This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
You were voted most likely to have your name go up in lights
Only took a few years to see that through
Now you're most likely to end up dead alone in a hotel room
31/32
Roust the boy, smack the wife
Might have one? case tonight
Alcoholic breath, thick drool
Repetitive, belligerent, cruel
Can't get away, no hiding place
The boy hesitates, when grown he'll make the same mistakes
Grocery checkout line
Residing in the wellfare file
Child support, don't receive
Mama crying, no relief
They got no home, three kids and on her own
Revenge his name, pay back all the pain
Gutshot defender, hole inside
Shell-shocked commander, are you alright?
Gutshot defender, bloodstain bright, hold tight
Shell-shocked commander
Age adult, mother gone
Friends with dad don't really talk
Wanted to, now you're a star
Make a living milking scars
The boy hesitates, lost his way
The boy hesitates, first and last mistakes
Gutshot defender, fill the hole
There is no commander anymore
Gutshot defender will survive, yes I
You are no pretender? no pretender
You were voted most likely to have your name go up in lights
Only took a few years to see that through
Now you're most likely to end up dead alone in a hotel room
31/32
Only took a few years to see that through
Now you're most likely to end up dead alone in a hotel room
31/32
Roust the boy, smack the wife
Might have one? case tonight
Alcoholic breath, thick drool
Repetitive, belligerent, cruel
Can't get away, no hiding place
The boy hesitates, when grown he'll make the same mistakes
Grocery checkout line
Residing in the wellfare file
Child support, don't receive
Mama crying, no relief
They got no home, three kids and on her own
Revenge his name, pay back all the pain
Gutshot defender, hole inside
Shell-shocked commander, are you alright?
Gutshot defender, bloodstain bright, hold tight
Shell-shocked commander
Age adult, mother gone
Friends with dad don't really talk
Wanted to, now you're a star
Make a living milking scars
The boy hesitates, lost his way
The boy hesitates, first and last mistakes
Gutshot defender, fill the hole
There is no commander anymore
Gutshot defender will survive, yes I
You are no pretender? no pretender
You were voted most likely to have your name go up in lights
Only took a few years to see that through
Now you're most likely to end up dead alone in a hotel room
31/32
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31/32 Lyrics as written by Jerry Cantrell
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