This song is about how people often miss the little signs that their relationship is not going to work. The song continues to point out the differences between the two people. Examples... Instead of just seeing the western coast (which is a sign of something beautiful and positive), he also sees the hospital (a negative symbol.) As he looks back he is realizing he never was happy. Then he says the reports of lovers tryst we neither clear nor descript meaning, the signs that they were going to have conflict were not obvious early on so they just kept with the relationship ignoring the "quiet things that no one ever knows."
The song continues to point out things that they didn't notice before. The rain on their wedding day for instance. They didn't think of it at the time but maybe now it was symbolic. A negative symbol.
They talk about kids shouldering the blame. I think this is just the family being more of a house than a home as a result of the parents lying to themselves about their relationship. Hence the line "I lie for only you. And I lie well." Basically saying, both parents lie to themselves as to how bad things have gotten.
This song is about how people often miss the little signs that their relationship is not going to work. The song continues to point out the differences between the two people. Examples... Instead of just seeing the western coast (which is a sign of something beautiful and positive), he also sees the hospital (a negative symbol.) As he looks back he is realizing he never was happy. Then he says the reports of lovers tryst we neither clear nor descript meaning, the signs that they were going to have conflict were not obvious early on so they just kept with the relationship ignoring the "quiet things that no one ever knows."
The song continues to point out things that they didn't notice before. The rain on their wedding day for instance. They didn't think of it at the time but maybe now it was symbolic. A negative symbol.
They talk about kids shouldering the blame. I think this is just the family being more of a house than a home as a result of the parents lying to themselves about their relationship. Hence the line "I lie for only you. And I lie well." Basically saying, both parents lie to themselves as to how bad things have gotten.