Bloody Valentine

This song is about engineering a short-term relationship. Hooking up? No, "it's nothing less than true romance". Imagine there's someone I had a crush on but never got a chance to date. Years later, we get back in touch, and meet up while I travel to her city. The feeling is still there. "I can't hide how I feel about you inside" Should we kiss? But I don't kiss outside relationships. "I don't do fake love" I'm leaving too soon. "I can't stay forever" Is there a time limit on a relationship being real, though? Back in high school I never expected it to last forever. It's not as if I don't want it to last. "treat this night like it'll happen again" Is it worth giving up everything, quitting my job and moving halfway around the world just for this romance? "I might just miss the flight" This is all theoretical. "In my head, in my head" I don't have the courage to ask her, but would be open if she makes a move. "I'll take some from you tonight" The memory of this encounter will last forever. But the memory of her is already lasting forever. "She touched me it's permanent"

What will I regret more: kissing or slipping away? I don't want to regret what I do, but also I don't want to regret what I don't do. "You said you'd never have regrets" (Dizzy - Jimmy Eat World) If we do, I might be more humble and stop judging others who hooked up. "she just might save your soul, if she gets you when she gets you any closer" (Rooftops and Invitations - Dashboard Confessional) It breaks my heart to keep missing these chances. "running from the people who could love me best" (All Our Lives - Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness) Am I breaking my limits? "we think if we let this one brick fall we'll lose the whole dam wall" (The Unknown - Sherwood) What if my limits aren't perfect? "when everything is right, everything is wrong" (Little Bit Better - Sherwood) Why wait any longer? "You'll sit alone forever if you wait for the right time" (23 - Jimmy Eat World) There might not be another chance. "tonight may be the last chance we'll be given" (The Secret's In The Telling - Dashboard Confessional) This is still a relationship. "Don't think we're not serious, when's it ever not?" (Work - Jimmy Eat World) We can be more than friends. "maybe I should stay and map around your world." (Hurricane - Something Corporate) I don't want to leave though. "But there you go when I'm not done" (Ruthless - Something Corporate) I shouldn't kiss, or I'll be tempted to do it again. "Defense is paper thin just one touch and I'll be in too deep now to ever swim against the current, so let me slip away" (Vindicated - Dashboard Confessional) Let's just come right up to that limit, but not cross it. "I was so close, that was the most that I have ever been through" (Fall - Something Corporate) This is about a short-term relationship with a friend, not to "make out with a perfect stranger" (Outta My System - Simple Plan) Never mind the distance or your relationship history. "I don't care now where we live, It's not where or what or who we were with" (Time and Confusion - Anberlin) Is this disrespectful to you, though? "I will bring you down" (Handle This - Sum 41) You deserve better than me. "Save your heart for someone that's worth dying for, don't give it away" (Save Your Heart - Mayday Parade) The relationship took so long to start, and ends so quickly "It's the longest start, but the end's not too far away" (After Midnight - Blink 182) I wish the relationship could continue longer. "Everything was free and everything was fast, never even thought it wouldn't last" (Lonely World - Limp Bizkit) I worry that I wouldn't be able to break up when the time comes to leave. "I know what I should do but I just can't walk away" (Kill - Jimmy Eat World) It's so hard to stop myself. "My lungs are so numb from holding back" (Crush - Jimmy Eat World) I worry that I wouldn't be able to end it though. "But breaking down is what I found hard" (Bruised and Scarred - Mayday Parade) Right now this situation can't happen to me personally, because I have a girlfriend. I won't cheat on her. "But you're a day late and my love she's still renowned" (A Day Late - Anberlin) If this situation ever happens again when I'm single, maybe she and I will kiss when we meet. "The next time I'm in town we will kiss, girl." (Best of Me - The Starting Line) This is not about objectifying her, or just seeking pleasure. I wouldn't force, either - only if she wants to. But I don't think I could refuse. (I Won't Make You - Something Corporate) It's just words right now, not actions. "Talk, talking a lot, but it's still talk" (Let It Happen - Jimmy Eat World) I've personally experienced this kind of "曖昧 ai mei", and think way too much about what could've been.