Lyric discussion by carefreedude 

Cover art for Quay lyrics by National Product

I think this song is about a relationship where the guy and the girl are trying to get back together after a really bad fight or breakup. The girl wants the guy back, and she wants him to love her just like he did in the beginning of the relationship. You know .. that happy-go-lucky, true fluffy love you feel for someone. But the guy can't because he's been hurt too bad by the fighting. As much as he wants to glue the relationship back together and be happy with the girl, he still remembers all the horrible things the girl said to him during the fight ('you spit words off the tip of your tongue, but you forget that the ears that you trust come back with everything that you said'). And so he just keeps slipping away.

This song totally rings true about how it's so hard to trust someone after a really bad breakup, especially when the breakup was the other person's fault or the other person was really mean during it. Props to NP for an amazing song!