I'm pretty sure this entire song is addressed to Rachel Antonoff. the first verse sounds like a panic attack where she's out late and he has some sort of mental breakdown and goes through all her stuff. he reflects on their past for the next couple verses.
"So I stand corrected and relieved, drunk and uncomfortable in heels
I suppose that it makes sense you’d never run and tell your friend...
Oh, that you left too soon, found me dolled up in your room - I know just what you’d say"--
I think that has something to do with both of them being insecure that Nate is so feminine. A couple years ago Nate told a story where he was at a bar in New York and someone called him a fag so Rachel told them off. (Nate said she beat him up but I'm pretty sure he was overexaggerating.) There was an online chat on absolutepunk I think where Nate said he loves to dress in drag. A lot of people questioned his sexuality before they found out he was dating Rachel, so I feel like that's probably a sore subject for both of them.
The next two verses make it sound like they got in a fight about it and he's walking out of her apartment about to leave. He's torn because he still loves her but he's also very hurt. He reflects back to another time when they almost broke up and he remembers seeing a painful look on her face. He's leaving sad and angry but he sees a picture and completely loses it remembering how much he loves her.
" Well, there’s a picture on your dresser drawer and it doesn’t even look like me...
I was there in the suit you made, you were beautiful, it was your birthday"
Rachel is a designer. She made the suits he and The Format wore at the Mayan Theater show in 2007 (she worked for Mooka Kinney...the DVD credits say so). That show was on June 14th, the day before her real life birthday. She must have a picture of him at that show framed in her room. He sees it and remembers his old life (he did look quite different back then) and all that they've been through together.
"Do you remember when I woke you up to tell you I love you? Well, I still do." Again, thinking back to a specific moment in their relationship.
Basically, this entire song is about the ups and downs in the history of their relationship and how no matter how many fights they get in they still come back to loving each other. It's probably really personal to him which is why I'm kind of doubting that it'll be released by Fun.....
also some comments on the actual lyrics:
I'm pretty sure this entire song is addressed to Rachel Antonoff. the first verse sounds like a panic attack where she's out late and he has some sort of mental breakdown and goes through all her stuff. he reflects on their past for the next couple verses.
"So I stand corrected and relieved, drunk and uncomfortable in heels I suppose that it makes sense you’d never run and tell your friend... Oh, that you left too soon, found me dolled up in your room - I know just what you’d say"-- I think that has something to do with both of them being insecure that Nate is so feminine. A couple years ago Nate told a story where he was at a bar in New York and someone called him a fag so Rachel told them off. (Nate said she beat him up but I'm pretty sure he was overexaggerating.) There was an online chat on absolutepunk I think where Nate said he loves to dress in drag. A lot of people questioned his sexuality before they found out he was dating Rachel, so I feel like that's probably a sore subject for both of them.
The next two verses make it sound like they got in a fight about it and he's walking out of her apartment about to leave. He's torn because he still loves her but he's also very hurt. He reflects back to another time when they almost broke up and he remembers seeing a painful look on her face. He's leaving sad and angry but he sees a picture and completely loses it remembering how much he loves her.
" Well, there’s a picture on your dresser drawer and it doesn’t even look like me... I was there in the suit you made, you were beautiful, it was your birthday" Rachel is a designer. She made the suits he and The Format wore at the Mayan Theater show in 2007 (she worked for Mooka Kinney...the DVD credits say so). That show was on June 14th, the day before her real life birthday. She must have a picture of him at that show framed in her room. He sees it and remembers his old life (he did look quite different back then) and all that they've been through together.
"Do you remember when I woke you up to tell you I love you? Well, I still do." Again, thinking back to a specific moment in their relationship.
Basically, this entire song is about the ups and downs in the history of their relationship and how no matter how many fights they get in they still come back to loving each other. It's probably really personal to him which is why I'm kind of doubting that it'll be released by Fun.....