Yeah, I think this is about casual sex, like solomi says, and I think the geographical bits are about how when you have one night stands and stuff for some people the other person's just a conquest, nothing more. And when he says fingerprints in the second verse, not fingertips, that's also somehow less personal, more, well, clinical.
As for the bare ankles bit and the ending, 'bare ankles used to mean adventure' = the flirting, thrill of the chase type bit when you are excited about a real relationship, which is lost in a fling, so 'with you they still do' = they don't have this bond of caring for each other.
Love this song.
Yeah, I think this is about casual sex, like solomi says, and I think the geographical bits are about how when you have one night stands and stuff for some people the other person's just a conquest, nothing more. And when he says fingerprints in the second verse, not fingertips, that's also somehow less personal, more, well, clinical. As for the bare ankles bit and the ending, 'bare ankles used to mean adventure' = the flirting, thrill of the chase type bit when you are excited about a real relationship, which is lost in a fling, so 'with you they still do' = they don't have this bond of caring for each other. Love this song.