Lover I Don't Have to Love Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mickybee 

Cover art for Lover I Don't Have to Love lyrics by Bright Eyes

I feel like the whole song is about his inability to love. He is talking about his casual encounters with women and how he knows anything beyond that would just end with someone getting hurt.

"Where is the kid with the chemicals?" Many assume that this is a drug reference, but I feel like it means more than that. I believe he is referencing the fact that love is a chemical reaction. When he is hooking up with the random girl he thinks that he should feel something but he doesn't. "He said he'd meet me here but I'm not sure."