Lyric discussion by JustinPM 

Cover art for Dissolve lyrics by Jenny Owen Youngs

I think it's about either a bad date or a bad relationship. It makes me think a bad date because of the "we gave each other proof we were there", like they have proof to show friends that they went to the date. It seems a very cynical song, like the date took a turn for the very worst, insults. Saying that she's fit to be abused or something. Very odd lyrics on this one, but my favorite song off of the new album.

My Interpretation

from daytrotter.com:

"I wrote "Dissolve" while experiencing a new kind of break-up for the first time: a slow fade rather than the fiery, passionate blazes to which I grew accustomed during the drunken haze of my college years. Looking backwards, I think of that as my first "grown up" split; what it says about me that I regard slowly watching things melt down to nothingness as the mature way for a relationship to end, I'm not quite sure."