I think the song has to do with all the bad memories/experiences he had, but at the end of the day, he still just wants that perfect romance.
"Last year's wishes
Are this year's apologies"
I think this has something to do with every time the narrator tries to put his wishes/wants into action, he ends up apologizing for the outcome.
"Every last time I come home
I take my last chance
To burn a bridge or two"
Every time the narrator comes home, he expects it to be his last, and instead of fixing things, he makes them worse.
"I only keep myself this sick in the head
cause I know how the words get to you"
He never talks about how this relationship is going to hell, because it only makes the person upset.
"We're the new face of failure
Prettier and younger but not any better off"
Each generation, people who are getting divorces keep getting younger and younger, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a horrible experience.
"Bulletproof loneliness
at best, at best"
Though he's with someone, he still feels lonely, so he's considering that no matter who he dates that's not going to change the feeling.
"Me and you
Setting in a honeymoon
If I woke up next to you, If I woke up next to you"
Even though all of this is happening, he's still wishing for that happy ending. Also, the "if I woke up to you," part could mean that they never sleep together, they always get in fights, or he's away, they always have somewhere to be, so he's saying that if he wakes up next to her, than the relationship must be serious.
"Collect the bad habits
That you couldn't bear to keep
Out of the woods but I love-
the tree I used to lay beneath
kissed teeth stained red"
Out of the woods is a phrase meaning you're out of trouble, so I think the narrator is saying that if the person got rid of all their bad habits, maybe they'd be in a better relationship. But at the same time he has a nostalgia for trouble because all the relationships he had were bad.
"From sour bottled baby girl
with eyes the size of baby worlds "
The narrator is saying the girl was raised "wrong," and she never really looks outside of her own little world.
"The best way to make it through
with hearts and wrists intact
Is to realize
Two outta three ain't bad, ain't bad"
He's telling himself any relationship is not going to be perfect, so he has to sort of suck it up.
I think the song has to do with all the bad memories/experiences he had, but at the end of the day, he still just wants that perfect romance.
"Last year's wishes Are this year's apologies"
I think this has something to do with every time the narrator tries to put his wishes/wants into action, he ends up apologizing for the outcome.
"Every last time I come home I take my last chance To burn a bridge or two"
Every time the narrator comes home, he expects it to be his last, and instead of fixing things, he makes them worse.
"I only keep myself this sick in the head cause I know how the words get to you"
He never talks about how this relationship is going to hell, because it only makes the person upset.
"We're the new face of failure Prettier and younger but not any better off"
Each generation, people who are getting divorces keep getting younger and younger, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a horrible experience.
"Bulletproof loneliness at best, at best"
Though he's with someone, he still feels lonely, so he's considering that no matter who he dates that's not going to change the feeling.
"Me and you Setting in a honeymoon If I woke up next to you, If I woke up next to you"
Even though all of this is happening, he's still wishing for that happy ending. Also, the "if I woke up to you," part could mean that they never sleep together, they always get in fights, or he's away, they always have somewhere to be, so he's saying that if he wakes up next to her, than the relationship must be serious.
"Collect the bad habits That you couldn't bear to keep Out of the woods but I love- the tree I used to lay beneath kissed teeth stained red"
Out of the woods is a phrase meaning you're out of trouble, so I think the narrator is saying that if the person got rid of all their bad habits, maybe they'd be in a better relationship. But at the same time he has a nostalgia for trouble because all the relationships he had were bad.
"From sour bottled baby girl with eyes the size of baby worlds "
The narrator is saying the girl was raised "wrong," and she never really looks outside of her own little world.
"The best way to make it through with hearts and wrists intact Is to realize Two outta three ain't bad, ain't bad"
He's telling himself any relationship is not going to be perfect, so he has to sort of suck it up.
brilliant!
brilliant!