Let me first say I think our guy has very deep feelings for this girl, but she doesn’t reciprocate.
This song also touches on themes of addiction, dependence, regret, hurt and ‘being used’
The girl is using him: maybe as a rebound after a messy break-up, or just for sex, because she knows she can. “Like a cigarette,” she needs him, but will burn him – burn in this sense implying ‘dump.’
He can’t resist, he gives in – ‘do what you want’ – partly cause he’s so attracted to her, partly cause he’s dependent (she’s like a drug; he’s ‘drinking’), but also because, on some weird level, he wants to make her feel better.
But he’s caught off-guard everytime because it’s so intense (from his point of view). He really wants her badly, but for more than just sex. He regrets the flings and always will but keeps doing it; it’s his drug. It’s bad for him (poison) and he knows it; it messes with his feelings and stops him from getting over her.
Still, he keeps giving in, with the pathetic hope it’ll mean something more next time – ‘right, right, better next time, stay on my side tonight’.
Anyone know the feeling? When you’re holding out for something you know won’t/can’t happen but you keep holding out, because wallowing in ‘what could be’ makes you feel better and is easier than facing the facts.
That’s just my reading of it guys, no doubt influenced by personal experiences.
anyone heard Sic Transit Gloria by Brand New?
completely different sound but some overlap of meaning.
Let me first say I think our guy has very deep feelings for this girl, but she doesn’t reciprocate. This song also touches on themes of addiction, dependence, regret, hurt and ‘being used’
The girl is using him: maybe as a rebound after a messy break-up, or just for sex, because she knows she can. “Like a cigarette,” she needs him, but will burn him – burn in this sense implying ‘dump.’
He can’t resist, he gives in – ‘do what you want’ – partly cause he’s so attracted to her, partly cause he’s dependent (she’s like a drug; he’s ‘drinking’), but also because, on some weird level, he wants to make her feel better.
But he’s caught off-guard everytime because it’s so intense (from his point of view). He really wants her badly, but for more than just sex. He regrets the flings and always will but keeps doing it; it’s his drug. It’s bad for him (poison) and he knows it; it messes with his feelings and stops him from getting over her.
Still, he keeps giving in, with the pathetic hope it’ll mean something more next time – ‘right, right, better next time, stay on my side tonight’.
Anyone know the feeling? When you’re holding out for something you know won’t/can’t happen but you keep holding out, because wallowing in ‘what could be’ makes you feel better and is easier than facing the facts.
That’s just my reading of it guys, no doubt influenced by personal experiences.
anyone heard Sic Transit Gloria by Brand New?
completely different sound but some overlap of meaning.
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