Here's my interpretation, it's a pretty personal song to me.
"You’ve got nowhere to go but up
To where you’ll dine with foreign kings
You can’t forget about our tryst
And all those other fleeting things"
I guess it introduces the song very bluntly with the narrarator (Max) being in a relationship issue and the relationship has ended. He is saying she has nowhere to go but up from him and find better guys, but he's not going to let her forget about his times with her.
"And will they train you like a dog
And will they walk you down my streets
The wind will whistle our old songs
The ones I’ll always keep"
The new guy will tell him whatever he wants and she'll believe him, and do some of the same things he did, and he knows it.
"You’ve got nowhere to go
Whoa whoa
Nowhere to go
Whoa whoa
Nowhere to go
Whoa whoa
Nowhere to go
Whoa whoa"
Basically saying you can't do better than me.
"I’ve got a bone to pick with you
About the argument we had
The day you got into that cab
And said my world is in your past"
He wants to talk things over about why she left him and got out of his life, but she doesn't seem willing to.
"There must be something wrong with me
My mind is just a sickly little alibi
And why am I surprised
You’re giving up on me
Goodbye
The words you’re wielding like a knife"
She gave up on him, and she's holding the fact that she left him over him and it's making him sick and making him feel down on himself.
Here's my interpretation, it's a pretty personal song to me.
"You’ve got nowhere to go but up To where you’ll dine with foreign kings You can’t forget about our tryst And all those other fleeting things" I guess it introduces the song very bluntly with the narrarator (Max) being in a relationship issue and the relationship has ended. He is saying she has nowhere to go but up from him and find better guys, but he's not going to let her forget about his times with her.
"And will they train you like a dog And will they walk you down my streets The wind will whistle our old songs The ones I’ll always keep" The new guy will tell him whatever he wants and she'll believe him, and do some of the same things he did, and he knows it.
"You’ve got nowhere to go Whoa whoa Nowhere to go Whoa whoa Nowhere to go Whoa whoa Nowhere to go Whoa whoa" Basically saying you can't do better than me.
"I’ve got a bone to pick with you About the argument we had The day you got into that cab And said my world is in your past" He wants to talk things over about why she left him and got out of his life, but she doesn't seem willing to.
"There must be something wrong with me My mind is just a sickly little alibi And why am I surprised You’re giving up on me Goodbye The words you’re wielding like a knife" She gave up on him, and she's holding the fact that she left him over him and it's making him sick and making him feel down on himself.