I think this song is about jealousy. The narrator of the song is in a relationship with a girl who is seeing her ex boyfriend. "He can't forget you, you're quite a find" speaks about how her ex boyfriend wants her back, and even though the narrator knows that the girl does not want her ex boyfriend back, he feels jealous and can't help thinking about the two of them together. "In my mind I see how he gets you to close your eyes"
"A kiss is half promise, half warning" I think this is about how the girl tries to reassure him that she does not want her ex back, as in, she is giving him a kiss to promise him nothing is going to happen but also to warn him not to become jealous.
The narrator is asking himself why his girlfriend is seeing her ex, "Why would you bother to hang around?" Because to him, she could hang out with any other guy "There will be others to frown upon, if it turns you on", but the fact that she is seeing her ex is killing him. The narrator feels inferior to her ex boyfriend and is afraid that she might go back to him, but to console himself he is thinking of the little things that makes him feel better "But he's got the worst taste in music If I didn't know this I'd lose it".
I think this song is about jealousy. The narrator of the song is in a relationship with a girl who is seeing her ex boyfriend. "He can't forget you, you're quite a find" speaks about how her ex boyfriend wants her back, and even though the narrator knows that the girl does not want her ex boyfriend back, he feels jealous and can't help thinking about the two of them together. "In my mind I see how he gets you to close your eyes"
"A kiss is half promise, half warning" I think this is about how the girl tries to reassure him that she does not want her ex back, as in, she is giving him a kiss to promise him nothing is going to happen but also to warn him not to become jealous.
The narrator is asking himself why his girlfriend is seeing her ex, "Why would you bother to hang around?" Because to him, she could hang out with any other guy "There will be others to frown upon, if it turns you on", but the fact that she is seeing her ex is killing him. The narrator feels inferior to her ex boyfriend and is afraid that she might go back to him, but to console himself he is thinking of the little things that makes him feel better "But he's got the worst taste in music If I didn't know this I'd lose it".