To me, this song really sounds like a declaration regarding those failed couples that try to start over again as friends with benefits. Stuff like "...and we're really not that lonesome" and "wipe the slate clean" all lends to that idea, but for me what really does it is the way he ends the second verse with "Sounds so good, I can barely bring myself to mention/it's just my sad, sad invention". It really seems like what he's saying is that once something's complicated, you can't make it simple again. Just my two cents.
To me, this song really sounds like a declaration regarding those failed couples that try to start over again as friends with benefits. Stuff like "...and we're really not that lonesome" and "wipe the slate clean" all lends to that idea, but for me what really does it is the way he ends the second verse with "Sounds so good, I can barely bring myself to mention/it's just my sad, sad invention". It really seems like what he's saying is that once something's complicated, you can't make it simple again. Just my two cents.