I love this song of Jay's. I haven't been able to stop listening to it. (Although I do think it has some rough areas, the brilliant ones more than make up for them.)
As far as meaning I know there are mentions to one-night stands, but I think of this as a relationship gone the way of most (i.e. badly). I think it started as a one-night stand that turned into a relationship. His references to a "same old house" and an "us" in the hallway lead one to believe that he's referring to a relationship rather than just a quick bedroom thing. I take the "shreds of paper" and "shards of glass" to refer to pictures taken of them together that they hang in the hallway and which he uses as a metaphor to describe his destroyed relationship.
The guy singing the song obviously owes his partner something. He calls him the one to "lower his gun" and how he "owes him money". But seems to be unable to stay or return to the relationship even though he knows the other guy was there for him when he needed it.
I love this song of Jay's. I haven't been able to stop listening to it. (Although I do think it has some rough areas, the brilliant ones more than make up for them.)
As far as meaning I know there are mentions to one-night stands, but I think of this as a relationship gone the way of most (i.e. badly). I think it started as a one-night stand that turned into a relationship. His references to a "same old house" and an "us" in the hallway lead one to believe that he's referring to a relationship rather than just a quick bedroom thing. I take the "shreds of paper" and "shards of glass" to refer to pictures taken of them together that they hang in the hallway and which he uses as a metaphor to describe his destroyed relationship.
The guy singing the song obviously owes his partner something. He calls him the one to "lower his gun" and how he "owes him money". But seems to be unable to stay or return to the relationship even though he knows the other guy was there for him when he needed it.