Lyric discussion by dustybreeze 

Cover art for Shrine to Fast Goodbyes lyrics by Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton

love it. does anyone have a studio recording? i only have the version of her singing it live, (which is awesome still) but anyways...

"Drinks aside, it's time we tried to stay somewhere. Take my only souvenir, hold it up high, toss it off the roof. If it should break, tell me how it sounds when it lands."

i think the souvenir is her heart, im not sure why maybe because i automically associate things breaking with a broken heart.

i could never dissect every single lyric of this song and explain everything (and i wouldn't want to) but i think this song is about a boring and depressing relationship full of routines and re-runs over and over, its dark and its bleak and both of them want out but neither are willing to end it. just the song overall makes me think this.

i'm pretty sure there is no studio version of this .... which really is a shame, because it is beautiful