The song is about former band member Jeremy Davis.
Jeremy's girlfriend was a model, and he told the band that he wanted to marry her. She later, however, showed to be anorexic. Being in a band, having an anorexic girlfriend, wanting to marry her; it was just all to much for Jeremy to deal with and he had to make a choice.
One day he decided to leave the band to be with his girlfriend and help her with her problems, and to get married to her. He left a note to the band saying:
"There's so much going on...the pressure's getting closer now...You're better off without me."
The song takes that line and incorporates it into itself (that's why it's WE'RE better off, instead of I'm, it's the band in general that he left the note to).
The song is about how they didn't want him to leave, and they're sad that he just left like that.
The lines; "Somethings I'll never know
And I had to let them go
Somethings I'll never know
And I had to let them go
But I'm sitting all alone
Feeling empty"
are about that. About how they don't know why he left, about their confusion over it and where he went. Ultimately they found him, they found out what happened, and he eventually returned to the band when things had settled down.
The beginning, where it seems like a break up song, is about wondering what it was all for. They wonder if he enjoyed his time with them, if they meant much to him, and at the same time it's wondering if the time he's spending now is worth it. If the time spent on his girlfriend has paid off. (Just one of the things they'll never know)
As a whole, it's like a message to him. That they miss him, they hope he's okay and happy, and that while he say's they're better off without him; right now they still miss him and feel alone/empty without him.
The song is about former band member Jeremy Davis.
Jeremy's girlfriend was a model, and he told the band that he wanted to marry her. She later, however, showed to be anorexic. Being in a band, having an anorexic girlfriend, wanting to marry her; it was just all to much for Jeremy to deal with and he had to make a choice.
One day he decided to leave the band to be with his girlfriend and help her with her problems, and to get married to her. He left a note to the band saying: "There's so much going on...the pressure's getting closer now...You're better off without me."
The song takes that line and incorporates it into itself (that's why it's WE'RE better off, instead of I'm, it's the band in general that he left the note to). The song is about how they didn't want him to leave, and they're sad that he just left like that.
The lines; "Somethings I'll never know And I had to let them go Somethings I'll never know And I had to let them go But I'm sitting all alone Feeling empty" are about that. About how they don't know why he left, about their confusion over it and where he went. Ultimately they found him, they found out what happened, and he eventually returned to the band when things had settled down.
The beginning, where it seems like a break up song, is about wondering what it was all for. They wonder if he enjoyed his time with them, if they meant much to him, and at the same time it's wondering if the time he's spending now is worth it. If the time spent on his girlfriend has paid off. (Just one of the things they'll never know)
As a whole, it's like a message to him. That they miss him, they hope he's okay and happy, and that while he say's they're better off without him; right now they still miss him and feel alone/empty without him.