The song is simple, in my opinion; a really relatable experience for a lot of people: A relationship is really innocent and close--then people grow up; they change; they grow apart.
In the speaker's opinion: the other party is growing for the worse--they've become materialistic and shallow; they hide their real self from the world ("make up on" and "bleaching [their] teeth").
The stanza about the car, phone, and floor: it's symbolic for the other party's materialism--by jettisoning a car, phone, and bed, the other party would be losing objects that now define their life. And by doing that, the party could "dream about" the speaker again (and a simpler time before that materialism).
And I think that the title is a little tongue-and-cheek in that regard--I think that the "anthem" part of the title suggests how it's supposed to be almost cliche. High School Aged kids lose close friends all of the time as they near adulthood, and a common statement will be "oh, so-and-so was once a really close friend, but they have changed so much!"
This song is about wanting that other person to miss your lost-friendship too ("dream about me").
Also, there is nothing in the song to suggest it is about a romantic-relationship; it might be, but I almost believe it is about a platonic friendship (two girls, maybe). We are just conditioned to think of songs as being about romance before we really look at them closely.
It's also important that the other party ISN'T "one of the rotten ones" anymore; so they're probably in a more established, popular, or beneficial position now. And the speaker was effectually "left behind" in order for that to happen.
It's also important that the other party ISN'T "one of the rotten ones" anymore; so they're probably in a more established, popular, or beneficial position now. And the speaker was effectually "left behind" in order for that to happen.
The song is simple, in my opinion; a really relatable experience for a lot of people: A relationship is really innocent and close--then people grow up; they change; they grow apart.
In the speaker's opinion: the other party is growing for the worse--they've become materialistic and shallow; they hide their real self from the world ("make up on" and "bleaching [their] teeth").
The stanza about the car, phone, and floor: it's symbolic for the other party's materialism--by jettisoning a car, phone, and bed, the other party would be losing objects that now define their life. And by doing that, the party could "dream about" the speaker again (and a simpler time before that materialism).
And I think that the title is a little tongue-and-cheek in that regard--I think that the "anthem" part of the title suggests how it's supposed to be almost cliche. High School Aged kids lose close friends all of the time as they near adulthood, and a common statement will be "oh, so-and-so was once a really close friend, but they have changed so much!"
This song is about wanting that other person to miss your lost-friendship too ("dream about me").
Also, there is nothing in the song to suggest it is about a romantic-relationship; it might be, but I almost believe it is about a platonic friendship (two girls, maybe). We are just conditioned to think of songs as being about romance before we really look at them closely.
It's also important that the other party ISN'T "one of the rotten ones" anymore; so they're probably in a more established, popular, or beneficial position now. And the speaker was effectually "left behind" in order for that to happen.
It's also important that the other party ISN'T "one of the rotten ones" anymore; so they're probably in a more established, popular, or beneficial position now. And the speaker was effectually "left behind" in order for that to happen.
Love the song, by the way.
Love the song, by the way.