Peach

in general, the song is about a dude and girl. the dude knowingly treats his girl poorly, but the girl never leaves the dude, for whatever reason. she threatens to leave him, though, but never does.

This song is about a guy who really loves a girl but feels that his flaws will gert in the way and get her hurt but is grateful to her for sticking with him

I agree with lactate 100% as a literal interpretation, but I wanted to share my personal interpretation of the song.

It reminds me of myself (a girl) and my little sister.

I know that might seem strange but hear me out...

When I hear this song I imagine us singing the lines back and forth to each other. For the most part, there isn't a line that doesn't remind me of our relationship (she really is the reason I smile when everything else sucks) but I want to clarify a couple of lines:

One day you will find someone who will love you like you deserve But tonight I'm the only one left and I'm betting it's a fact that you will never learn

It's sort of, kind of abusive sounding for a couple, however for sisters I imagine it meaning that one day she'll meet a guy that deserves her, but for now, I feel like I'm the only one who loves her unconstitutionally (same vise versa: one day I'll find someone who will love me even more than my sister). And the "I'm betting it's a fact that you will never learn" is because we are both so involved with our friends that we don't realize the girl standing next to us through every friend that has left."Cause once I finally hit the ground, who's gonna drag me into the light?" (the fact we'll never learn is: "we only have each other")

Once I sink my teeth, your skin's not so tough I'll leave a tiny cut, there'll be a lot of blood But once you wipe it up you will feel better about our entire situation

I think of it as a metaphor for opening up to someone about your problems and feeling better for it after. The tiny cut that cause so much blood suggests that the problem isn't that big a deal and mostly over reaction/underlying problems and once the "blood is wiped away" (the problem has been talked through) you see the actual, small issue and everything is better

There are other small details that this song reminds me of us singing back and forth like my personality being like earth and hers like fire Her:You are my earth Me: you are my sun

She's very organized and by the book like a clock but I'm practical and have to remind her of simple things Me:You are my clock Her: keep me on time

She's social and popular and I keep to the background Me: you are my light Her: no need to hide

Since I'm not very social I say weird or even mean things off hand Me: You say I should think before I talk

I do bad in school, but she does fantastic and wants me to focus more but I think she takes takes things to seriously Her: you say I shouldn't think about my life

Maybe it's just me but i don't get basic standard indie love song vibes from this.

I know the peach/plum/earth/sun part is cute and quotable and catchy but the entire rest of the song kind of hints at statutory rape or maybe just someone taking advantage sexually in general.

Definitely creeps me out.