Lyric discussion by LetMeSaveYou; 

Cover art for For What Reason lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

"When your apologies fail to ring true, (you're) so slick with that sarcastic slew of phrases like "i thought you knew" while keeping me in such hot pursuit"

can somebody tell me in great detail what that means, im so slow when it comes to this stuff.

i know your comment was from 2005 and it is now 2010.. but i feel like analyzation! :p

"When your apologies fail to ring true, (you're) so slick with that sarcastic slew of phrases like "i thought you knew" while keeping me in such hot pursuit"

-the "when your apologies" line sort of means when somebody does you wrong, and you are upset, and you're like, hey that really wasn't cool, they just totally screw something up and their apologies are only said because they have to, but because they really mean it. -you're so sic with that sarcastic...