[we pulled up; our coats on...
cause once we get out,
it'll be the only way we have of staying warm; ]
I think this is saying that they need to talk the coats and 'staying warm' are what is keeping them together. And so they need that if they want their relationship to last.
[my thoughts were left at the back door; you slipped on them, hit the wood floor
and foolishly, I helped you up;
and carried you to the stairs,
but they broke from the weight of our conversation;
we fell through the ground and into the basement;
the laundry broke our fall;
strategically placed because I planned on this the night before. ]
This is talking about how they tried talking but she would get upset but each time they he would forgive her. Its saying how they're conversation was really deep and serious and that they kept aguing and it was difficult but he wanted to keep it together so he planned on a way to keep it from going to far and completely ruining their relationship... that's the laundry metaphor. He knew what was going to happen, so I planned a way to prevent it
The chorus is pretty much self explanatory.
[we took off our coats cause we finally realized that it's not the weather that was making us feel cold. my thoughts still left at the back door and you still bothering me for not looking you straight in the eyes, but I'm not this time; so I looked right through you to the passing trees and focused on just one; you asked 'why is everything so different after dark?' I told you this once, but you took it with a grain of salt.]
This is saying how he was having a hard time saying his side of things [thoughts, opinons, etc.] And that she was getting upset at him because of it. So he did the best he could to explain it to her, but she still didn't understand it.
Idk there's more to this thats too difficult to explain but this is the just of what I got from it.
[we pulled up; our coats on... cause once we get out, it'll be the only way we have of staying warm; ]
I think this is saying that they need to talk the coats and 'staying warm' are what is keeping them together. And so they need that if they want their relationship to last.
[my thoughts were left at the back door; you slipped on them, hit the wood floor and foolishly, I helped you up; and carried you to the stairs, but they broke from the weight of our conversation; we fell through the ground and into the basement; the laundry broke our fall; strategically placed because I planned on this the night before. ]
This is talking about how they tried talking but she would get upset but each time they he would forgive her. Its saying how they're conversation was really deep and serious and that they kept aguing and it was difficult but he wanted to keep it together so he planned on a way to keep it from going to far and completely ruining their relationship... that's the laundry metaphor. He knew what was going to happen, so I planned a way to prevent it
The chorus is pretty much self explanatory.
[we took off our coats cause we finally realized that it's not the weather that was making us feel cold. my thoughts still left at the back door and you still bothering me for not looking you straight in the eyes, but I'm not this time; so I looked right through you to the passing trees and focused on just one; you asked 'why is everything so different after dark?' I told you this once, but you took it with a grain of salt.]
This is saying how he was having a hard time saying his side of things [thoughts, opinons, etc.] And that she was getting upset at him because of it. So he did the best he could to explain it to her, but she still didn't understand it.
Idk there's more to this thats too difficult to explain but this is the just of what I got from it.
Its suchhhhh a good song though