Lyric discussion by emohboy 

Cover art for This Ruined Puzzle lyrics by Dashboard Confessional

This song is one of my favorite songs by Chris. I had a "best" friend for some time. He copied who I was, my style, my hair, my personality, except he was an asshole. This kid ends up meeting the girl in which I've had a crush on for sooo long, and out of know where they fall in love. And I get to watch this girl whom I was friends and wanted to be more with for some time go out with...him. Then out of nowhere they break up. It turns out, he treated her like an asshole (being jealous and controlling) like he did to me and my other friends. Somehow me and her met up again...and...are at the point where we would "go out." But...she doesnt want to hurt him, it would be too unfair. So the nice guy, always the friend and there for her if she needed or wanted it, gets hurt. I guess thats not unfair. So now when I go to bed at night, I play this song as tears gently roll down my checks...it breaks my heart. I love this song, and yet, I hate it.

"Does he ever get the girl?" I sure hope so.