Lyric discussion by joeydangerr 

Cover art for Spores lyrics by Say Anything

I think this song is a direct embodiment of the confusion that comes from hooking up with an ex. The song itself even seems kind of schizo, with the aggressive verses and the soft choruses.

In the first verse, he calls his ex up, and when she effectively blows him off, he gets even by starting this cat and mouse flirting thing, both playing hard to get. He's acting as if he can handle just a hookup with his ex.

Then in the chorus, he reveals that maybe he really does still care for her, and being with her again is making him miss her even more. He's figuratively drowning in her. It's sortof a losing situation because he feels happier when he's with her (left your spores inside of my empty core) and everything reminds him of her (our baby's got your eyes) but he knows that things are not the same.

Verse 2, they finally hook up, and it's violent, angry, and frustrated, essentially because he loves her, and because she's just getting off. All of the pain of their breakup with the added sexual tension caused by the aforementioned makes this hook up like a tidal wave. She then explains to him she doesn't want him, and it was just a physical thing, because she's infatuated with another.

in the next chorus, he admits that even after that, he still loves her, but he feels used, and cheap (your gaze adorned the whore you left behind)

And it ends with his anger, and and jealousy that she still left him even after he gave her everything he had to offer.

I think that i totally agree, your good at this.