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Rubbernecking Lyrics
Maybe my house was burning, maybe my world sits dead
Didn't notice you had vanished, I was busy rubbernecking
Breakdown looking back breaking up again, a second I better get used to
The circle in a heart is broken, and words so clear, words softly spoken
And I'd say your name, but every time
Ghost visions and sympathy, I'm still busy rubbernecking
Maybe my house was burning, maybe my world sits dead
Didn't notice you had vanished, I was busy rubbernecking
Smart eyes and hair like a ?, bright colors and a wild history
Jealousy it creeps through my veins, tell myself inside out and back again
Fake a smile 'cause it's gonna take a while
Grin and bear it every second, I'm still busy rubbernecking
Maybe my house was burning, maybe my world sits dead
Didn't notice you had vanished, I was busy rubbernecking
Maybe my house was burning, maybe my world sits dead
? I was busy rubbernecking
If you don't belong, then please don't be long
If you slip away, then I'll look forward to see you ?
Didn't notice you had vanished, I was busy rubbernecking
Breakdown looking back breaking up again, a second I better get used to
The circle in a heart is broken, and words so clear, words softly spoken
And I'd say your name, but every time
Ghost visions and sympathy, I'm still busy rubbernecking
Didn't notice you had vanished, I was busy rubbernecking
Smart eyes and hair like a ?, bright colors and a wild history
Jealousy it creeps through my veins, tell myself inside out and back again
Fake a smile 'cause it's gonna take a while
Grin and bear it every second, I'm still busy rubbernecking
Didn't notice you had vanished, I was busy rubbernecking
Maybe my house was burning, maybe my world sits dead
? I was busy rubbernecking
If you don't belong, then please don't be long
If you slip away, then I'll look forward to see you ?
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i don't know what he's actually saying after "maybe my house was burning, maybe..."
Rubbernecking is the practice of looking at a tragic event (eg a car crash), it's often used to describe cars slowing down on a motorway or crowds forming around an accident. Normally the act of rubbernecking leads to problems with movement around the incident. I reckon in the context of this song the singer was too busy looking back at the past or looking at all the problems in his relationship that he didn't even realise they had drifted apart. Or the act of rubbernecking caused him to push his lover away because they couldn't move forward, they couldn't go anyway because hw as too obsessed with the mistakes or tragedies in their relationship.