned them, or, metaphorically speaking, left them out in the cold. The "tired and alone" line really hits hard everytime I hear it, because I think this isn't just a reference to the fans, but also the band members. I associate that line with the earlier references to drinking instead of dealing with problems - problems which may have eventually led to the departure of two members.

It's definitely Matt's most emotional vocal performance on the album, and I think when you look at it from this perspective you can understand why. The two last verses are the best Matt has sounded in years, in my opinion.

Got a few corrections and tidied the lyrics a bit:

We're sinking, sinking into the sea, We're drinking, drinking our way to hell. There's nothing we can do to save the skin on our backs again.

So I'll just sit back and just pretend that it's all better. And I'm sinking deeper and deeper into the cracks.

Stop thinking, start making sense.

You're thinking, thinking what the fuck happened to me. You're working, working yourself into a mess. There's nothing you can do to save yourself from happiness.

So I'll just sit back and just pretend that it's all better. And I'm sinking deeper and deeper into the cracks.

Stop thinking, start making sense to me.

[Short Instrumental]

I used to mean something to you, But now I'm tired and alone. I used to mean something to you, Locked out and left you in the cold.

I used to mean something to you, But now I'm tired and alone. I used to mean something to you, Locked out and left you in the cold.

Again, thanks for that!!

Thanks for the help with the other songs, but I got the album today and there are still a few corrections.

"We're sinking, sinking into the stone,"

"So I'll just sit back and we'll just pretend that it's all better. When I'm sinking deeper and deeper into the cracks."

"Stop thinking, stop making sense."

"There's nothing you can do to save yourself from caving in."

"Locked out and left here in the cold."

I think the lyrics are fairly self-explanatory, but my take on it is that it's about a couple, where they're obviously falling apart, and for the first part of the song it's just about thinking "what the hell happened?". The one person maybe feels the other is more to blame, in that they just lost interest in the relationship.

"I used to mean something to you, but now I'm tired and alone"

"Stop thinking, start making sense to me" - The one person is thinking too much and not communicating well with the other, and is consequently losing interest in the relationship from the indecision.