This has to be one of my favorite La Dispute songs. Its obviously talking about a relationship, that was based off alcohol, physical contact, and his strong attraction towards her, but she used him. I think its about his realization of how badly she had him whipped. “you’ve got your fingers snared in my veins I think its time you bulled them out, and I don’t care about the flesh it’ll tear it isn’t flesh that I’m worried about” makes that apparent, and the fact that he just wants separation, a clean break if you will, even though he knows its gonna hurt. And again she tries to come back to him, bringing drama of all of the other guys she’s got hooked. “you came back and you brought floods, wearing a necklace made of hearts that you dragged through the mud, and I guess I wasn’t quite sure what to say to you, but then I saw mine almost reached out to grab it, said, darling you’re the only one on earth I want to have it, but now I’m not so sure that was true, after the hell you put it through” so after going through it again he realized how he means just as much to her as every other heart on that necklace. And at the end I think he’s expressing his anger at all the time he wasted on her; but what is most frustrating to him, is just as he thinks he’s moved on, and he’s over it, there she is again, his passion for her refuses to die or be put out, and he’s exhausted by this.
This has to be one of my favorite La Dispute songs. Its obviously talking about a relationship, that was based off alcohol, physical contact, and his strong attraction towards her, but she used him. I think its about his realization of how badly she had him whipped. “you’ve got your fingers snared in my veins I think its time you bulled them out, and I don’t care about the flesh it’ll tear it isn’t flesh that I’m worried about” makes that apparent, and the fact that he just wants separation, a clean break if you will, even though he knows its gonna hurt. And again she tries to come back to him, bringing drama of all of the other guys she’s got hooked. “you came back and you brought floods, wearing a necklace made of hearts that you dragged through the mud, and I guess I wasn’t quite sure what to say to you, but then I saw mine almost reached out to grab it, said, darling you’re the only one on earth I want to have it, but now I’m not so sure that was true, after the hell you put it through” so after going through it again he realized how he means just as much to her as every other heart on that necklace. And at the end I think he’s expressing his anger at all the time he wasted on her; but what is most frustrating to him, is just as he thinks he’s moved on, and he’s over it, there she is again, his passion for her refuses to die or be put out, and he’s exhausted by this.