To me it seems like it's about a guy and a girl; the guy has trouble committing because the "magic" has gone. The trip is an allegory for the relationship; she wakes up from a dream and realises that they're not as far along as she thought they were, and then confronts him with it "is this all it's gonna be?". The guy can't commit "Oh I don't know", so she says "There's a trigger somewhere let's pull it", meaning one of two things; a) let's get married, or b) let's just end it. Either way something has to change.
Decomposed:
turns out the nap was much shorter than you wanted to believe - she thought the relationship was further along than it actually was
nap - represents the "dream" state of the relationship
only in Dakota - We're actually nowhere
en route to bigger cities - she thought they were going somewhere, ie: marriage
we've played our only record front to back infinity - we've been together a long time and have been over everything before, and we're kind of getting bored now
Thinking back to all the days when we were kids Playing games And dropping hints And getting wide eyed at a glimpse - he's remembering back to the early days of the relationship when things were great and he used to be so excited about her
But now you're 'bout as turned on as a bottom feeder likes the sun - But now our feelings for each other have died and he feels nothing anymore
To me it seems like it's about a guy and a girl; the guy has trouble committing because the "magic" has gone. The trip is an allegory for the relationship; she wakes up from a dream and realises that they're not as far along as she thought they were, and then confronts him with it "is this all it's gonna be?". The guy can't commit "Oh I don't know", so she says "There's a trigger somewhere let's pull it", meaning one of two things; a) let's get married, or b) let's just end it. Either way something has to change.
Decomposed: turns out the nap was much shorter than you wanted to believe - she thought the relationship was further along than it actually was nap - represents the "dream" state of the relationship only in Dakota - We're actually nowhere en route to bigger cities - she thought they were going somewhere, ie: marriage we've played our only record front to back infinity - we've been together a long time and have been over everything before, and we're kind of getting bored now Thinking back to all the days when we were kids Playing games And dropping hints And getting wide eyed at a glimpse - he's remembering back to the early days of the relationship when things were great and he used to be so excited about her But now you're 'bout as turned on as a bottom feeder likes the sun - But now our feelings for each other have died and he feels nothing anymore