I don't think this song is about a break-up at all. I think Rob "disguised" it as such, but really it's an internal dialog between two halves of a self-destructive person (potentially drugs "take a hit now", but not necessarily). It came together after seeing the video for the first time recently, in which Rob is running away from someone the entire song, only to have that person catch him...and it's Rob himself. Then I paid attention to the lyrics, and it makes sense.
First verses that begin "Don't you wanna go for a ride" are the destructive side of him trying to tempt him to do something he knows is wrong..."make the most out of life; don't take it for granted".
The rest of the song is him convincing himself not to give in to the temptation. Particularly the bridge of the song, talking to the "other" half of himself he doesn't want to need any more:
"You're not the best thing that I knew
Never was never cared too much
For all this hanging around
It's just the same thing all the time
Never get what I want
Never get too close to the end of the line
You're just the same thing that I knew back before the time When I was only for you"
All the reasons why he shouldn't indulge.
Then the chorus, of course, he breaks his own heart by giving in to temptation: "This is it now...Take a Hit Now, feel it break down...."
Like many of Rob's songs, the meanings are bewteen the lines, but the songs, particularly this one, are great on whatever level you enjoy it at. But once I interpreted it as such, this song got way cooler for me. Not just a typical "heartbreak" song indeed.
I don't think this song is about a break-up at all. I think Rob "disguised" it as such, but really it's an internal dialog between two halves of a self-destructive person (potentially drugs "take a hit now", but not necessarily). It came together after seeing the video for the first time recently, in which Rob is running away from someone the entire song, only to have that person catch him...and it's Rob himself. Then I paid attention to the lyrics, and it makes sense.
First verses that begin "Don't you wanna go for a ride" are the destructive side of him trying to tempt him to do something he knows is wrong..."make the most out of life; don't take it for granted".
The rest of the song is him convincing himself not to give in to the temptation. Particularly the bridge of the song, talking to the "other" half of himself he doesn't want to need any more: "You're not the best thing that I knew Never was never cared too much For all this hanging around It's just the same thing all the time Never get what I want Never get too close to the end of the line You're just the same thing that I knew back before the time When I was only for you" All the reasons why he shouldn't indulge.
Then the chorus, of course, he breaks his own heart by giving in to temptation: "This is it now...Take a Hit Now, feel it break down...."
Like many of Rob's songs, the meanings are bewteen the lines, but the songs, particularly this one, are great on whatever level you enjoy it at. But once I interpreted it as such, this song got way cooler for me. Not just a typical "heartbreak" song indeed.