Lyric discussion by Huh? 

Cover art for I Miss New Wave lyrics by Matthew Good Band

"and watching you walk away so go on it's OK see baby i got something right see baby i got something right"

What he means by this is: "something right" is a directed reference to the relationship he had with his girlfriend. The thing he got right was letting her go. I dunno how accurate this is, just my opinion (obviously).

By the way, Beautiful line:

when the world is screaming miss new wave and real intent