The writer of this song is watching two people fall in love, and is realizing that he himself can't love.
"But I’d relax if only I could have what you have
But I can’t make new love
I’d take a hundred years to make a calm reserve
Then I’d scrape these wires over open nerve"
"I expose this life for all that I am
Some jealous kid who would do the same
If I believed in love, I don’t believe in love"
At the same time he's talking about an old love, and reminiscing about it:
"We had no business doing what we did
I was defacing buildings like a latchkey kid
We were fed up and busy on a losing bid
It was cheap and easy"
The writer of this song is watching two people fall in love, and is realizing that he himself can't love. "But I’d relax if only I could have what you have But I can’t make new love I’d take a hundred years to make a calm reserve Then I’d scrape these wires over open nerve"
"I expose this life for all that I am
Some jealous kid who would do the same If I believed in love, I don’t believe in love"
At the same time he's talking about an old love, and reminiscing about it: "We had no business doing what we did I was defacing buildings like a latchkey kid We were fed up and busy on a losing bid It was cheap and easy"