kind of unclear about some parts still, but this could be about a man who was left behind in the past by an ex lover (hence the term "remainder"), and has spent much time dwelling on the pain he was burdened with.:
"And the echoes that remained
Were of old friends and lovers
Their features bleeding together in his brain"
he had since become very easily excited to jump at a new opportunity to be the upper hand, the one who leaves and not the one who is left.:
"He was always distracted
By the very mention of an open door
Because he has sworn not to be what he'd been before"
then i feel like the effects from being treated badly in his past show up to haunt him in the ending of the song. he transforms from the victim into the villain, treating his new woman the way he was previously treated. they both realize there's no solution to either of their problems without one of them ending up as the remainder, and therefore continue the damaged relationship they have, all because he swore never to be left behind again.:
"She said she never envisioned him
A type of person capable of such deceit
And they carried on like long division
Because it was clear with every page
Oh, that they were farther away
From a solution that would play"
kind of unclear about some parts still, but this could be about a man who was left behind in the past by an ex lover (hence the term "remainder"), and has spent much time dwelling on the pain he was burdened with.: "And the echoes that remained Were of old friends and lovers Their features bleeding together in his brain"
he had since become very easily excited to jump at a new opportunity to be the upper hand, the one who leaves and not the one who is left.: "He was always distracted By the very mention of an open door Because he has sworn not to be what he'd been before"
then i feel like the effects from being treated badly in his past show up to haunt him in the ending of the song. he transforms from the victim into the villain, treating his new woman the way he was previously treated. they both realize there's no solution to either of their problems without one of them ending up as the remainder, and therefore continue the damaged relationship they have, all because he swore never to be left behind again.: "She said she never envisioned him A type of person capable of such deceit
And they carried on like long division Because it was clear with every page Oh, that they were farther away From a solution that would play"