Lyric discussion by lostinspace 

Cover art for Chelsea lyrics by Counting Crows

To me this is about that..point of no return (stage) in a relationship where you know you/she moved on for the right reason(s) but you still spend most of your waking hours...just trying to come to terms with that and the only way you can really do that is to ..kind of feel sorry for yourself and just wallow for a while. "I never had light in my eyes anyway." i think the "Something about the buildings in Chelsea just kills me", might be about how, when if someone else can build something so lasting. why cant I? or maybe something happened in Chelsea with him and his ex...and it just cuts him up everytime he goes there beacause it was so nice...and he cant go back.