System Lyrics

Lyric discussion by E_m 

Cover art for System lyrics by Archive

In my opinion, it's about a guy who has a fucked up relationship like a sadistic one, where they both make themselves suffer and hurt each other. I can imagine something like : the guy made a test to see if the girl was faithfull in order to break with her cause he's so scared of relationships that he thinks it couldn't work anyway ('i love, your love so i can fuck it up') and found out something he shouldn't have known about her ('now i can't trust you') and then the girl doesn't want him anymore ('now i can't touch you') and he's blaming himself for having searched in the girl's stuff and wants her back, ready to forget everything ('i'd drain my brain if only i could have you'). But both are in a crazy relationship where emotions are multiply by one billion, so they're hurting each other ('it breaks me down and make you suck'). This song is about two persons who are so much in love that they're always scared to be left by the other, so unconsciously they put a end on the relationship before they get hurt.

By the way, i much prefered the last singer.