I interpreted this song as a summer love in Rome.
Rome is usually identified with summer, lust, love and i thought that Phoenix compared summer love to the downfall of Rome.
Ex/Who's the boy you like the most (your first love)
Is he teasing you with underage? (happened at a young age)
Could he be waving from a tropical sunset?
Static silhouette somehow (memories from the future)
Single in his bed someday (he's alone thinking of the summer love)
Quiet till it falls, falls, falls
Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome
Focus looking forward the colosseum (don't worry about summer ending, just enjoy it while it lasts)
Oh no! What did I say? What can I say? (the end was inevitable)
Rome, Rome, many tears have fallen here (a place of romance, but also sadness)
I'll be driving, you look the other way (breaking up)
So yeah, i thought of it like a summer/young love that although childish, was still true love.
I interpreted this song as a summer love in Rome. Rome is usually identified with summer, lust, love and i thought that Phoenix compared summer love to the downfall of Rome. Ex/Who's the boy you like the most (your first love) Is he teasing you with underage? (happened at a young age) Could he be waving from a tropical sunset? Static silhouette somehow (memories from the future) Single in his bed someday (he's alone thinking of the summer love) Quiet till it falls, falls, falls
Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome Focus looking forward the colosseum (don't worry about summer ending, just enjoy it while it lasts) Oh no! What did I say? What can I say? (the end was inevitable) Rome, Rome, many tears have fallen here (a place of romance, but also sadness) I'll be driving, you look the other way (breaking up)
So yeah, i thought of it like a summer/young love that although childish, was still true love.
(Doesn't this remind you of the Notebook?! :P)