Lyric discussion by CÆT 

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

"He wants something more raw, more left to chance, more real (miss new wave and real intents). "

Okay, that makes sense.

It's like life is such a load of bullshit, it's so phony, so overproduced, it's monotonous and sucky ... and if the song relates to a relationship, maybe that's what that it was like too. You're going to miss all those moments that were real.