I agree somewhat with shockdelica's interpretation, but not fully. To me it's always seemed like this is a breakup song... This explains why he can't seem to figure out what to do with himself. Feeling lonely, but not feeling like doing anything about it. Just sitting around staring into the night. The "Something about you / Something about spending the afternoon / Asleep in your arms"-bit seems like a memory, and the closing lines are like his way of convincing himself that instead of missing this someone desperately, he tries to get angry instead, you know, "trying to vent this terrible passion"... But in reality, he doesn't hate this particular someone, no matter how hard he tries.
I agree somewhat with shockdelica's interpretation, but not fully. To me it's always seemed like this is a breakup song... This explains why he can't seem to figure out what to do with himself. Feeling lonely, but not feeling like doing anything about it. Just sitting around staring into the night. The "Something about you / Something about spending the afternoon / Asleep in your arms"-bit seems like a memory, and the closing lines are like his way of convincing himself that instead of missing this someone desperately, he tries to get angry instead, you know, "trying to vent this terrible passion"... But in reality, he doesn't hate this particular someone, no matter how hard he tries.