Puzzled by People Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Deadeight 

Cover art for Puzzled by People lyrics by Streets, The

I think there's an obvious meaning to this. He is making the general point that people are complex, and difficult to understand. Specifically he makes references figuring out love, which is relatable.

"Sometimes you have to find out for yourself. Sometimes you need to be told. Sometimes you never find the answer."

Here he is saying there's no rule of thumb for what to do. You can't generalise people, context, feelings, relationships...

"you can't google the solutions to people's feelings"

This reinforces and re-emphasises this point. I'd like to think this is a reference to sites (e.g. like ask.yahoo) where people will ask for/give generic advice on relationships. Because people DO google the solutions to people's feelings, albeit it futilely.

In a line: people are complex.

I completely agree, what i found most interesting is the second verse, it appears that Mike (whether its biographical or not is open to opinion) - what a dumb bracket comment - missed his chance with someone he dearly loved, but he never managed to display or communicate his love for her "never had a crossword" and he is now bitter because of his missed opportunity with his ex-lover "beggining in I and ending in you, beginning in my eye, and ending with an X/ex"

This song is probably my favourite streets song, incredibly well...