Lyric discussion by GoldenX 

Cover art for Obstacle 1 lyrics by Interpol

SHE PASSED AWAY!?!? LOL. Very funny. Anyways, since we all know the actual lyrics, I wont post them. But i will say that Def Linus definitely is on the right path with this song.

I think that the speaker and the girl are very good friends, and they have had such amazing times together. The problem is that he wants more than friendship, and this frightens her because she is so accustomed to their friendship. I think she fears their friendship would be ruined by making their relationship into a romance. "She can read" i believe means that she can read into the situation, like how things will turn out. She sees it as going bad, he sees is as things can get better "we can cap the old times". She packs it away is her packing her feelings for him away.

The whole things makes his heart heavy, knowing that she has "killed" the possibility of them being together.

Just my interpretation. I think it fits well with the lyrics. Any thoughts?