"His head was a city of paper buildings
And the echoes that remained"
^^ Paper building would be unstable, like the relationship that Ben is describing. Echoes would be things that the guy said to previous Ex's or what the Ex's said to him.
"Of old friends and lovers
Their features bleeding together in his brain
Once it started it's harder to tell them apart"
^^ His life is very complicated and confusing and it's becoming harder for the character to tell apart who did what to him. It's kind of self explanatory.
"He was always distracted
By the very mention of an open door
'Cause he had sworn not to be what he'd been before"
^^ Maybe, since the relationship isn't working, either the guy/girl suggest that they should have an open relationship, which would be their open door. But every time this happens, Our main character always does something to hurt his girl.
"To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder
To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder"
^^ a bit of overshadowing here. I'll talk more with the ending ones.
"The television was snowing softly
As she hunted for her keys
She said she never envisioned
Him the type of person capable of such deceit"
^^ There's static on the TV, which means there could have been a fight between the two. This would bring in the "she never envisioned" part. Whatever he did in their "open-door" relationship to hurt her, came back here. She hunts for keys, so that she get in her car and leave.
"And they carried on like long division
Cause it was clear with every page
Oh, that they were further away
From a solution that would play"
^^ Long division can take some time. It's the most time consuming way to do math. So obviously this explains that their relationship was long and tedious. In fact, their "long division" was so long that it covers pages worth. And no matter how small the tried to break the equation down, you always ended with non perfect number (i.e. 10/3).
"Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder
Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder
Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder
Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder
He has sworn not to be what he'd been before
To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder
To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder
To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder
To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder
To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder
To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder"
^^ This part is actually two different things, even though they seem very similar. "Without a remainder" part means they never found answer. Then, there is that break in the repetition it tells us that the male part of the relationship always the same thing. "...to be what he'd been before." The last repetition: "To be the remainder" notifies us that this guy, is always the remainder, in every single one of the relationships, he's always the one that ends up alone.
Well. there's my two cents (looks like ten....sorry that was an awful joke. I've been wanting to use it for a while, and it seems that I can never find a good situation for it. Oh well.)
Here's what I think of the song:
"His head was a city of paper buildings And the echoes that remained"
^^ Paper building would be unstable, like the relationship that Ben is describing. Echoes would be things that the guy said to previous Ex's or what the Ex's said to him.
"Of old friends and lovers Their features bleeding together in his brain Once it started it's harder to tell them apart"
^^ His life is very complicated and confusing and it's becoming harder for the character to tell apart who did what to him. It's kind of self explanatory.
"He was always distracted By the very mention of an open door 'Cause he had sworn not to be what he'd been before"
^^ Maybe, since the relationship isn't working, either the guy/girl suggest that they should have an open relationship, which would be their open door. But every time this happens, Our main character always does something to hurt his girl.
"To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder"
^^ a bit of overshadowing here. I'll talk more with the ending ones.
"The television was snowing softly As she hunted for her keys She said she never envisioned Him the type of person capable of such deceit"
^^ There's static on the TV, which means there could have been a fight between the two. This would bring in the "she never envisioned" part. Whatever he did in their "open-door" relationship to hurt her, came back here. She hunts for keys, so that she get in her car and leave.
"And they carried on like long division Cause it was clear with every page Oh, that they were further away From a solution that would play"
^^ Long division can take some time. It's the most time consuming way to do math. So obviously this explains that their relationship was long and tedious. In fact, their "long division" was so long that it covers pages worth. And no matter how small the tried to break the equation down, you always ended with non perfect number (i.e. 10/3).
"Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder
He has sworn not to be what he'd been before
To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder"
^^ This part is actually two different things, even though they seem very similar. "Without a remainder" part means they never found answer. Then, there is that break in the repetition it tells us that the male part of the relationship always the same thing. "...to be what he'd been before." The last repetition: "To be the remainder" notifies us that this guy, is always the remainder, in every single one of the relationships, he's always the one that ends up alone.
Well. there's my two cents (looks like ten....sorry that was an awful joke. I've been wanting to use it for a while, and it seems that I can never find a good situation for it. Oh well.)