with a girl who seems alright and another one who's better
i don't know if i lied when i said we're not together
but i tried to talk to you and somehow you seem gone
Refer to the same girl - she seems like two people, perhaps in her actions or merely in his hopeful mind. One still wants to be with him, the other doesn't, two fighting personalities. He's unsure of what the situation actually is. And any time he tries to talk to her about it she doesn't respond the way he's hoping.
I was under the impression that the lines:
with a girl who seems alright and another one who's better i don't know if i lied when i said we're not together but i tried to talk to you and somehow you seem gone
Refer to the same girl - she seems like two people, perhaps in her actions or merely in his hopeful mind. One still wants to be with him, the other doesn't, two fighting personalities. He's unsure of what the situation actually is. And any time he tries to talk to her about it she doesn't respond the way he's hoping.