This is my interpretation, but I could be way off...
I kinda think this song is about old highschool friends (this is where the reference about the group splintering comes in) coming together after having been in college for awhile... he is reading her manuscript to catch up on what she has been doing in school. her "advantage" is that he's always been in love with her, and now as he watches her she's so smart and he realizes they are both growing up.
all the talk about picket fences, maybe he has always been in love with this girl and since he's maintained a close friendship with her he's hoping that maybe they could fall in love and one day end up married. but then they have a drunken hookup one night that ruins everything and makes things weird between them...
This is my interpretation, but I could be way off...
I kinda think this song is about old highschool friends (this is where the reference about the group splintering comes in) coming together after having been in college for awhile... he is reading her manuscript to catch up on what she has been doing in school. her "advantage" is that he's always been in love with her, and now as he watches her she's so smart and he realizes they are both growing up.
all the talk about picket fences, maybe he has always been in love with this girl and since he's maintained a close friendship with her he's hoping that maybe they could fall in love and one day end up married. but then they have a drunken hookup one night that ruins everything and makes things weird between them...