Sometime the lyrics themselves have to be read in the context of the actual music. This whole track is a bit somber, and certainly not just a straightforward love song. These lyrics are sung with a bit of lamentation as well. The line: "but you know now we're just the same" expresses a wish to go back to a time where they were different people, still exploring each other and yet to discover all their "common" elements. I think it's a song about a relationship that has grown stale, and they keep trying to inject energy into it by "picking up the change".
Sometime the lyrics themselves have to be read in the context of the actual music. This whole track is a bit somber, and certainly not just a straightforward love song. These lyrics are sung with a bit of lamentation as well. The line: "but you know now we're just the same" expresses a wish to go back to a time where they were different people, still exploring each other and yet to discover all their "common" elements. I think it's a song about a relationship that has grown stale, and they keep trying to inject energy into it by "picking up the change".