Sinner's Serenade Lyrics

Lyric discussion by itsjustluck 

Cover art for Sinner's Serenade lyrics by Cursive

This is the song my ex-boyfriend should make his soundtrack.

Someone to love And you fuck it up!"

I have talked to his friends and this seems to be a reccuring theme in his life. He doesn't think he should be happy so he goes and fucks things up. He ignores his friends, sleeps with his good friend's girlfriend, or in my case breaks up with his girlfriend so he can think about what a shitty boyfriend he was even though he wasn't. "Someone you love and you give them the kiss off."

This song is about Tim's self-inflicted pain. From listening to his other songs, one can infer that Tim has cheated on his girlfriends and his ex-wife. Tim does this in order to prove that he is a horrible man, doesn't deserve to have someone love him and he only deserves to sleep with women he picks up at bars. Tim had made it clear before in many other songs that he dispises himself. "It's like masochism."

Yes, I may see a bit calous, but doesn't that make me more qualified to understand Tim's intent?

FYI. To quote Tim himself from an interview about the album Domestica ""Kim and I never had problems with cheating on each other," Kasher said. "It's part of that fictitious relationship I wanted to write about. Some of their problems weren't necessarily about us." I think this also can be said for his other songs. If you pay attention to his writing style, you can't always take them literally. He could be being sarcastic, playing a part. You just have to pay closer attention.