One of my favourite Downie lyrics. It's about finding yourself in a relationship that's going nowhere but south, when the only comfort you can take from it is that you still care enough to lie to each other.
The first verse gives us a good shot of loneliness as we're outsiders on the cold sidewalk imagining the warmth we can't have. The lies end up as cheap reflections of comfort and ultimately nothing is promised. Not-quite-Hawaii for sure.
The second verse gets even more dismal with the realization that we'll end up nothing more (and nothing less sordid) than bathroom grafitti. No matter how much hope we shovel into this, sooner or later we'll be jerked back to reality.
One of my favourite Downie lyrics. It's about finding yourself in a relationship that's going nowhere but south, when the only comfort you can take from it is that you still care enough to lie to each other.
The first verse gives us a good shot of loneliness as we're outsiders on the cold sidewalk imagining the warmth we can't have. The lies end up as cheap reflections of comfort and ultimately nothing is promised. Not-quite-Hawaii for sure.
The second verse gets even more dismal with the realization that we'll end up nothing more (and nothing less sordid) than bathroom grafitti. No matter how much hope we shovel into this, sooner or later we'll be jerked back to reality.
There's nuthin' like thinking positive....