Looks like this song is a case of a girl who has gotten too good for the man she's been with. They used to be on the same level but aren't anymore. I would go further and say she's gotten a career upgrade of some sort, maybe she "made it big" and she has moved and can't take him with her. (I made it and now there's no turning back) Her new life has made her think she deserves better now that she's in the spotlight.. When she says "if it's your name in lights and the time is yours, you'd be on your back you'd be on this floor", this had an interesting double meaning to me. It either means "you'd be doing the same thing if you were in my shoes", or "you'd be the guy on the floor with me if circumstances were different".
The song title, other than it's obvious use in the chorus, also describes how the boy feels. Cut out, not making the "cut" anymore.
This metaphor of our significant other going for the "bigger better deal" and leaving us behind is something most of us have experienced at least once, so it's a sad but pretty relateable theme. I'm sure this isn't how Jimmy Eat World was really narrating this song, but next time you listen, just try to picture the woman writing a letter from her new posh hotel room and the guy reading the letter back home in his apartment. Does anyone else see this from the lyrics?
Looks like this song is a case of a girl who has gotten too good for the man she's been with. They used to be on the same level but aren't anymore. I would go further and say she's gotten a career upgrade of some sort, maybe she "made it big" and she has moved and can't take him with her. (I made it and now there's no turning back) Her new life has made her think she deserves better now that she's in the spotlight.. When she says "if it's your name in lights and the time is yours, you'd be on your back you'd be on this floor", this had an interesting double meaning to me. It either means "you'd be doing the same thing if you were in my shoes", or "you'd be the guy on the floor with me if circumstances were different".
The song title, other than it's obvious use in the chorus, also describes how the boy feels. Cut out, not making the "cut" anymore.
This metaphor of our significant other going for the "bigger better deal" and leaving us behind is something most of us have experienced at least once, so it's a sad but pretty relateable theme. I'm sure this isn't how Jimmy Eat World was really narrating this song, but next time you listen, just try to picture the woman writing a letter from her new posh hotel room and the guy reading the letter back home in his apartment. Does anyone else see this from the lyrics?