I think this song goes rather well with the music video. I believe that the speaker has been involved with a man in the past and they have had a very rocky relationship. He blames her for their differences and she apologizes for "being the needle that broke your back" and he won't face the truth that he was part of the failure too but he constantly reminds her of the past problems they had. ("you were here, you were here, don't look back")
Now, the guy has found a new woman "that hot new chick" and he is playing her just like he played the speaker. He will kill for this new woman, but he probably is still seeing the speaker, leaving an ambivalence. The speaker wants things to get better and work things out, but since he is with this new woman, they can never work out--but both the women know that he is in between them. The music video is very telling component to all this...the last scene especially when they are at dinner and Chan looks at him through the wine glass--he goes on acting like they are together but she has been chasing him the whole time--he's distant, seeing another woman, and won't put forth the effort she needs. yet they are still together in the end. it's bittersweet.
I think this song goes rather well with the music video. I believe that the speaker has been involved with a man in the past and they have had a very rocky relationship. He blames her for their differences and she apologizes for "being the needle that broke your back" and he won't face the truth that he was part of the failure too but he constantly reminds her of the past problems they had. ("you were here, you were here, don't look back")
Now, the guy has found a new woman "that hot new chick" and he is playing her just like he played the speaker. He will kill for this new woman, but he probably is still seeing the speaker, leaving an ambivalence. The speaker wants things to get better and work things out, but since he is with this new woman, they can never work out--but both the women know that he is in between them. The music video is very telling component to all this...the last scene especially when they are at dinner and Chan looks at him through the wine glass--he goes on acting like they are together but she has been chasing him the whole time--he's distant, seeing another woman, and won't put forth the effort she needs. yet they are still together in the end. it's bittersweet.